Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5071, for Thomas Mc Gee, North Carolina

SERVICE
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Mc Gee, Thomas
S. 5071.
Carded.
CONTENTS

13732 West Tennessee
Thomas McGee 1 st of Montgomery for the State of Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Dickson of the Regiment commanded by Col Dickson in the North Carolina line for twelve months
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 40 Dollars & Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of June 1833 and sent to Andrew Wance Clarksville
Arrears to the 14th of March 88 00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept 20 00 $108 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk, Book C Vol. 7 Page 88

No 15505
Thomas M c Gee Montgomery County Tennessee
from 1781 private Rev. $440
See Dr. W. Hill
Andrew Vance Clk Mont gomery County Court Tenn

Thomas M c Gehee  BRIEF in the case of  Montgomery  in the State of  Tennessee  County of  Montgomery  (Act 7th June, 1839.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70  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 17 12 Private Capt Dickson, Col Dickson  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Anson Co N.C.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Quartus  Examining Clerk.

Thomas M c Gee
15.5.0.
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State of Tennessee Montgomery County } S.W.
Thomas M c Gee, a citizen resident of the County of Montgomery personally appeared in Open Court this fifteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two, aged seventy years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth upon his oath make the following declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the Act of Congress passed the 7 th day of June in the year 1832. That he was raised from a small boy in the County of Anson in the State of North Carolina, was born in the County of Orange that he was taken a prisoner by the Tories in the County of Anson was taken by them into the State of South Carolina when he made his escape upon his return enlisted in the regular service near the town of Hillsborough for the term of twelve months in a company commanded by Capt. Tolman Dickson in what was then formed the first Regiment of Infantry commanded by Col. Henry Dickson a brother of the Captain and a man by the name of Donahoo was the Major. That he was called very soon after the Battle at Guilford Court house - that he was first marched from Hillsborough to the high hills of Santee in South Carolina near a place then known by the name of Thompson's fork, when we joined the Army under the command of Genl Greene and in a few days, Genl Greene marched his Army to the Santee Springs, when they had the battle - and the said applicant was at that time sick the others who were sick, together with the baggage waggons were marched to the hills

of Santa, when they continued until after the battle and the return of Genl Greene They were then marched to a place then known by the name of Bacon Bridge said to be sixteen miles above Charleston. that he continued with the troops in the neighborhood of Charleston until after Cornwallis was taken & he was continued in the service until the expiration of the term of service for which he enlisted - that he returned with Col Dickson to North Carolina when he was discharged and received his discharge from the Col which he thinks was signed by the Capt & Col both - that after the service was performed, that his pay was due him & he sold his claim & transferred his discharge to a man by the name of John Melker - that he knows of no living witness who can prove his services except a man by the name of Thomas Robertson, who served with him in the same Regiment who at this time he is informed resides in the County of Stewart in the state of Tennessee who he is informed believes is now partially deranged & unfit to be called on as a witness - that he has no written evidence by which his services can prove - that after the war he returned to Anson when he resided until about the year 1805 or 1806 when he removed to the county of Montgomery in Tennessee where he has ever since resided - that he is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state or of the United States or of any state - that he hereby relinquishes all claim to any annuity or pension from the United States except the present one
sworn to subscribed & open count the day & year above written Andrew Wm D. Elk
Tho s  Wm D. W. Glee Mark

State of Tennessee } S.S. Montgomery County }
Byrd Hardy Esq. one of the acting Justices of the Peace for said County and Valentine Allen and Francis Baker County personally appeared a citizen of said County personally appeared in open Court before that they are well acquainted with Thomas Wye the applicant who subscribed to the preceding declaration, that they believe him to be of the age of seventy years as stated by him in said declaration - that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution that they concur in that opinion sworn to & subscribed in Open Court the day & year above written Byrd Hardy Francis Baker Test Midriff and others
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier served as he states - and the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Byrd Hardy Esq. & Valentine Allen who signed the preceding affidavit are citizens of said County & neighbours of said Wye and that they are credible men that their statement is entitled to full faith & credit and the said Court are further informed from examination that the only clergyman resident in the neighbourhood of said Wye, is sick & unable to attend this court for examination
Wash. Lee, A. B. Paynec Chas. Minor

I Andrew Vance Clerk of the County Court of Floyd -gomery do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of Thomas W. Gee for a Pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of my office at Clarksville the day & date first above written.
Andrew Vance Clerk
Thomas M. Gee
15.3.05.

Resharp
50 3/4
INVALID.
File No. 5871
Thomas M c Glew
Brit Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832.
Index:—Vol. M , Page 244
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of North Carolina
Secretary of State's Office.
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State aforesaid, do certify, that it appears from the muster-rolls of the Continental line of this State in the revolutionary war, that Thomas M c Gehee a private soldier in Capt d Dixon's Company of the 10 th Regiment enlisted on the 28 th day of May 1781 for 12 months and left the service on the 1 st of June 1782.
Given under my hand this 22 day of March 1833.
W. Hill

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Thomas M c Gee which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.