Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File for James Mc Conn

SERVICE
NUMBER
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McCorn, James
Invalid
No paper
Philadelphia Agency
CONTENTS

See letter of inquiry re: C.O. file James McCann R. 6609
January 5, 1934
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BA-J/MCS James McCann, R. 6609
Ethel D. Young 1968 Denune Avenue Columbus Ohio
→ James McCann Dis. Pen.
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, R. 6609, based upon the military service of James McCann.
He enlisted on the Juniata River in Pennsylvania on Easter Sunday, 1776, and served as private and fifer in Captain John Murray's company in Colonels Miles', Daniel Brodhead's, Bull's and Walter Stewart's Pennsylvania regiments. He was in the battles of Long Island and Brandywine and was discharged at Valley Forge after serving one year and nine months.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 16, 1819, at which time he was a resident of Greene County, Pennsylvania, aged sixty years.
In 1832 he lived in Guernsey County, Ohio, with his son, name not stated.
James McCann died March 4, 1839.
He married September 9, 1779, in Sherman's Valley, Pennsylvania, Jane, her maiden name not stated.
In August, 1839, she lived in Greene County, Pennsylvania, and was aged about eighty-four years.
The papers in this claim contain no further data relative to the soldier's family.
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The name, James McConn, is recorded in the "List of United States Pensioners" reported by the Secretary of War and printed in 1835, which states that he was an invalid pensioner and was in receipt of his pension from the agency at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but that his residence could not be ascertained in consequence of the destruction of the papers of the War Office.
Such early application were destroyed by fire, hence there are no papers on file in regard to him.
He is quoted on said list as serving as corporal in the Revolutionary Army and being pensioned at the rate of $60 per year under the Act of June 7, 1785.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

January 2, 1929
Mrs. W.C.Henderson Box 134, New Wilmington Pennsylvania
Madam:
I advise you that the One name James McConn is recorded on Report of the Secretary of War printed in 1835, which states that he was an Invalid Pensioner at the agency of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and whose residence could not be ascertained in consequence of the destruction of the papers of the War Office.
Such early applications were destroyed by fire, hence there are no papers on file in regard to him. He is quoted on said list as Corporal, Revolutionary Army, Annual allowance $60 and pensioned under the Act of June 7, 1785.
The history of the only soldier of a similar name of Pennsylvania, James McCann, R. 6609, found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau, was furnished you on December 1, 1928 and it is regretted the bureau is unable to aid you further.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Bot 134
New Wilmington, Penna. December 26, 1928.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: I am seeking information of the man whose name appears on the enclosed sheet and who I believe to be the Jas. M c Con for whom I am seeking Rev. military record. Can you verify any of this data? or have you any other information that will be of any benefit to me in putting my W.A.R. application paper through the mill?
My grandfather's name appears on records in Wheeling, W. Va. spelled with bet the one so I feel this Jas. M c Con is the man I am seeking.
Thanking you for the favor and hoping to hear from you at your earliest convenience.
I remain,
Sincerely yours.
Mary M c F. Henderson
(Mrs. H.C.)
P.S. I have in your hands a request for this same man and when this came to me I felt it might help make the search a little easier.
Mrs. H.

II, Roll of 7 th Penna. Regiment command. by Lt. Samuel Hay. Dates & terms of enlistment, June 16, 1776! Capt. Alex. Parker. (Term of enlist.)
Jas. McCon (125) Dec. 27, 1776. (ID. 16)
7 th Pa was organized by re-enlistment of Col. Wm. Irvine's 6 th Battalion.
I, Col. Wm. Irvine's 6 th Battalion, Capt. Wm. Pepper.
This 6 th Battalion raised under authority of a resolution of Congress Jan 4, 1776, "That an additional Battalion be raised in the Co. of Cumberland etc"
Jas. McCon enlisted Feb. 20, 1776
James McCon was a corporal in the 7 th Penna. Regiment. Was wounded at the Battle of Germantown in Oct. 1778 Continental line Pension Applications. In abstract on file in the Division of Public Records in Pa. State Library
Pensions of the Revolution & subsequent wars from Penna. From the official records of the Fed. Govt. we glean the names of the pension- ers of the Rev. who served from Penna, and who at the time the pensions were granted were residing in different sections of the Union. The rec- ords date of granting pensions with age at time & in many instances date of death etc.
"Statement showing names, Rank etc. of Invalid Pensions at the Agency of Penna. & whose residence cannot be ascertained in con- sequence of the destruction of the papers of the War Office by fire in 1801 & 1814."
James McCon, Corporal, R.A. unknown Nov. 10, 1800.
There also I find which I think must be the same man. Col. Wm. Irvine, 7 th Penna, Capt. Alex. Parker, Sept. 9, 1778. Corporal James McCon in light corps.
Oath of Allegiance in Cumb. Co. Penna., 1777-1778.
By an act of the General Assembly of Penna, June 13, 1777.
Associated Battalions of Cumberland Co., Penna.
James McCon, March 24, 1778.