Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41,828, for Finlay Mc Donald, North Carolina

SERVICE
★ Mc Donald, J. Finlay
NUMBER _____
NUMBER D. 41.828
CONTENTS

41 8 28
INVALID.
Rev
Rev
File No.
41 8 28
Henry McDonald
Serg Peter Gray
Act:
18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol.
8
, Page
320
[Arrangement of 1870.]

4,090
North Carolina Roll
Finlay Mc Donald
Capt Hadley Aug 5/
North Carolina line
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 18 of August 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 of Nov 1818 and forwarded to the Pensioner Seaginsville N.C.
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818 4.67 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 6 Mar 1819 48.00
$ 52.67
14/31 4/30 -
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
.81 One Year
✓ Continued Seaginsville Mtn Co
Notified sent to Corneilus Dowd Esq 30 Oct 1820. postage $1.82

Names & Rank Company
Dates of Company Battalions
Period of Service
Occurrences
10 th Regiment Abraham Shepard Colonel
Finley McDonald by class 14 th Jan 82 B.M. P t April 82.
State of N o Carolina Secretarys Office 19 th Oct r 1878
This certifies that the above is a true abstract from the Musterroll of the N o Carolina Continental line in the Revolutionary War
Given under my hand the date above
Wm Hill Secretary of State

State of South Carolina Moore County
Seaginsville, Dec 6
Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions August Term 1818. —
Finlay Mc Donald of the County & State aforesaid Resident and who is now of the age of Twenty Seven years aforesaid in Open Court and being duly sworn deposeth as follows viz — That he Entered as a private Soldier in the Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, in the Continental Line in the Regiment of Colonel John Armstrong in the Company of Captain Joshua Hadley, That he Continued in the Service in Southern Department in said Regiment under General Nathaniel Greene — until Regularly Discharged. That he Entered the Service about Christmas or the latter end of the year 1781 as well as this Deponent recollects, and was discharged about the same time of the following year, after the British Evacuated Charleston, in S o Carolina making the term which this Deponent served one year without any receipt or remission of time.

during the Period of one year as aforesaid that he received his discharge from Major Griffiths all of Free who Commanded said Reg t under Col o Armstrong already mentioned. But that the Deponent lost said Discharge or so mistad it that he cannot now find it -
The Deponent further Swears that from age infancy & reduced Circumstances, he needs the support of his Country.
Sworn to me: Subscribed in Open Court the 18 th October 1818 -
Finlay Mc o Donald Clerk
State of S c otland
We Richard Mc o Neill, John Mc o Neill & W m Brie Esq s Justices of the Peace for the County of Ayr who proceeded as a Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions August Term 1818. Certify that Finlay Mc o Donald Deponed to the above Affidavit in Open Court & that we believe the contents of said Affidavit to be true in the General & particularly as to his Claim on account of his deceased Circumstances -
J. Mc o Neill J.P. John Mc o Neill J.P. W m Brie J.P.

State of South Carolina Moore County 3
Court of Pleas & General Sessions August Term 1818-
Hezekiah McNeill personally appeared in Open Court and being duly sworn deposed & states that. He served under General Green in the Revolutionary War in the Regiment of Colonel John Armstrong in the years 1782 and that Finlay McNeill who deposed to the annexed certificate was a Private Soldier in said Regiment that from the time he entered the line under Genl. Green until they regularly obtained a discharge the said McNeill continued in service - Sworn to & subscribed the 18 th August 1818 in Open Court -
Hezekiah McNeill Mark

State of N. Carolina
We Archibald M c Neill, John M c Neill & W m Bruce Esq rs Justices of the Peace for the County of Allegheny who Presided as a Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in August Term 1818 - Certify that Hector M c Neill Deposed to the within affidavit in open Court
J. M c Neill JP
John M c Neill JP
W m Bruce JP
Court
State of North Carolina In Warren County
I Herewith David Clark of the County of Warren and District Session for the aforesaid County of Warren do hereby certify that Archibald M c Neill, John M c Neill and William Bruce who signed the above Certificate are acting Justices of the Peace in and for the aforesaid County, and presided as a Court when the above Depositions were sworn to, and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all their acts and such given under my hand and seal of office this 18 th day of August 1818
Com d David Clark

Finlay McDonald 1090.
[Faint, illegible signature or mark]
Cornelius Dowd, Houston , V. C. Carthage.

State of North Carolina
Moore County
On the 21 st day of August 1820 personally appeared in open court being absent of records to properly made about of records by the laws of the state aforesaid which created it for the benefit of Moore Finlay McDonald aged eighty years (or there about) resident in the aforesaid County of Moore and in the state aforesaid. Who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth in his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as a Organized soldier twelve months at one time under Capt. Hall in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Lillie in years 1774. 1775. or 1776 as well as he can now recollect in the line of North Carolina in Continental establishment. That he has been placed on the pension list of the United States and has received pay from the 15 th day of August 1820 up to the 4 th day of March 1820. and that his pension certificate bears date the second day of November 1818 and that I am a resident citizen of the United States on the 15 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 without 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 and naval services 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 security, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule annexed and by me subscribed as follows (to wit), Two Hundred thirty & a half acres of Land Two Cows and Calves
That my occupation was farming, but I now am and have been for several years unable to follow it. That I have no family. That I reside with one of my sons who occupies the Land named in the preceding schedule. his
Finlay McDonald Marks

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME McDonald, Francis GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 9928 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED July 16, 1789 to not shown
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.