Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,145, for Thomas Mc Fall, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
McFall, Thomas
NUMBER
S.40.145
CONTENTS

(2281)
Pennsylvania
Thomas M c Hall (2 d )
Capt Stewart
Private,
Pennsylvania line 2 d Regt
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 15 th of August 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th of August 1818 and delivered to the pensioner.
Arrearages to 1 st Sept. 1818
17/31 of 4/50 th — $ 5.44
{ Revolutionary claims, } { Act 18th March, 1818, }
• Near Harrisburg
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th Sept. 1820 delivered to the pensioner. — The original (which is within the envelope) being entitled to —

Signature of Commissioner dated Philadelphia Sept 20. 1820
Duplicate certificate of pension issued 20 Sep r 1820 delivered to the Pensioner. — The original 20 (which is within this envelope) being mutilated. —
(2281)
Pennsylvania.
Thomas M c Fall (2 d )
Capt Stewart
em Pennsylvania Line Light in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Pennsylvania
Inscribed on the Roll of at the rate of sixty Dollars per month, to commence on the 15 th of August 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th of August 1818 and delivered to the pensioner.
Arrearages to 1 st Sept r 1818
17/51 of 4/30 th
$ 5 00 44
{ Revolutionary claims, { Act 18th March, 1818, }
Yours Harrisburg

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June 18, 1906
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Mc Fall, Thomas
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of Pennsylvania, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on April 25, 1794, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 101.
Rank: Private.
Regt. 5 th
Disability: At the capture of Fort Washington was wounded in the left leg by a musket ball, and taken prisoner, and after eighteen weeks captivity was dismissed on parole; his wound yet remains open, and deprives him of support by labor.
Where disabled: Fort Washington.
To what pension entitled: Half.
Remarks: Not to be found on the rolls.
Evidence transmitted by the District Court incomplete as to the place of his residence since he left the service, as required by law.

M c Fall lives in Pennsylvania. The Secretary of War has di- rected, heretofore, that cases of a similar nature, should be ad- mitted, as he considers the intention of the law fully complied with -

District of Columbia , ss.
On this 15 th day of August 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of the United States for the said district, personally appears Thomas M c Fall , aged 67 years, resident in Washington in the said district, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That he the said Thomas M c Fall enlisted in 1776 in Chester County in the state of Pennsylvania in the company commanded by Captain Christopher Stewart , of the 5 th Reg t in the Penn s . Line ; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the taking of Fort Washington , when he was discharged from service in  m a de prisoner, and after his exchange, reinstated in the 9 th Penn s that he was in the battles of Reg t & served two years continued service until he was wounded & discharged from service in Philadelphia; he was in the battle of Long Island, Fort Washington, Germantown, Brandywine, and various skirmishes. and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; besides becoming under various grievous wounds. and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services, except a certificate of W m Bryan, auditor of Pennsylvania, transmitted to the War Office some time since . Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
I, Buchanan Houston Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Thomas M c Fall did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; 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 aforementioned act of Congress. I further certify
that the said M c Fall appears to be in indigent circumstances. Given under my hand this 15 th day of
August 1818.
B. Houston
To the Honble,
The Secretary at War

Thomas M c Fall
6m

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA,
CHESTER COUNTY, ss:
ON this Thirty first day of July in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twent Personally appeared in open court of Common Pleas, held at Westchester, in and for the county of Chester, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; being a court of Record, proceeding according to the course of the Common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings,
Thomas M c Fall aged sixty  Eight years and upwards, resident in the township of West Bradford in the said county of Chester, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; who being first duly sworn according to law, doth make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th of March, 1818, and the 1st of May, 1820; That he served in the Revolutionary war, in the Pennsylvania Line in the fifth Regiment Commanded by Col: M c Gowan his Company Commanded by Capt: Christopher Stewart . He enlisted in 1775 and was taken prisoner in November at Fort-Washington in 1776 at which place he was wounded in four places desperately. This was
on the Continental Establishment, and has obtained a pension under the act of the 18th of March 1818, his certificate being numbered [The number and Certificate are defaced so as not to be legible although the Seal and Secretary's name are plain]
AND I the said Thomas M c Fall do solemnly Swear , that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the eighteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, 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.
Thomas M c Fall
Sworn to, declared and subscribed, on the thirty first day of July , 1820, in open court of Common pleas, in and for the county of Chester in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; the said Court, being a Court of Record by the Laws of the said Commonwealth.
M c Gowan Prothonotary.
SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY
His Honour and his Heirs = He is an inmate of the Chester County poor house = He has a Pension from the State of Pennsylvania of Forty dollars a year He owes several small debts = He has no family with him - Has one son now at Lewis-town on the Juniata
Thomas M c Fall

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA,
CHESTER COUNTY, ss:
I John G. Massey Esquire Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, of the said county of Chester; the same being a Court of Record by the Laws of Pennsylvania; Do hereby Certify, that the foregoing Declaration and oaths
and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Records 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
dollars and _____ cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Westchester, this Fourteenth day of August _____ one thousand eight hundred and twenty
John G. Massey Prothonotary.

40145
1906 July 18 - Hist. to Ezra M. Kuhne c
INVALID.
Reye
File No. 40,145-
Thomas W. Staff
Pr. Ohio Jan
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8, Page 819
[Arrangement of 1870.]

residual pension certificate of Thomas Mc Fall - Penn. S. 40145 - leave in this envelope as it tears the other papers

O. W. AND N. DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
July 13, 1906.
Searched by Gilb
Original No.
Certificate No.
Claimant,
Soldier, Thomas McFall
Service, Pa. Service
Rev. War
Remarks:
No claim as above except No. 40,145.
Chief of Division.

In high is my Dear Friend
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Bartholomew John
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I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the Law of the UNITED STATES,
of the following described to wit: Thomas late a Slave in
the County of Franklin and State of Tennessee
has been manumitted and set free by me, Thomas A. Bell
the undersigned, this 10th day of March
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 81
GIVEN at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES, this 10th day of March one thousand eight hundred and 81
J. B. Calhoun Secretary of War

City of Philadelphia, } ss. State of Pennsylvania. }
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this 4th day of Sept A. D. 18 80 came before me, one of the aldermen of the city of Philadelphia, Thos. M'Gall Thos. M'Gall and made oath that he is the same to whom the original Certificate, in his possession, was given, of which the following is a true copy; and that he now resides in the 6024 of Whele in the State of Pennsylvania, and that he has resided there for the last year previous to which he resided in Southwark and that his disability still continues.
Sworn before me, this 4th day of Sept A. D. 18 80
Thomas M'Gall J. Magee
WAR DEPARTMENT.
INVALID PENSION.
I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the law of the United States, relative to their existing Military establishment, of the 18 March 1878
Thomas M'Gall
late a Private in the company commanded by captain Army of the Revolution of the  regiment, United States is inscribed on the Pension List Roll of the Pennsylvania Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars — cents per month, to commence on the day of — one thousand eight hundred and —
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 7th day of August one thousand eight hundred and Eighty
(COPY) as now as can be made out of original file
(Signed)
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.
Chas

EZRA M. KUHNS ATTORNEY AT LAW ROOMS 4 & 4½ CALLAHAN BLOCK NORTH MAIN STREET
DAYTON, OHIO, July 10, 1906.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you kindly send me statement of the Revolutionary services of the following:
Thos. McFall, 5th Pennsylvania Battalion Archibald McFall, " " " Francis Kuntz (or Koutz) 3rd Pa. "
Thanking you, I am,
Yours truly,
Ezra M. Kuhns

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Thomas McCall , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Chester Co. Pa. 1775 Christopher Stuart Magaw   5 Pa. Line   Taken pris. at St. Mach. wounded in four places. after two years he reenlisted and served.   2 yrs. 9th Pa.  
Battles engaged in, L. I., H. Bk., Germ., Brandy,
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Date of application for pension, Aug 15 1816
Residence at date of application, Washington D.C.
Age at date of application, 67
Remarks: 1870 res. tract Bradford, Chester Co. Pa.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.