Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6594, for Hance Mc Cain, Virginia

SERVICE
McBain, Hance
NUMBER
R. 6594
CONTENTS

The State of Alabama ss On this 2 nd day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open court before the Honorable John White Judge of the Circuit court for the county now sitting Wayne McEwen a resident of said county of Fayette in the State aforesaid aged seventy years according to the family register who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the fol- lowing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832) That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated, That in the year 1780 this deponent entered the Military service of the United States in a militia company commanded by John Marr as captain the names of the under officers not recollected in Henry county State of Virginia from which company this deponent was shortly afterwards detached and made to join a company commanded by Captain George Waller, The Regiment under the command of Col. Solomon and General Stephens. By Captain Waller this deponent with the balance of the company was marched from Henry county Virginia to Hillsboro in North Carolina and from thence we were marched to Camden in the State of South Carolina having on the 14 th day of August 1780 at Hugelys mill distant fourteen miles from Cam- den joined General Gates Army and from thence on the night of the same day we were marched to the Battle Ground at Sun Swamp Creek where on the next day about sun rise the Battle commenced known as Gates defeat through the whole of which Battle I was actively engaged until defeated by the British This deponent then returned home where he remained for about three weeks, when a draft was ordered in the company where- upon this deponent went to Henry Courthouse and en- tered for ten months under Lieutenant George Taylor Samuel Morton Captain in a Regiment commanded by

Col. William Polk of mounted men immediately after this enlistment this regiment along with the company was marched from Henry Court house Virginia to Salisbury in North Carolina from thence into South Carolina to Head quarters on the Congaree River from thence this regiment was marched and countermarched from one point of danger to another suppressing insurrections and strengthening the wings until the fall of 1862 completing a term of service under the last enlistment which was at first for only ten months of full two years to which add my first term of duty at Gates defeat will comprise a term of service faithfully rendered of two years and three months for which service this deponent has never received from the public any remuneration whatever except a blanket shirt drawn in Salisbury; this deponent had a regular discharge for each of the aforesaid terms of duty but they in the lapse of time have been lost or destroyed he is however able to make such proofs of his service as will, he hopes enable him to make a successful application to his country which he served in the time of trial and the hour of need for that pittance which will ease his downward way now greatly on the wane of life. I do hereby relinquish every claim to a pension or annuity whatever except the present and state that my name is not on the Pension Roll of any State. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid he  to the annexed certificate of Levi Vanhoose & Daniel Peyton as to his character
Harvey his McClain Mark
We Jesse Vanhoose and Daniel Peyton residing in the the County of Fayette State of Alabama do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Harvey McClain who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be about seventy years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood

when he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Jesse Vanhoose Daniel Peyton
And the said court do hereby declare 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 and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Jesse Vanhoose & Daniel Peyton who has signed the preceding certificate are resident citizens in said county and are creditable persons and their state- ment is entitled to credit John White Judge
I Bazzle I Lindsey clerk of the circuit court of said county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Hance McCain for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private seal at office there being no official seal for said county this 22 nd day of April 1833
B. I. Lindsey Seal Clerk
I John White Judge of the circuit court for Fayette County Alabama do hereby certify that Bazzle I Lindsey whose name appears to the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of holding said court an acting clerk of the circuit court for said county duly commissioned and qualified and full faith and credit should be given to all his official acts as such
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 22 nd day of April 1833
John White

26.922
Hance W. Bain
Alabama
Mississippi
professor
26.922
H. S.W. Mardis M.R.
Hon. S.W. Mardis 40.

STATE OF ALABAMA. JOHN GAYLE, GOVERNOR OF SAID STATE,
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME.
Know Ye, That John White whose signature appears to the foregoing & annexed certificate was at the time of signing the same (22 nd day of April 1833) presiding Judge of the Circuit Court for Fayette County - State of Alabama & also that Bazyle L Lindsey was on the 22 nd of April 1833 Clerk of the Circuit Court of Fayette County - State aforesaid duly commissioned & qualified.
THEREFORE, all due faith, credit, and authority are, and ought to be had and given. to all their official acts as such In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the State to be affixed. Done at the Capitol in Tuscaloosa, this the 6 day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three and of the Independence of the United States of America the fifty-seventh
BY THE GOVERNOR.
James I Thornton SECRETARY OF STATE. John Gayle

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
6594
P. O. _____
Hance McCann
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Suspended
Hance Suspended McBain
See letter to Hon. S. W. Mardis 27 Feb. 1835 let 11 March 1839 G. S. Golladay
At 7 June 1832

Nancy M c Lean Mississippi
Respondee
let. 29 July 39
G. S. Goldsborough same
Aug 14 1839
let. 22 Jan. 1840 Hon
Jacob Thompson
6594
Act 7 June 1832

Grenada Miss July 28th 1839
Hon S. S. Edwards
Sir
I sent you the claim of Hance McLean a Revolutionary soldier - Not receiving an answer I addressed you a letter - still hearing nothing from you I addressed you again - For a public officer thus to treat the claims of a Revolutionary soldier is rather a mysterious matter to me - I call your atten- tion again to Mr McLeans claim; not as a matter of favour to me myself or him do I thus write - As his attorney I demand it - and it is the last time I shall ever demand it privately -
Respectfully
Geo. S. Colladay

Raleigh 5 th March 1835.
Sir
Col o W. Folk was Commissioned Maj r in the 9 th Regiment on the 28 th day of November 1776, and said to have been omitted in Jany 1778, he drew a land Warrant in 1783 for 33 months service as Maj r in the Continental line of this State, but it is understood and believed that he served some time in the S. Carolina line. The name of Laurence McLean does not appear on the rolls of the Continental line of this State.
I am very respectfully
Your Ob t . Serv t
W. Hilt
James L. Edwards Esq r Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington

House of Rep s
Jan y 21 st 1840
Sir
Enclosed you will find a letter in relation to the claim of Homer McClain from Mr. Golladay Mr Golladay is a gentleman of high standing - Please let know the difficulties of the claim. and why it is, he cannot be allowed his claim.
Yours Respectfully
J. Thompson

The State of Alabama } On this _____ day of October in the Fayette County } year of our Lord one thousand eight- hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open court before the Hon. John L. Perry Judge of the Circuit court for said county now sitting I have known a resident of said county & State aged seventy _____ years according to the family register who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated That in the year 1780 this Deponent entered the service in a Militia company commanded by John Marr as Captain the names of the under officers not recollected in Henry County State of Virginia from which company this deponent was shortly afterwards detached and made to join a company commanded by Captain George Waller the Regiment under the command of Col. Solomon and General Stephens By Captain Waller this deponent with the balance of the company was marched from Henry County to Hillsboro in North Carolina and from thence we were marched to Camden in the State of South Carolina having on the 12 th of August 1780 at Rugeley's Mill distant fourteen miles from Camden joined Gen. Gates Army and from thence on the night of the same day we were marched to the Battle ground at Gum Swamp creek where on the next day about sun rise the Battle com- menced known as Gates defeat through the whole of which battle I was actively engaged until defeated by the British this deponent then returned home where he remained for about three weeks when a draft was ordered in the company whereupon this deponent went to Henry Court House and contested for ten months under Lieutenant George Taylor, Samuel Martin Captains in a Regiment commanded by Col. William Polk of mounted men Immediately after this enlistment

This deponent along with the company was marched from Henry C. House Virginia to Salisbury in North Carolina from thence into South Carolina to Head Quarters on the Congaree river from thence this deponent was marched and countermarched from one point of danger to another suppressing insurrections and strengthening the whigs until the fall of 1862 completing a term of service under the last enlistment which was at first for only ten months of full two years to which add my first tour of duty at Gatis defeat will comprise a term of service faithfully rendered of two years and three months for which service this deponent has never received from the public any remuneration whatever except a checked shirt drawn at Salisbury This deponent had a regular discharge for each of the aforesaid tours of duty but they in the lapse of time have been lost or destroyed He is however able to make such proof of his service as will enable him to make a successful application to his country which he served in the time of trial and the hour of need for that substance which will ease his downward way now greatly on the wave of life This deponent further states that there is no clergyman living in his vicinity whom he can get convenience to testify to his credibility he therefore refers to the annexed certificate of Daniel Peyton & Nicholas Freeman
I do hereby relinquish every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of any State, Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Robert J. Morrow Clk
his Warren McCain Mark
We Daniel Peyton & Nicholas Freeman residing in Fayette county Ala do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Warren McCain who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy years of age that he is reputable and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier

of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Robert Morrow clk
Daniel Deyton Nicholas Freeman
And the said court do hereby declare 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 and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Daniel Deyton & Nicholas Freeman who has signed the preceding certificate reside in said county and are creditable persons and their statement is entitled to credit. Robert Morrow, Clerk
I Robert Morrow clerk of the circuit court of Fayette County Alabama do hereby certify that the foregoing con- tains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Hoane McLean for a pension
Given under my hand and private seal at office there being no official seal for said circuit court this 28 day of October 1853
Robert Morrow, clk

STATE OF ALABAMA.
JOHN GAYLE, GOVERNOR OF SAID STATE,
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME.
Rev. S. Beekman
Know Ye, That Roll J Morran whose signature appears to the foregoing & annexed certificate was at the time of signing the same Clerk of the Circuit Court of Fayette County (which is a court of record) state aforesaid duly commissioned & qualified
John S. W. Marchant H.R. Feb. 4. 1835
THEREFORE, all due faith, credit, and authority are, and ought to be had and given. to all his
Official acts as such
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal
of the State to be affixed. Done at the Capitol in Tuscaloosa,
this 22 day of December in the year
Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- five and of the
Independence of the United States of America the fifty- eighth
BY THE GOVERNOR.
Jas J Thorn
John Gayle
SECRETARY OF STATE.

W. L. G.
Manassas
In
J. L. Edwards
War department
Washington City
District of Columbia

Grenada Miss
July 3 rd 1839
Dear S r . L. Edwards.
Sir
Sometimes since I sent you the declaration of Blanco M c Epin setting forth his Claims as a Revolutionary Soldier for a pension - The old gentleman's necessaries made me urge an immediate answer and sufficient time has long since elapsed to have rec d one - I have thought that perhaps his claim never reached the Dept and therefore address this letter to learn the fact whether rec d or not,
Be pleased to answer as soon as practicable Respectfully Yrs. J. Golladay

Grenada Mississippi Feb 16th 1839
To the Secretary of the War Department Washington City Pa.
It is vain I have endeavoured to find, in the part of Country the law of the U. States passed in thirty two & thirty three. for the benefit of Revolutionary soldiers. One of the old veterans having applied to me to secure him his rights, I have concluded as the most speedy way to effect this to write immediately to the Department and solicit the necessary instructions in order to procure the money due the old soldier.
I saw from a letter from the Hon J. D. Edwards of the Pension office to the Hon R. E. Baylon then a member of the House of Representatives from Alabama that on a former occasion an effort has been made to secure the old man his pension, but in consequence of its tardiness he moved from that country to the place where he is now living and has taken no further steps until through dire necessity he is compelled again to complain. His must if possible be attended to. To see an old Democratic Revolutionary soldier dying for the want necessary subsistence will not do.
Mr Vance McClain is the Gentleman - He served his country as one of the militia in 1780 a three months term General Stevens commander — Colonel Col and George Wauler Capt. He then went home and enlisted again in November or December 1780 as a volunteer and served ten months under the command of Gen Sumpter, Wade Hampton Col, Nathaniel Martin Capt.

This I believe was in South Carolina - I have no recollection of the necessary proofs to obtain the Old Settlers Pension and have merely set forth these statements in order if they be of any avail that no time be lost in getting his money. Please instruct me immediately how to proceed in the case. Reference to any law on the subject would be useful, as our part of Mississippi being newly settled we have not the law at command - perhaps from the fact that few Revolutionary soldiers live amongst us. I want the actual instruction on the law sent to me (and will be very grateful to you for any trouble you may put yourself to to furnish me -
Very Respectfully
Geo. S. Holland Grenada Yalobusha County Mississippi

Declaration of Hance McCain
State of Mississippi Choctaw County
Probate Court
April Term 1839
On this 22 nd day of April A.D. 1839 in open court personally appeared before me, Hance McCain of the County aforesaid and being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed Jan'y 7 th 1832, that he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1780 and in the latter part of that year - to the best of his recollection in the month of Sept or Octob r . the number of the Regiment not recollect d . and served under the following named officers and in the following manner.
Was enlisted by Lieut. George Taylor under Col. Palks and marched from Henry Court House Henry County Virginia through Paulsburg in North Carolina and on in to South Carolina when he was put under the Command of Gen l Green his Col now being Col Wade Hampton, Major Moore - first name not remembered. and Capt Nathaniel Martin - Continued in the service of the United States until the latter part of the year 1782, according to best recollection December of that year when he was discharged. During his service he was in the Battle of the Waxhaws Springs - His residence was in Henry County Virginia - Previous to enlistment he served a three months tour as a drafted soldier in the following manner. To the best of his recollection was drafted in June 1780. served under Genl. Stevens his other officers being Col. Salmons and Capt. George Wauler - Was at the defeat of Genl. Bates on the 16 th of August 1780 - Immediately on his return from this three months tour he enlisted as above stated

other officers being Col. Ralston and Capt. George Waul - Was at the defeat of Genl. Bates on the 16th of August 1780 - Immediately on his Return from this three months' tour he enlisted as above stated
Mr. McLean was born in Pennsylvania - after the Revolution he moved from Virginia to Tennessee, to Kentucky, back to Tennessee again, to Alabama from which place he applied for a pension before and then to Mississippi where he now lives - was born on the 11th June 1763 which makes him 76 years of age on the 11th June 1839.
He hereby relinquishes every claim what ever to a pension or annuity except

the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any states - Sworn to and subscribed the date above written, Vance his McCain Mark
Certificate of the Court
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states James A. Kennedy
Judge of probates
Certificate of the Clerk of said Court Thomas A Davis
I the Clerk of the Court as aforesaid do hereby certify that the forgoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of application of Vance McCain for a pension
In testimony whereof I have set my hand and seal of this office, this 22 nd day of April 1839
Tho A Davis Clerk
The State of Mississippi Choctaw County Thomas A Davis
Clerk of the County aforesaid do hereby set my hand and seal of the County, certifying to the same facts as in Certificate above, and further
I do certify that James A. Kennedy is Judge of the Probate Court of said County and that said Court is a Court of Record.
Tho A Davis Clerk
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Miss Hance M c Lean Oct 32
Rev Rev Rev Rev Rev Rev
Declaration of Independence to be signed for a Pension
Rev
Hon J. L. Edwards War Department Pension office Washington City

Grenada Mississippi Yalobusha County
Wm J. L. Edwards
Dr Sir
Your letter of the 11 th March in answer to mine making application for the necessary instructions to secure Hane M c Clain a pension has been duly rec d for which I am very much obliged to you -
I enclose you the Declaration of Mr M c Clain with the necessary certificates appended thereto, hoping there will no longer remain a doubt as to the truth of the old veteran having served his country in the Revolutionary war. Mr M c Clain is a very old man having as you will see lived out his three score years & ten, and he is truly in a poverty stricken condition - Nothing but the consciousness on my part of his being a soldier of the Revolution would ever have induced me to attempt success after his having failed in a former effort - But I am sure the law will not turn a deaf ear to his sufferings when in truth she has extended clemency to others whose sufferings both in the war and out of it have been far less than Mr M c Clains -
The old mans memory has become so much impaired as to make it wholly impossible to get at the dates as correctly as we could wish - but such is his declaration that you will easily perceive that he must have enlisted in Sept or Oct of the year 80 - for he tells us that he was at the defeat of Gates during his three months tour as a drafted soldier and that was on the 16 th of August of the year 80 - Immediately upon his return from that campaign he enlisted -
You say in his declaration on file he speaks of having served under Polk and says nothing

about service under Col Wade Hampton - You will also see that he still speaks of having been enlisted by Supt Taylor under Col Polk, but found himself under Col Hampton as the declaration states - It is true this might be related so as to be clearer, but the old man is so old and under the influence of a paralytic affection and besides all this becomes so excited when talking on the subject as to render it almost impossible to get his declaration at all - The matter however must appear sufficiently clear - As for the number of his Regiment I am impressed that the old man was never acquainted with the particulars of his service in that particular - for he seems to be rather ignorant than otherwise, having doubtless been one of those kind of soldiers who went in for his country - his whole country and nothing but his country - and to this day he is as sound a Republican as ever walked the earth - His ignorance or childishness that I have alluded to arises doubtless more from the effects of age than any other cause
If the Department can do any thing for him let them do it speedily as his days are fast wasting away and were he to die to day the charity of the community would have to supply him a coffin - For some time past he has been living with a daughter who has children and is so poor herself as to be unable to maintain him - I make mention of these facts to show to you sir the importance of speedy action in his case, and not that I do not feel very assured that his peculiar condition will meet with all the liberality the law and its judges will permit of -

That you may not be disappointed in my Representation so far as they go to advance the old mans interest. I refer you to the Hon Felix Grundy who is acquainted my family &c -
If you consider the case sufficiently favorable to assist the old man in his last days (and should feel any reluctance in sending his draft to me, (as I know the dept is particular in these matters) send to him (and apprise me of the fact -
Respectfully
Geo. S. Galladuey
Direct to Grenada Galabusha County Mississ-ppi as it is the nearest office to Mr McLean although he lives as your niece saw friend the Declaration in Choctaw County -