Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16193, for Thos Mc Cune, Pennsylvania

Pa.
McKune Shos.
8/6/93

Hon: Wm M. Gausden
May 15. '44

Pension Office May 15. 1844
Sir,
The pension vouchers in the claim of the children of Tho s M c Cune dec d . have been referred to Mr. Haper 3 d Auditor for payment. I herewith return you Mr s M c Cook's letter -
Hon: W m M c Causlin

May 20 No Way
J. S. Edwards Esq. Committee of Section Washington City D. C.

North Western Bank of Virginia,
Wheeling, May 15 th — 1839
J. L. Edwards Esq
Com. of Pension
Dear Sir:—
I enclose pension vouchers of Thomas McCamy Act 7 th June 1832 for your inspection.
I am
(Yrs. very respectfully)
Archie Woods pension Agt.
by Daniel L. Litz

Pension Papers SEP 6 1840 TELEGRAPH STATION Ohio addl. Station Th. M. Cune Mail
FREE
Hon. James L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
 Washington City 

Steubenville Sept 5. 1838
Sir
yours respecting the pension of Thomas Mcbune was duly received & owing to the distance Mr Mcbune resides from town some delay has occurred in communicating with him - I now enclose you his statement drawn up in his own language & handwriting - Mr Mcbune is one of our most respected citizens & presided as a magistrate at the first court ever held within this county -
Very respectfully your obedient servant
Roswell Marsh
J. L. Edwards Esq.

Pension Papers
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July 3 Ohio Mail
act 1832
M rs M c Lane
Hon. James L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Steubenville June 28. 1838
Sir Inclosed you have the papers of Thomas McBurne an applicant for a pension under the Act of June 7. th D 1832 - An early answer is desired by him -
Very respectfully &c
Roswell Marsh
J. L. Edwards Esq r

Sir I offer the following as reasons why I did not make an earlier application for a pension I was a volunteer in the winter of 76-77 I was one of about three hundred rank and file that took a ship cargo of Military Stores from the English. Said to be worth Twenty Five Thousand Pounds Sterling we took the rigging of the vessel and sent it all to Washington the plunder was to be equally divided between officer and soldier by promise of Genl Butnann - when our national debt was nearly paid I thought of striving to obtain my part of the Booty but could find no person alive that could testify any thing about it Since that, when the roads was good, my health was such that I could not attend Court until May Term last - Another reason was I could live very well without it and I can live live without it now and if we had a large national debt I do not know that that I ever would have made application - if I had made application early I might not have obtained as much as would justify the expense, now perhaps I may - and now I will give you the reason why I did apply for a pension I expect the old muster roles is all lost. I had the honour of doing something for my country I would like to have my name on the roles with those that I fought with our beloved Washington in the cause of Liberty
Thos C. M c Guire
The State of Ohio Jefferson County Warrentownship ss Personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the peace within and for said County Colo Thomas McGuire and made solemn oath that the above statement is the reasons why he never did not make an earlier application and also the reasons why he now applies Sworn to and subscribed before me this Thos C. M c Guire 25 th day of August A D 1838
James Irwin justice of the peace for said township and county

State of Ohio Jefferson County ss.
I James Robt Wells Clerk of the court of Common Pleas for said County of Jefferson do certify that David Brown Esq. is a Magistrate as above and that the foregoing Signature purporting to be his is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office and subscribed my name the 5 th day of September A.D. 1838
James Robt Wells Clerk

Hon: W m M c Laughlin
May 8. 1844

Pension Office —
May 8. 1844:
Sir
I have to request that you will forward to this office the power of atty: from  of the children of Thos. McCabe deed: which if found correct, will authorize me to give an order on the 3 d auditor for the payment of the amount due
Hon: W m McCabe House of Representatives

Chief of United States Pension Bureau -
My Dear Sir -
I am seeking for information regarding my grandfather Col. Thos. McClure who served in the Continental Army, first as capt. and later as col. in the Delaware or Pennsylvania Volunteers . During his later years while living in Mount Pleasant, Jefferson Co. Ohio he received a pension or

booty from the government. An obituary notice taken from the St. Clairsville Gazette April 22 nd 1841, is as follows "Died in Warren Township, Jefferson Co Ohio on Tuesday evening the 72 nd inst. Colonel Thomas M c Cune aged 87 years" "Col. M c Cune was one of the volunteers of Delaware in the Revolution who took £25,000 in booty from the British & as the Army under Washington was in extreme distress it was voted as a

supply for the use of the Army & immediately conveyed to it - "He died full of years & was buried with the honors of war." If his name appears upon the Pension list or as having received any bounty or money from the government I shall be glad if you will inform me.
Truly Yours
Rev) S. A. Mutchmore pr. M. S. E. cor 18 th St & Montgomery Ave Philadelphia Pa.
February 29 th 1892 - m

Can you suggest any other government source of information in this matter -
MAR 5 1892
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WAR DEPARTMENT THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE
IN REPLY REFER TO ORD-jaw
WASHINGTON June 25, 1935.
Respectfully returned to
Mr. John A. McCune, 3025 Van Brunt, Kansas City, Missouri.
No record has been found in this office of the service in the Revolutionary War of a Colonel named Thomas McCune.
The collection of Revolutionary War records in this office is far from complete, and it is suggested as a possibility that the desired information may be obtained from the Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C., which has custody of the U.S. pension records, or from the authorities of the state from which he entered the service.
No fees are charged by this Department for its official acts of this nature.
E. J. Conley Brigadier General, Acting The Adjutant General. By jaw

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Dear Sir:-
I am looking up the record of my ancestor one Thomas McCune who was born July 12, 1756.
Thomas McCune was a Colonel in the Revolutionary Army, so I am advised, and married Mary Brady, daughter of General Joseph Brady, also in the Revolutionary Army.
I would like to have what information I can get as to the records in your office giving an account of this fact.
I have no one to whom I can write to secure these records for me in Washington and so I am writing to you for help. What method will I have to pursue and what will it cost me to get this information?
Will you kindly advise me and I will appreciate it very much, I assure you.
Yours very truly,
John Avril McCune,
3025 Van Brunt
Kansas City Missouri.
10 Received A. G. C. MAY 24 1935

TAMISIEA AND TAMISIEA ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW TAMISIEA BUILDING MISSOURI VALLEY, IOWA
August 25, 1928
Commissioner of Pensions, Pension Bureau, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. Dear Sir:
Enclosed herewith please find a copy of an Order signed by the Hon. Joel R. Poinsett, the Secretary of War, in 1838, granting a pension to one Thomas McCune, who was a private in the War of the Revolution, and who lived at the date of the pension award in Mt. Pleasant, Warren County, State of Ohio.
Would it be possible for you to look up under the title of Revolutionary claims and pensions, under the name of Thomas McCune, Pension or Claim number # 31, 563., & have prepared for us certified copies of this Pension record and Order in triplicate for our reference?
If you have any other pension records of this same Thomas McCune, who served in the War of the Revolution in the Cumberland ( Penn.) County Militia and Associators, kindly send them to us.
We shall be glad to pay for this service.
Thank you for your co-operation,
We are,
Very truly yours,
TAMISIEA AND TAMISIEA.
BY
Hugh J. Tamisiea.
HJT/KL

TAMISIEA AND TAMISIEA ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW TAMISIEA BUILDING MISSOURI VALLEY, IOWA
( copy)
War Department, Revolutionary claims.
I certify that in conformity with the law of United States of the 7th of June, 1832, Thomas McCune, of the State of Ohio, who was a private during the War of the Revolution is Entitled to receive twenty dollars and --- cents per annum during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March 1831, and payable semiannually on the 4th of March, and the 4th of September, of every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States this twenty third day of November, one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight.
J.R.Poinsett, Secretary of War.
Numbered # 31, 563.
Lucy

Tonnaleuka Club, Wilmerding, Pa. August 22nd, 1913.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
I would appreciate receiving any record you may have relative to the military services of James, Thomas and Joseph McCune said to have been soldiers in the Revolutionary War. I desire this information to help in establishing my eligibility to membership in the Sons of the American Revolution. For your information, I append the following.
James McCune, who married an Elizabeth Rotherham, was living in Cumberland Co., Pa. in 1775. In 1780, he purchased an estate known as "Green-bottom" situated in Hopewell Township of said county. He was appointed an Overseer of the Poor in 1781, a Justice of the Peace and Associate Justice of the County Court of Common Pleas and of the General Quarter Sessions Court in 1784. On Feb. 25, 1794 a warrant for 400 acres of land was issued to him in Huntingdon Co., Pa. I believe this warrant was issued to him on account of military services, but of this I am not certain. James McCune died in Huntingdon Co., about 1795.

Thomas McCune, oldest son of the preceding, enlisted in the Cumberland County Militia in 1776, and served on various tours during the War. He married a Mary Brady, daughter of Capt. Jos. Brady, and died in Jefferson County Ohio, April 22nd, 1842. During the latter years of his life, he received a pension of about $20.00 a year, which pension ceased at his death. Data collected by the Ohio Sons of the American Revolution show that eight (8) soldiers of the Revolution were living in Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1840, Thomas McCune being one of them. Thomas McCune had 400 acres issued to him in Huntingdon County at the same time as the land was issued to his father, that is, Feb. 25th, 1794.
Joseph McCune, second son of James McCune, died in Jefferson County, Ohio, prior to 1840, although I do not know the exact date. Like his father and older brother, he had had 400 acres of land issued to him in Huntingdon County, Feb. 25th, 1794. Joseph McCune married Mary Shannon.
I am chiefly concerned with Joseph and James since they were my direct ancestors. As a matter of general interest, however, I would like also to know if you have any data regarding the military services of Thomas McCune.
Yours very truly,
Joseph Condit McCune

By to your request of _____, received _____ of the military history of Thomas M c Cune the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion file in this Bureau. S. 16193
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec. 1776. 2 mos. Pri. Alexander Laughlin Harrison Randolph Guarney. Pa.   April 1778. 2 " M c Clay Abraham Smith   April 1780. 2 " Thomas Askeu James Young  
Battles engaged in, Crossed Billet
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Cumberland Co. Pa.
Date of application for pension, June 1, 1838. His cl was ad.
Residence at date of application, Warren Twp, Jefferson Co, Ohio.
Age at date of application, B. July 12, 1756, Delaware.
Remarks: Pension was paid to children, to Mch. 12, 1842, and for their names you should apply to the Aud- itor for the Interior Dept. & Treasury Dept., citing the following data: Thomas M c Cune, Cert. no. 31,5-63 issued Nov 23, 1838, Act June 7, 1832, Wheeling Ohio Agency.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

1775-1783
September 11, 1928.
Hugh J. Tamisier, Tamisier Building, Missouri Valley, Iowa.
Sir:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 16193, it appears that Thomas McCune was born July 12, 1756 in Delaware, place not stated, and in 1774 moved to Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
While a resident of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania he volunteered in December 1776, served as private in Captain Alexander Laughlin's Pennsylvania Company, was on an expedition through Shrewsbury, Somerset and Middletown under Colonels Hunton, Randolph and Guernsey and was discharged March 1, 1777.
He enlisted the middle of April 1778, served as private in Captain McClay's Company, Colonel Abraham Smith's Pennsylvania Regiment, was in the battle of Crooked Billet and was discharged July 1, 1778.
He enlisted in April 1780, served as quartermaster in Captain Thomas Askey's Company, Colonel James Young's Pennsylvania Regiment and was discharged July 1, 1780.

He belonged to Captain Robert Quigley's Company, Eighth Class, Fifth Battalion, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Militia and served whenever called out until May 29, 1783.
In 1783 he moved to Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania where he lived until September 1797 and then moved to Jefferson County, Ohio.
He was allowed pension (Certificate Number 31563) on his application executed June 1, 1838 while a resident of Warren Township, Jefferson County, Ohio. He died March 12, 1842.
Soldier was survived by children, their names and the name of his wife not given.
The original pension certificate, of which you enclosed a copy, was issued to the soldier and is not on file in this bureau.
Respectfully,
Winfield Scott WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.