Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6,591, for Stephen Mc Bride, Virginia

SERVICE
Va.
McBride Stephen
NUMBER
R. 6591
CONTENTS

State of Indiana County of Martin
On this the 9 th day November in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me Alexander Shif- fliff a justice of the Peace of said County, for- merly Mc Bride who being by me duly sworn according to law, declares and says, that he is one of the heirs of Stephen Mc Bride who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, said Stephen Mc Bride was drafted, at Hampshire County in the State of Virginia, some time in the Autumn of seventeen hundred and seventy eight and continued in services in said war at that time about six months, that he served his said term of six months at Fort Laurence with General McIntosh for the purpose of destroying the Indian towns and intimidating and chartering the Indians. And that, afterwards he was drafted, by Captain Forsman and marched from said County of Hampshire to the Fort at Wheeling on the Ohio River at the time that said fort was abandoned on account of the many depredations of the Indians, having served altogether the term of nine months, that he was at the time he performed said services about twenty years of age, and that he the affi- ant is now, sixty seven years of age and that there are other heirs of said Stephen Mc Bride still living, he further states that he makes this affidavit & application for the purpose of obtaining any and all pen-

sum money which may be due to the heirs of said Stephen de Brie, up to the time of his death, which took place in March 1837, at Columbiana County, Ohio and that he never received any Pension in his life time
Jeremiah McBride Seal
The above affidavit was subscribed and sworn to before me this the 9th day of November 1855 and I certify that he is the identical person he represents himself to be and about the age therein specified
J. Shively, Justitia Dialis
State of Indiana Martin County of ss
I Lewis A Rogers Clerk of the Circuit Court within and for said County and State do hereby Certify that Alexander Shively whose genuine signature appears to the above Certificate is and was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County and authorized by law to administer oaths and that his commission was dated on the 1 st day of May 1855 and will expire on the 1 st day of May 1859. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands and affixed

The seal of said Court at Dan
Will this 9th day of November 1853
L. A. Rogers Clerk By J. H. Rogers Supt.

October 5, 1933
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BA-J/REL aw Stephen McBride-R.6591
Mrs.H.E. Pinnell 3107 No.14th Avenue Omaha, Nebraska
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Stephen McBride, of Columbiana County, Ohio, and Samuel Sullivan(Sillivan).
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service of a Samuel Sullivan or Sillivan. Such claims are the source of Revolutionary War data furnished by this office. A very careful examination of the papers in pension claim, R.6591, based upon service of Stephen McBride, has been made and the following data found therein.
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Stephen McBride, when about twenty years of age, enlisted in Hampshire County, Virginia, in the autumn of 1778, and served six months under General McIntosh at Fort Laurens and in campaigns against the Indians: he afterward enlisted in Captain Poseman's Company and marched from Hampshire County, Virginia, to Fort Wheeling on the Ohio River, at the time it was abandoned on account of the depredations of the Indians; length of this service six months.
He died in March, 1837, in Columbiana County, Ohio.
On November 9, 1855, son Jeremiah McBride, then aged sixtyseven years and a resident of Martin County, Indiana, applied in behalf of himself and the other heirs of the soldier, Stephen McBride, for the pension that might have been due on account of the services of his father in the War of the Revolution.
The claim was not allowed as Stephen McBride was not a pensioner and there was no provision of law under which his children would be entitled to pension.
The name of the wife of Stephen McBride was not shown in the papers nor do the names of any children appear except the above named Jeremiah.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to ADMINISTRATOR.

1914 Feb. 23. Hist. to Miss Josephine J. Thomas & 1914 Dec. 1. Hist. to Mrs. Elda McCullough. P.
1928-Aug. 1, Hist to Mrs Emily M. Street, M.E.E.P.O.
1929-Apr. 15. Hist to Georgia V. Miller, M.E.E. Service: _____
1933-Oct. 5. Hist to Mrs. H.C. Pinnell. P.O.
6591
Stephan M. Bird
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

Washington City May 4 th 1858
Geo. C. Whiting Esq. Comm r of Pensions, Sir
I send you herewith inclosed an application from Jeremiah McBride of Martin County Indiana for his part of arrearages of pay or of pension money which he supposed to be due him as one of the children and heirs at law of Stephen McBride a soldier in the Revolutionary War. I have not time to examine the case and am not informed, as to what law or act of Congress it is upon which he bases his application. I hope you will cause the case to be thoroughly examined and if it has merits (even though the present application be not in form) the matter can be pursued further.
Please communicate to me all the information you can consistently with the rules of your office -
Very respectfully Wm E. Killack

Hon. Mr. Crittenden May 7

Post Office May 7 th 1858.
Sir
In answer to your letter of the 4 th inst: In closing the Application of Jeremiah McBride for the Arrear of Pension due Stephen McBride I have the honor to state that, no Application has ever been made to this Office for a pension in the name of Stephen McBride, from the State of Virginia Ohio or Indiana. If he was a pensioner be pleased to state from where his Application came.
If Stephen McBride, was a pensioner was not pensioned there can be nothing allowed his children under existing pension laws.
Wm. E. Bibb No. Rep:

no. 39140
Heirs of Stephen M c Bride
Ind.
Set. Hon. D m C. Niblack May 1/88
6591
AK/B2

539 North 3 rd Street
Marshalltown, Iowa.
Nov. 24, 1914.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: - Would you please send me a copy of the Revolutionary War record of Stephen McBride , who enlisted from Virginia and was discharged before 1800 . He married a Smith and their children were; John , James , Jeremiah , Andrew , Evan , Alvan , Ann , Hannah + Betsy .
Thanking you, I am,
Yours truly,
Elda McCullough.

April 10 th 1929.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Department of Interior.
Washington D.C.
Can you help me, by telling me the State. Stephen McBride enlisted in the Revolutionary War. I find all but that. I wrote to the Memorial Continental Hall, and The Adjutant General's office and can't seem to get this information.
If there are any charges will send check at once.
Georgiana V. Walker
2672 No. Moreland Blvd.
Cleveland Ohio.
P.S. I couldn't find out if he was pensioned or not.

Omaha Nebraska August 29, 1933.
Veterans Administration Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
I am desirous of obtaining photostatic a copy of revolutionary pension records of my ancestors. what are the charges for such a service?
1. Stephen McBride born about 1761 and died March 8, 1837, buried Hanoverton, Columbiana County, Ohio. Revolutionary war service.
2. Samuel Sullivan (Silliven) thought to have come from Guilford Co. North Carolina. Died and buried in Wayne County Richmond, Ind. Samuel's brothers; William and Rueben; Samuel married Sarah — Their children James Andrew, Rachel, Margaret, Isabel. —?
If it is possible to supply these records, please give me the charges and I will be glad to remit immediately upon receipt of your reply.
Respectfully requested
DAR Natl. 198395
(Mrs H.E.) Halene C. Pinnell 3107 No. 14 Ave. Omaha.

Pasadena Welfare Bureau
COMPRISING CITY, COUNTY AND PRIVATE BENEVOLENT WORK IN PASADENA
R. V. ORBISON, CITY MANAGER W. H. HOLLAND, SUPERINTENDENT LOS ANGELES COUNTY CHARITIES R. R. MILLER, DIRECTOR EMILY M. STREET, GENERAL SECRETARY
RELIEF AND SOCIAL SERVICE CHILD WELFARE EMPLOYMENT BUREAU CLOTHING DEPARTMENT
CITY HALL, CIVIC CENTER PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
IN YOUR REPLY REFER TO _____
July 10th, 1928.
Mr. E.W. Morgan, Acting Commissioner, Department of Interior, Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear sir:
I am in receipt of your letter of July 2nd, and am enclosing herewith a list of my ancestors.
As you will note from this, Stephen McBride , my great-great-grandfather was born February 10th, 1754. He enlisted in Hampshire County, Virginia, and afterwards moved to Columbiana County, Ohio. His wife's name was Hannah Smith, born March 31st, 1761. I am sorry I do not have the dates and place of death of these people. There has been a question as regards the birth date of Stephen McBride, the year I have being 1754 and other records showing a slight difference.
I hope the information given will enable you to identify the proper party and await with interest your response.
Very truly yours,
Emily M Street
VHD Encl.

W. War Section.
February 24, 1914.
Miss Josephine J. Thomas. 825 North Sixth Street. Vincennes, Ind.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 15 th instant, you are advised that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to Andrew or Mortica (Mordica) McBride, and that the following data relates to the only Stephen McBride found on said records.
In the papers in claim R. File No. 6,591. it is stated that Stephen McBride was drafted in Hampshire County, Virginia in the autumn of 1778. and served under General McIntosh at Fort Lawrence against the Indians, six months; and that he was afterwards drafted by Captain Foreman, and marched from Hampshire County, to the fort at Wheeling on the Ohio river at the time it was abandoned on account of the depredations of the Indians; and that he served nine months altogether, at which time he was about twenty years of age.
On November 9, 1855, in Martin County, Indiana, his son Jeremiah McBride, aged sixty-seven years, applied in behalf of himself and other heirs (no names stated) for a pension

on account of the services of Stephen McBride who died in March 1837. in Columbiana County. Ohio.
The claim was never allowed for the reason that as Stephen McBride was not a pensioner. there was no law under which his children were entitled to pension.
Very respectfully,
A handwritten signature in cursive script, reading "G. M. Saltzgaber". The signature is written in dark ink on a light background.
Commissioner.

December 1, 1914.
Mrs. Elda McCullough,
539 North Third Street,
Marshalltown, Iowa.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 24 th ultimo, you advised that in the papers in claim R. File No. 6,591, it is stated that Stephen McBride was drafted in Hampshire County, Virginia, in the Autumn of 1778, and served under General McIntosh at Fort Lawrence against the Indians, six months, and that he was afterwards drafted by Captain Foreman, and marched from Hampshire County to the fort at Wheeling on the Ohio River at the time it was abandoned on account of the depredations of the Indians; and that he served nine months altogether, at which time he was about twenty years of age. See
On November 9, 1855, in Martin County, Indiana, one of his children, Jeremiah McBride, aged sixty-seven years, applied in behalf of himself and the other heirs (no names stated) for a pension on account of the above services of Stephen McBride, who died in March 1837, in Columbiana County, Ohio.
The claim was never allowed for the reason that as Stephen McBride was not a pensioner, there was no law under which his children were entitled to pension.

There is no further family data on file.
The above is the only Stephen McBride found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Very respectfully,
G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.

M. E. E.
August 1, 1926
Mrs. Emily M. Street City Hall, Civic Center Pasadena, California
Madam:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 6591, it appears that Stephen McBride, when about twenty years of age, enlisted in Hampshire County, Virginia, in the autumn of 1778, and served six months under General McIntosh at Fort Lawrence and in campaigns against the Indians.
He afterwards enlisted in Captain Forster's Company and marched from Hampshire County, Virginia, to Fort Wheeling on the Ohio River at the time it was abandoned on account of the depredations of the Indians. The length of this service was three months.
He died in March, 1837, in Columbiana County, Ohio.
On November 9, 1855, in Martin County, Indiana, one of his children, Jeremiah McBride, aged sixty-seven years, applied in behalf of himself and the other heirs (no names stated) for a pension on account of the above services of Stephen McBride.
The claim was never allowed as Stephen McBride was not a pensioner, and there was no law under which his children were entitled to pension.

There are no further data on file relative to his family.
This is the history of the only soldier by the name of Stephen McBride found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

7. and 1812 rs Section R/eel
April 15, 1929
Georgana V. Walker 2672 No. Moreland Blvd. Cleveland, Ohio
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 6591, it appears that Stephen McBride, when about twenty years of age, enlisted in Hampshire County, Virginia, in the autumn of 1778, and served six months under General McIntosh at Fort Laurens Lawrence and in campaigns against the Indians.
He afterwards enlisted in Captain Foreman's Company and marched from Hampshire County, Virginia, to Fort Wheeling on the Ohio River at the time it was abandoned on account of the depredations of the Indians. The length of this service was three months.
He died in March, 1837, in Columbiana County, Ohio.
On November 9, 1855, in Martin County, Indiana, one of his children, Jeremiah McBride, aged sixty-seven years, applied in behalf of himself and the other heirs (no names stated) for a pension on account of the above services

of Stephen McBride.
The claim was never allowed as Stephen McBride was not a pensioner, and there was no law under which his children were entitled to pension.
There are no further data concerning his family.
This is the history of the only soldier by the name of Stephen McBride found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.