Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4197, for John Mc Casland, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
McBasland, John
S 4197
Va.
also, Under H. Clait, 1791.
CONTENTS
boarded.

13734
West Tennessee
John McCalland
of Lauderdale in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Campbell of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Pennsylvania line for 2 months & 24 days private
2 " " " " Sergeant
3 " " " " Ensign
Pay To Line Records at Ohio river
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 44 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of June 1833 and Serial No 13 Pension Present
Arrears to the 14th of March 98.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 24.66
$123.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 1 Page 492

State of Tennessee } On this third day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before Dauidson County } Jesse Wharton. William Williams and Enock P. Connell esquires Section of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Dauidson County and State of Tennessee now sitting. John W. Carroll a resident of Dauidson County and State of Tennessee aged Eighty two years on the first day of June last who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the Service of the United States under the following officers, and served as herein after stated To-wit. That he was born on the first day of June in the year 1750 in Cumberland County in the State of Pennsylvania and entered the Service of the United States same time in the month of August 1776 in Capt Thomas Campbell's Company of Volunteers of the 7 Regiment Pennsylvania Militia (as he believes) Commanded by Col. .... Brown, that he was a volunteer and after the Company was made up the officers were elected and that he was elected an ensign. That the Company was made up in Cumberland County Pennsylvania and marched to Philadelphia and then went by water to Trenton and from Trenton they marched to Perth Amboy and while at Amboy the British lay on Staten Island, and there was occasional cannonading; but the distance was so far that no damage was done — after which time two British men of war went up the north River by breaking a chain defences which had been stretched across the river to prevent their passing up the north River — Said vessels were laden with provisions and munitions of war — and from Perth Amboy went to Long Island under the Command of Genl. Putnam — we found troops on Long Island (American Troops) and soon after our arrival an engagement took place with the British, who I think were commanded by Genl. Howe. we were defeated with a considerable number killed and a number taken prisoners, and among the number taken prisoners by the British was Capt Campbell — we then marched to Philadelphia — were paid off and discharged and allowed a penny a mile to take us home, we then returned home the same route we went. I do not recollect the time we were absent, but we volunteered for three months. This deponent states that he got a discharge in Philadelphia which was signed by his Lieutenant Samuel M c Hattom and Col Brown.
This deponent states that the next time he served was in January 1778, when he was drafted in Cumberland County Pennsylvania in Capt Joseph Culbertson's Company of the .... Regiment Commanded by Col. Samuel Culbertson and was an orderly sergeant in said Company — that the Company marched to Valley Forge where Genl. Washington had his head quarters, that this was the first and last time he ever saw Genl. Washington; that he was under the Command of Genl. Lacey, who commanded the Militia — the British lay in Philadelphia the winter and the American Troops lay at Valley Forge we had no fighting, but we had to scour the Country to prevent the Hessians from plundering and destroying property, who generally went in small gangs and at different times we took Hessian prisoners and delivered them to Genl. Washington at Valley Forge — And on one occasion a section of us were ranging about Huntly Hopson and we suspected Hopson to be at a large and handsome Mansion house in Bucks County Pennsylvania about ten miles from Philadelphia — we approached near the house and discovered a large Hessian standing in the yard with his gun as a sentinel we supposed and by a unanimous vote of the Company present it was agreed that Major McCorman or myself who were good marksmen should shoot him (McCorman was then a private) we cast lots and it fell to my lot to shoot the Hessian — I did not like to shoot a man down in cold blood, the Company present knew I was a good marksman and I concluded to break his thigh, I shot with a rifle and aimed at his hip — he had a large iron Tobacco box in his breeches pocket and I hit the box, the ball glanced and entered his thigh and scalded the bone of the thigh on the outside — he fell and then ran — we scaled the yard fence and surrounded the house — they saw their situation and were evidently dispo- sed to surrender — they could not speak English, and we could not understand their language — at length one of the Hessians came out of the cellar with a large bath of rum and advanced with it at arm's length as a flag of truce. The family had abandoned the house and the Hessians had possession — they were twelve in number, we took them prisoners and carried them to Valley Forge and delivered them up to Genl. Washington. We were drafted for two months in the 22 nd January and was dis- charged about the 22 nd March at Valley Forge and from Valley Forge we marched home the same route we came and I got a discharge at Valley Forge.
In April 1780 I moved from Cumberland County Pennsylvania to the neighbourhood of the falls of Ohio in the State of Kentucky and landed at the Falls of Ohio April 16 th 1780. The Indians were very troublesome, and in the after part of the summer of 1780 I went out

as a volunteer under Genl. Clark as a private against the Shawanese Indians and marched up the Ohio river on the Southern side and crossed it at the mouth of the Miami River Thence to Chillicothe and at Chillicothe we had an engagement with the Indians we defeated and routed them - cut their corn down and burnt their houses and then returned home the same route after an absence of about six weeks. At that time I went out under Capt. McBlure and was paid by the United States at the Falls of the Ohio and was discharged Then, that no discharges were given to the volunteers.
This deponent further states that he went out another tour of duty in 1782 against the Shawanese Indians as a private and as a volunteer under the command of Genl. Clark in Capt. Jacob Vanmeter's Company, crossed the Ohio river at the mouth of Licking River, built a Block House where Cincinnati now stands and left 15 or 20 Invalids at the Block house, to take care of such military stores as we could not take with us - we proceeded up the Miami river to the Shawanese Towns, five days March - the Indians discovered us about two miles from the Towns and made their escape - we burnt their corn which was gathered and burnt as many as seven little Towns - took five Indians (Women & Children) prisoners and killed five or six warriors who were scouting about - we then returned home the same route after an absence of something less than two months to the Falls of the Ohio, where we were paid off - and I am of the opinion that none of us got a discharge.
This deponent states that he went out as a volunteer private in 1791 in Captain Gray's Company under the command of Col. Oldham - marched through Cincinnati and Gennett and at Cincinnati we were placed under the command of Genl. St. Clair, we then marched towards the Lakes to the river St. Marys where we had a battle with the Indians - we lost 1153 men killed and 63 wounded and lost our baggage and provisions - I was in this battle from beginning to end and escaped unhurt. Col. Oldham was killed and this battle is called St. Clair's defeat - we marched back to Cincinnati and was discharged at Cincinnati and a number of us purchased an old flat boat and floated down to Louisville. I got no discharge at Cincinnati and I lived during these three Indian campaigns in the neighborhood of the falls of the Ohio.
This deponent states that he left the State of Kentucky in the year 1801 and moved into Davidson County in the State of Tennessee and has lived there ever since and is at this time a resident of said County.
This deponent further states that he kept his discharge which he got after the termination of the two first campaigns which was testimony of his service until the month of October 1830, when his house was burned and his discharge was burned in the house with nearly every thing else that was in the house. That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can produce, who can testify to his service.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state or of the United States.
I swear to the day and year aforesaid and subscribe
August 3 rd 1832.
Sub Henry Ewing Clerk of Davidson County Court
John McAsland (Seal)
The Court then proceeded to propound the following interrogatories to John McAsland an applicant for a pension on account of services in the United States.
Q 1 st Where and in what year were you born
Ans r . This Question is fully answered in the body of my affidavit
Q 2 nd Have you any record of your age and if so where is it
Ans r . I had my Father's bible in which my age was set down - it was burned in my house in October 1830
Q 3 rd When were you born when called into service, when have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live.
Ans r . These Questions are fully answered in the body of my affidavit
Q 4 th How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were

you a substitute and if a substitute for whom.
Ans. This question is very fully stated in my affidavit herewith
Qr. 5 State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops, when you were formed; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of yr. service.
Ans. This question is as fully answered in my affidavit as I am at present able to answer it
Qr. 6 Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service, and if so by whom was it given and what became of it
Ans. I received a discharge for my services in the two first forces I formed and I kept them until October 1830 when they were burnt in my house.
Qr. 7 State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and the belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Ans. I am acquainted with Parson David Blayds - Samuel Shannon Esqr and Brock P. Bannell Esqr. one of the members of this Court, and all my neighbors. Sworn to and subscribed before me
August 3 d 1832 Test Henry Ewing Clerk of Davidson County Court
John McCarland
I David Blayds a Clergyman residing in the County of Davidson and State of Tennessee do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with John McCarland who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration - that I believe him to be a very old man but cannot say what his age is - he has great grand children large enough to go to mill - I cannot say whether he is reputed to have been in the revolutionary war; I have no recollection of ever hearing so. I have been acquainted with him and lived within about four miles from him for a great number of years; ever since he moved into Davidson County, and he is reputed to be a man of good character - I neither know nor have I ever heard any thing to the contrary and I am of the opinion that he is a man of truth & character.
Sworn to & subscribed this 3 d day of August 1832 David Blayds
Test Henry Ewing Clerk of Davidson County Court
I, Brock P. Bannell one of the members of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of Davidson County and State of Tennessee do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with John McCarland who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration about thirteen years - he lives three miles from me and is a man who has always borne a good character since I have known him - I have understood that he was in the army, such has been the talk in the neighbourhood, but I cannot say what army. He is a very old man but I cannot say what his age is I should say something like eighty years of age.
Sworn to & subscribed this 3 d day of August 1832
B. P. Bannell
Test Henry Ewing Clerk of Davidson County Court
I Samuel Shannon one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Davidson and State of Tennessee - residing in the County of Davidson and State of Tennessee do hereby certify that I have known John McCarland who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration ever since the year 1801. when he moved in this County - that he lives about three miles from me at this time and never lived further since the year 1801 - that he is a very old man & has children older than myself and I am fifty two years of age I have no doubt but he is at least eighty years of age - I have always understood since I have known him that he was in the army and about five or six years ago he had a conversation with me on the subject of a pension and he shewed me two or three discharges. My reply to him was that he owned property to an amount which would entitle him under the law. He is a man who bears a good character in his neighbourhood for truth

and honesty - his house was burned up something like two years ago and it is the opinion I have no doubt of the fact myself that everything in it was burned except his clothes he had on. - Sworn to & subscribed this 3 rd day of August 1832 Let Henry Ewing Clerk Davidson County Court
J. Wharton Justice of the peace for Davidson County
State of Tennessee } Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County and State July Term A.D. 1832 Davidson County }
Said court do hereby certify that the applicant John McFarland a citizen of said county established by evidence of respectable and credible witnesses, known as such to the court that he has always sustained the character of an upright, sober, honest and truthful man, one member of the court being personally acquainted with him.
Said court do further certify that David Floyd who has signed one of the foregoing certificates is a respectable clergyman residing in the neighborhood of said applicant and that Samuel Shannon who has signed another of said certificates is a respectable Justice of the peace also residing in the same neighborhood and that said persons are known to the court to be men of truth and honesty and that as such their statements are entitled to implicit credit and further that all said statements were made publicly in open court.
And 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 John McFarland was a revolutionary soldier and served as his states
August 3 rd 1832
J. Wharton Will Williams G. R. Rowland
Justices of the court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of Davidson County, Tennessee.
State of Tennessee Davidson County ss. I Henry Ewing clerk of the court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John McFarland for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of said court to be also affixed at office in Nashville on this third day of August A.D. 1832 Henry Ewing

In the case of the application of Mr. McCavland for a pension, under the Act of Congress of June 4 th 1832, and to obtain which he forwarded a declaration under date "3 rd day August 1832" and which has been returned to the applicant for amendment, the following proceedings & amended declaration are submitted.
State of Tennessee
Davidson County
By Circuit Court of Law & Equity for the State & County now sitting:
Personally appeared in open court, the aforesaid applicant who being duly sworn, deposes & saith, that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades. - For three months, the first service, stated in my declaration, I served, and for that length of time, as an ensign in Capt Campbell's company. - For two months, I served my second duty, as an orderly, in Capt Calberson's company, as stated in my declaration. - For the term of six weeks at least, in 1780 under Gen l Clark, & Capt Wm Steele, against the Indians, as stated in my declaration - on this occasion, I was a private. - For not less than six weeks (tho' I believe it more) against the Indians, in the campaign of 1782, under Gen l Clark, & Capt Vanmeter, as stated in my declaration. - I was here but a private soldier. - For not less than two months in 1791, under Gen l St Clair, Col o Oldham, & Capt Presley Gray, - as stated in my declaration, I was at St Clair's defeat.
The applicant begs to state here, what he omitted to state in his declaration of last August, he thought of it at the time of making the said declaration, but did not know that it would be of any value.
In 1798, his brother Wm McCavland, who was a weakly & infirm lad, was drafted in Cumberland County Pen a for a two months militia force - he was talking of hiring a substitute. I proposed to him if he would attend to my business, I would serve in his place. The proposition was acceded to. Accordingly, in May of that year, I marched from Cumberland County to Philadelphia in Capt Patrick Jack's company. We joined Col o Arthur Buchanan's regiment at Chambersburg. In this tour, we had no engagement, saw no enemy, & did but little, except march about from place to place - On this occasion, applicant served two months.
In conclusion, applicant states, that he has no evidence

either oral, or written of his services herein set out - he can only certify the same, by the solemnity of the oath which he now takes, and he is conscientious before his God of endeavoring to speak the truth:
Sworn to in open court John M c Carland by Ephraim H c Foster May 28 th 1833 Jacob M c Gavock Clerk of Davidson Circuit Court
Appeared in open court Ephraim H c Foster , and makes oath, that J c McCarland , the above affiant is personally known to him, and that he is the same individual who made the declaration of the 3 rd August 1832, referred to in the foregoing amended declaration.
Sworn to in open court Ephraim H c Foster by Ephraim H c Foster May 28 th 1833 Jacob M c Gavock Clk
State of Tennessee } ss. Davidson county }
I Jacob M c Gavock Clerk of the Circuit Court of law and equity for the State and County aforesaid now sitting for the county aforesaid, do certify that the foregoing contain the original proceedings had before said court, in the matter of the application of  John M c Carland for a pension, under the act of congress of the 9 th June 1832. I further certify that said M c Carland qualified to the same in open court, under the inspection of his honor the presiding Judge, And that Ephraim H c Foster in like form qualified to the identity of said M c Carland .
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said court at office in Nashville This 28 th day of May AD 1833
Jacob M c Gavock

April 28, 1936.
Mrs. S. L. MacCarty 1716 Rivermont Avenue Lynchburg, Virginia.
BA-3/111 John McCausland S. 4197
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John McCausland of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, who moved to Augusta County, Virginia, and died in 1809, also, the War of 1812 record of James McCausland of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, or Augusta County, Virginia; you state that you are trying to establish the connection between the John McCausland of Pennsylvania and the John McCausland of Virginia.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of the John McCausland identical with the one described by you, nor claim for pension on file based upon service in the War of 1812 of a James McCausland of either Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, or Augusta County, Virginia. However, the claim for pension has been found of John McCausland of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, War of the Revolution; his record is given herein as found in the papers on file in his claim for pension, S. 4197. It may aid you in your research.
John McCausland (as he signed his name) was born June 1, 1750, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; the names of his parents are not shown. His brother, William McCausland, resided in 1778, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
John McCausland, while a resident of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, enlisted some time in August 1776, and served three months as ensign in Captain Thomas Campbell's company, Colonel Brown's Pennsylvania regiment. He enlisted January 22, 1778 and served two months as sergeant in Captain Joseph Culbertson's company, Colonel Samuel Culbertson's Pennsylvania regiment, during which he was en-

gaged near Philadelphia with some Hessians, captured some of their number and carried them to General Washington at Valley Forge. John McCasland enlisted in May 1778, and served two months as private in Captain Patrick Jack's company, Colonel Arthur Buchanan's Pennsylvania regiment, which service was rendered as substitute for his brother, William McCasland of Cumberland County. In April 1780, John McCasland moved from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, to the "neighborhood of the falls of the Ohio", reaching there April 16. He volunteered there and served six weeks in Captain McClure's company under General Clarke against the Shawnee Indians and was in an engagement at Chillicothe. He served another tour against the Indians in 1782 as private in Captain Van Jacob Van Meter's company, near the mouth of the Licking River, destroyed the Indian towns and took many prisoners, this tour not less than six weeks.
The soldier served also in 1791, as private in Captain Gray's company, Colonel Oldham's regiment in the campaign against the Indians and was in St. Clair's Defeat.
John McCasland moved in 1801 from Kentucky to Davidson County, Tennessee.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 3, 1832, at which time he resided in Davidson County, Tennessee.
At the time John McCasland made his application for pension, he had children who were more than fifty years of age, and great-grandchildren "large enough to go to mill"; the names of said children and great-grandchildren were not stated, nor the name of his wife, nor date and place of their marriage given.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pension, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following: John McCasland, certificate #13734, issued June 8, 1833, rate $49.33 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832-West Tennessee Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. MILLER, Assistant to the Administrator.

1936-April 28- Hist. to Mrs. S. L. MacGinn J.L.L.
Rev. Wm
4194 INVALID.
File No. 4197
John McCaslane Ensign Pa. Line
Act: June 17/32
Index:—Vol. A , Page 244
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Pa. Va. Line. Records corrected. Apr. 2, 1905- R.

h o Mcbasson's, Original & amended Declaration
  From  Print     Plaintiff  Enjoin  4 mo. 21 days    Pr.  2 mo 24 days  $ 9.33    Sergt  2 mo.  10. —    Enjoin  3 mo.  30 —     $ 49.33     49 33 / 100  
(Faint, mirrored bleed-through text from the reverse side of the page)

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jn o McCalland which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? no VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? gs IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? gs X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? ss

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Evidence of the claimant having been commissioned as a Brigadier and of his service as such is required.

Lynchburg, Va. April 7, 1936.
Department of the Interior, U.S. Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Will you be kind enough to give me the record JAMES McCAUSLAND in the war of 1812. He was probably enlisted from either Augusta County, Va. or Cumberland County, Pa.
As I am told his health was permanently injured he may be on the pension roll. In such case I would like to be advised as to his address, his age, whether his pension was terminated by death, if he left a widow to whom a pension was paid. In fact I would appre- ciate any information which would enable me to locate his residence and the place and time of his death.
I would also appreciate your giving me the REVOLUTIONARY record of JOHN McCAUSLAND AND IF HE WAS PENSIONED. He would be en- rolled as from Cumberland County, Pa. but later in life removed to Augusta County, Va. where he died in 1809. If you can give me any information which would establish the connection between the John McCausland of Pennsylvania and the John McCausland of Virginia it would be of great service to me. I know that they were one and the same, but it is difficult to prove at this late day. John McCausland was the father of the James McCausland mentioned above as serving in the War of 1812.
I shall be most grateful for your assistance.
Yours very truly,
Susie L. MacCarty Mrs. S. L. MacCarty 1716 Rivermont Vaenue Lynchburg, Va.