Washington County AlArchives Military Records.....McCrory, James Revwar - Pension ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nancy Poquette npoq@hotmail.com June 24, 2006, 9:25 pm Pension Application Of James McCrory, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll 1673, Application BLWT# 2276-150 JAMES MCCRORY, a resident of Washington County, Alabama, aged __: “That he enlisted in Captain THOMAS MCCRORY’s company of the 9th regiment of the North Carolina line in the year 1776 and that said line rendezvoused at Halifax and marched to the north and joined headquarters the 6th day of June at Middlebrook in the state of New Jersey, and was under the command of General Washington at the Battle of Brandywine and Germantown and then went into winter quarters at the Valley Forge and was commissioned ensign by the state of North Carolina in Captain WADE’s company. The nine regiments, which composed the line being reduced to three, the supernumerary officers were sent home, of which he was one.” “He then joined the nine months men and marched to the south and was at the Battle of Stono, the 30th of June in the year 1779, and was at General GATES’ Defeat [at Camden] the 15th of August in the year 1780, and was taken prisoner the 24th of February in the year 1781 by TARLETON’s dragoons, and was kept a prisoner at Wilmington five months and then paroled…In November 1782 he took prisoner Colonel BRYAN, a British officer, and gave him up to a regular officer of the American army.” “…That he came to the state of Tennessee in the year 1784 and never went back to North Carolina, nor never drew his warrant or pay for his services from the state of North Carolina, nor never sold or bartered his claim to any person or persons whatever.” HUGH MCCRORY…saith that he is the brother of JAMES MCCRORY…JAMES MCCRORY enlisted as a sergeant in Captain MCCRORY’s company of the 9th regiment of the North Carolina line in the year 1776…the supernumerary officers were sent home, and he was one of that number. He was then employed in enlisting men until he entered the nine months service, and on the 30th June, in the year 1779. He is well-assured that said MCCRORY was in the service at GATES’ Defeat in August in the year 1780, and we were both taken prisoners in the year 1781, and JAMES MCCRORY was kept on board a prison ship for some length of time before he was paroled. He again entered the service and continued in it until after the capture of LORD CORNWALLIS.” “I, JAMES MCCRORY…do declare that I entered the service…on the __ day of November in the year 1776, and that I served in the company commanded by Captain RAMSEY, as Ensign, in the regiment No. 9 commanded by Colonel WILLIAMS of the North Carolina line, and was honorably discharged in the spring of the year 1782 from the regiment commanded by Major WILLIAM POLK. I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to me on the part of the United States…” ANDREW BAY…“That he is well acquainted with JAMES MCCRORY…and served in the same company with him, and when the regiments were consolidated into three and the supernumerary officers were sent home to recruit, he was one of that number, and I afterwards saw him with the troops who were raised to serve for nine months. My term of service having expired before the expiration of the nine months, I was discharged, and MCCRORY came on with me as far as the Waxhaw settlement in South Carolina, and then returned to the army. I was in the Battle of Brandywine and Germantown with said MCCRORY, that he always understood and believed that the said MCCRORY was taken prisoner and was kept in the prison ship at Wilmington for some time…” HOWELL TATUM-“That he knew JAMES MCCRORY while in service…and that the said JAMES MCCRORY was a subaltern officer when I knew him, and since, and that he is entitled to a military land warrant, if he has not already drawn it, but do not know the number of acres to which he is entitled…further states that he is acquainted with ANDREW BAY…” HOWELL TATUM, Captain of the 1st Artillery, North Carolina line THOMAS BRADFORD-testified as a character witness, aged 79. From pension application of ANDREW CARNAHAN-“He entered in the company commanded by Captain CHARLES GORDON, in which company JAMES and HUGH MCCRORY were appointed first and second lieutenants by the Assembly of North Carolina, but they declined accepting said appointment, and he does not think __ there was any acting lieutenant in the company.” Additional Comments: [If this file is unreadable, see the same application at ncgenweb, Guilford County military page.] File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/washington/military/revwar/pensions/mccrory231gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 5.0 Kb