Carroll-Putnam County GaArchives Military Records.....Mark McKleroy March 19 1855
Warof1812 Capt. William E. Adams Company - GA Militia
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Mark McKleroy, served in Capt. William E. Adams Company, Georgia 
Militia, War of 1812. (Note: Surname also spelled as Muckleroy in 
service record; surname spelled as McKelroy and McKleroy in bounty land 
file)
Bounty land Warrants 2156-80-55 and 22670-80-50 
November 1850 
State of Georgia, County of Carroll 
On this fifth day of November, A.D. Eighteen hundred and fifty, 
personally appeared, Mark McKelroy, and after being duly sworn 
according to law declares that he is the identical Mark McKelroy who was 
a private in the company commanded by Captain William E. Adams in the 
Battallion commanded bgy Major Alexander in the War with Great Britain 
and the Creek Indians; That he was drafted in Putnam County in the 
State of Georgia on the 7th ? day of August A.D. Eighteen hundred and 
twelve. That he continued in actual service in said War for the term of 
four months and was honorably discharged at Fort Lawrence on or about 
the ?? day of December A.D. Eighteeen hundred and twelve as will appear 
by reference to the Muster Roll of said Company as his certificate of 
discharge is lost or mislaid. He makes this declaration for the purpose 
of obtaining the Bounty Land to which he may be entitled to under the 
Act of granting certain officers/soldiers who have beeen engaged in the 
service of the United States, passed on the 38th day of September 
1850. Mark McKelroy, X his mark 
Sworn to and subscribed before me this day and year above written, and I 
do hereby certify that I believe the said Mark McKelroy to be the 
identical man who served as affadavit said and that he appears to be of 
that age, as above written. 
J.C. Benson, J.J.C.
March 19, 1855 
State of Georgia, Carroll County 
On this nineteenth day of March, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and 
fifty five, personally appeared, Mark McKleroy, aged sixty seven years, 
a resident of Carroll County in the State of Georgia, who being duly 
sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical Mark McKleroy, 
who received under an Act of 28th September 1850, a land warrant for 
eighty acres, for services in Captain Wm. E. Adams company in the 
Georgia Militia, War of 1812, and continued in actual service about four 
months, and was discharged at Fort Laurens honorably, on account of 
sickness, as will appear by reference to the muster rolls if said 
company, his discharge being lost. 
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land, 
granted by the Act approved March 3, 1855.... Mark McKleroy, X, his 
mark 
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Submitted by Candace Gravelle 
August 2003


Additional Comments:
I obtained this 
file from the National Archives in Washington, D.C. This one does not 
have any family information in it, but helps to narrow down when/where 
this soldier died sometime between 1856 - 1859 (he was deceased by 1860 
census):


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