Habersham County GaArchives Military Records.....Daniel McCollum, Revolutionary War Pension November 6 1832 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: William McCollum mccollumw@comcast.net July 30, 2003, 8:36 am Revwar - Pension Captain David Caldwell's Company, Colonel Franice Locke's Regiment, North Carolina Militia (This is the first of nine documents dating from 1832 to 1850) Declaration in Order to Obtain the Benefit of the Act of Congress Passed June 7, 1832 State of Georgia | SS: On this sixth day of November eighteen hundred and thirty Habersham County | two personally appeared in open court before the Court of Ordinary now sitting Daniel McCollum a resident of said county of Habersham and state aforesaid - aged seventy two years 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 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated; that he entered the service of the United States in Rowan County in the state of North Carolina; the year he does not recollect, but thinks it was in seventy seven as a volunteer under Captain Caldwell, Major Rowan Colonel Francis Lock for the term of three months. He served out that time and was discharged. He again entered the service as a volunteer under Captain Caldwell and continued in the service for about two years and six months. He was all the time in the regiment commanded by Col Lock. He marched through North Carolina and as far as Camden in South Carolina. After having served his time he was discharged, but does not recollect whether he got a written discharge or not. He was born in the eastern part of the state of New Jersey and according to the best information in 1760 - that since the Revolution he lived a while in North Carolina then removed to Pendleton District South Carolina. From there he removed to Habersham County Georgia where he has resided ever since. He has a record of his age in his possession; that he is known to many persons who could testify as to his veracity and about their belief of his Revolutionary service, to wit Rev Evan Pearson, Rev Peter Kuykendall, John Reid, John Stewart Esq and various other persons. He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the roll of any agency of any state. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Jonathan D. Chastain, CCOr Daniel McCollum Mr. Evan Pearson, a clergyman residing in the county of Habersham and John Reid residing in the same county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel McCollum who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy-two years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Jonathan D. Chastain, CCOr Evan Pearson, Clg John Reid And the 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 was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Evan Pearson who signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in said county and that John Reid who has also signed the same is a resident of said county, is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. Elijah Stover, JCO Benjamin Cleveland JCO Absolom Holcombe JCO John Sterritt, JCO I Jonathan D. Chastain, Clerk of the Court of Ordinary of said county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Daniel McCollum for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this sixth day of November 1832. Jonathan D. Chastain, CCOr Additional Comments: Daniel McCollum initially applied for his pension shortly after the June 7, 1832 act was passed, but it took until February 1840 for him to produce satisfactory evidence of his service. Part of the problem was that his original agent left Georgia forTexas in 1833 and did not tell Daniel that his application had been rejected in April 1833 pending the receipt of additional evidence. (An historical side note to this story is that Thomas Rusk, the agent who moved to Texas, was a General in the Republic of Texas war against Mexico, ran against Sam Houston for President, and served with Houston as the first senators from Texas.) Daniel filed an amended application in 1837 and then, with the help of his congressman, Richard W. Habersham, he contacted the Commissioner of Pensions directly in 1839. Daniel died between March 18, 1850 and September 8, 1850. He collected his final semi-annual Revolutionary War pension payment of $13.33 on March 18. An agent signed for the payment as Daniel's attorney at the pension payment office in Savannah, Georgia. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 5.6 Kb