REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION APPLICATION - ALEXANDER McCOWN

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In Nelson County, Kentucky, on the 2nd of October 1832, Alexander McCown, 
citizen of Nelson County, Kentucky, came into open court and made declaration 
that he entered service of the Revolutionary War of the United States in June 
1776. He volunteered for 3 months in service of the United States in Lancaster 
County (PA). The company he belonged to was commanded by Capt. James Ross and 
consisted of about 90 men. They marched to Philadelphia and remained there about 
10 days and from there were marched to Trenton, then to Princeton and Amboy 
where they were placed under the command of General Rebedeaux and Colonel 
Biddle. While they were at Amboy and Princeton, an express was issued from 
Washington (General George) requring about 1200 or 1300 of the troops to join 
him at or near Long Island. McCown was one of the number who marched from Amboy 
to join General Washington at Long Island. This applicant was in the battle of 
Long Island.

McCown received a discharge after having served one and a half months. In the 
winter of 1776 or 1777 he was again called upon and went under the command of 
the same Capt. Ross. They were marched toward Princeton, New Jersey. On this 
tour they had a battle with the enemy at Princeton. They were under the command 
of General George Washington. He states he served on this tour more than three 
months. He was discharged in New Jersey and returned home to Lancaster, 
Pennsylvania. In the summer of 1777, he was again called out for 3 months under 
the command of Capt. Ross. They were marched to a place called White Marsh where 
they joined the army under the command of General Washington. He remained in 
Whie Marsh during the tour of three months and was called home. Later, he 
volunteered with ten others and formed a brigade of wagons and attached 
themselves to the army. He remained in the service in this way for about 18 
months, which was till spring of 1780 at which time he marched to Monongahela.

In June 1782 he volunteered under the command of Capt. Thomas Carr and joined 
the company of Colonel Crawford who marched against the northwestern Indians. He 
was in a battle with the Indians near Upper Sandusky where Col. Crawford was 
defeated, taken prisoner and burned by the Indians.

He remained in service in this war for about 18 months. In the spring of 178_ he 
moved to the Monongahela. In May of 1785 he moved from Monongahela province to 
Bardstown, Kentucky where he has resided ever since. He served a tour of duty on 
Wayne's Campaign in 1794. He served a tour of duty as an ensign in the Campaign 
of 1812 under the command of General Hopkins.

On the same date and at the same place, Harmon Grahoun of Nelson County in 
Kentucky made certification of his acquaintance with Alexander McCown. He states 
that he is a man of good character and reliability. Michael Rentoth made similar 
statement, and Charles Wickliffe, also made affidavit of his acquaintance with 
the applicant, before James Slaughter, clerk of Nelson County, Kentucky.

Susanna (Unseld) McCown, widow of Alexander, was inscribed on the pension roll 
of the Kentucky agency to commence the 4th of March 1836. Certificate of the 
pension was issued on the 28th of June of the year 1839.