Bladen County, NC - John McCoy Revolutionary War Pension, 1834

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March 22, 1933

Mr. L.B. Russell
Comanche
Texas

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter relative to Daniel, John and Ruben
McCoy, soldiers of the War of the Revolution, from North Carolina.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from
claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based
upon the military service of soldiers in that war.

A search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account
of the services of Daniel McCoy of North Carolina, or of any Ruben
(Reuben) McCoy, all spellings of the surname have been searched.

You are furnished herewith the record of the only John McCoy who
served in the North Carolina troops, that is found on file in the
Revolutionary War records of this office.

The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in
pension claim S.4190 based upon the Revolutionary War service of
John McCoy.

He was born in the year 1752 in Scotland.

He enlisted while residing in Bladen County, North Carolina, in 1777
and served two months and thirteen days in Captain Carmichael's
Company in Colonel Robinson's North Carolina Regiment, and was
in an engagement with the Tories in Black Swamp; he enlisted again
in 1777 and served three months in Captain John Allen's Company
in Colonel Robinson's Regiment and marched to Wilmington, North
Carolina at the mouth of Cape Fear guarding the fort for three
months service and discharged.

He moved in 1778 from Bladen County to Rowan County, North Carolina,
where he enlisted in 1780 and served three months in Captain Sharp's
Company in Colonel Matthew Locke's North Carolina Regiment, was
marched to Mecklenburg County, NC to a creek called 12 Mile; from
thence he was marched to Fort Rugley, took said fort and several
tories as prisoners, the fort commanded by General Morgan; was
marched to Cheraw in South Carolina and to the river Pedee, thence
he was marched back to Rowan County where he was discharged.

After the Revolution he moved to Wilkes County, North Carolina, 
thence to Greenville District, South Carolina, and then to Jefferson
County, Tennessee.

He was allowed pension on his application executed March 11, 1834,
then a resident of said Jefferson County.

There are no data relative to his family.

Very truly yours,

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator

Source: HeritageQuest Online
        Revolutionary War Pension

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