Granville County, NC - James & Ann McDaniel Revolutionary War Pension, 1852

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May 4, 1936

Mr. James A. Patillo
Perdyne
Arkansas

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary
War record under Widow's File 8447.

This is a claim for pension based upon service of a James McDaniel whose
record it is presumed you desire. You did not give the name of the soldier.

The papers in that claim have been examined and the following data found.

James McDaniel was born January 27, 1762. The place of his birth and the
names of his parents are not shown. His father was living during the
Revolution.

While residing in Granville County, North Carolina James McDaniel enlisted,
date not given, for nine months in Captain Blount's Company, North Carolina
Troops. Several months after the termination of this service and very soon
after he was eighteen years of age he was called into service and was in
a number of tours, dates are not given, and the only names of officers
that are shown are Captain Long and Colonel Taylor; he was in a number of
engagements, the only name of a battle that is given being Guilford
Court House, after which battle he guarded wagons to Ramsey's Mill. It was
stated that after the Revolution, he was appointed captain of a militia
company in North Carolina in recognition of his services in the Revolution.

In 1800 he moved to Marlborough District, South Carolina, where he died
September 27, 1839.

The soldier married June 4, 1790 in Granville County, North Carolina, Ann 
or Nancy Rogers, who was born March 4, 1774. The place of her birth and the 
names of her parents are not shown. The marriage license was obtained from 
the clerk of the court of said Granville County on May 24, 1790.

Ann, widow of James McDaniel, was allowed pension on her application
executed April 16, 1852 while residing in Marlborough District, South
Carolina. She signed by mark, Ann, and was so pensioned.

She died May 18, 1865 at the home of her daughter Rachel Thomas and
her husband Philip S. Thomas in Sumter District, South Carolina, where she 
had resided since January 1, 1855.

The names of the following children are shown:

Sarah McDaniel born March 4, 1791
Ann McDaniel born Jamuary 3, 1793
Mary McDaniel born March 26, 1796
Joseph McDaniel born September 6, 1798
James McDaniel born January 18, 1802
Rachel McDaniel born May 17, 1807 (married Philip S. Thomas)
John McDaniel born May 5, 1811

Source: HeritageQuest Online
        Above letter contained in pension file

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