Rowan County, NC - Thomas Bell Revolutionary War Pension

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May 29, 1933

Mrs. W.H. Hunnaly
Monroe, Georgia

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information
relative to Thomas Bell of Iredell County, North Carolina, a soldier
of the War of the Revolution.

The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in
pension claim R.720 based upon the Revolutionary War service of
Thomas Bell.

The date and place of his birth are not stated nor are the names
of his parents shown.

Thomas Bell, while a resident of Rowan (later Iredell) County,
North Carolina, was a wagoner (drove his own team) under Captain
Caldwell from February 26, 1778 until March 21, 1778; served three
months in Captain Headon's Company, Colonel William Lofton's
North Carolina Regiment, and was discharged December 4, 1781. It 
was stated that he served on various other tours.

Thomas Bell married in 1783 or 1786, Jane McGuire, the daughter of
Timothy McGuire. Thomas Bell and Jane McGuire were both then of
Iredell County. He died in Iredell County February 14, 1825 aged 
about seventy years and his widow, Jane Bell, died in same county
November 1, 1843. The date of her birth is not given, nor is the
name of her mother shown.

The following children survived their mother:

John Carson Bell, aged forty-seven years in 1846 and a resident of
     Rowan County, North Carolina
John A. Bell
Cynthia Bell
Jane or Jenny Bell
Mary Bell

It was stated in 1846 that other children were then dead, no names
given.

John Carson Bell applied for the pension that might have been due
his mother, in behalf of himself and the other surviving children.
The claim was not allowed as proof of six months service, as
required by the pension law, was not established.

Very truly yours,

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator


Source: HeritageQuest Online

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