REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION APPLICATION - DANIEL McCOLLUM Contributed by: William McCollum [mccollumw@home.com] http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/rowan/military/revwar/mccollm1.txt ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** Daniel McCollum's pension application was filed from Habersham County, Georgia in 1839 and was approved under Georgia certificate 31710 in February 1840. The following declaration was his supplementary certification after the initial one was denied for lack of evidence. Affidavit of Daniel McCollum Habersham County, Georgia Regarding Claim for a Pension Under the Law Passed by Congress June 7, 1832 This declaration was made by Daniel McCollum, then age 79, on October 2, 1839. He had previously filed a claim for pension shortly after the law went into effect in 1832, but his claim was returned by the Pension Office in Washington City asking for additional information. With the assistance of his Congressman, R. W. Habersham, Daniel finally got his pension on February 20, 1840. His first payment was $240.00, based on an annual rate of $26.66 with effect from March 4, 1831. Daniel died in 1842. Declaration In Order to Obtain the Benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 State of Georgia County of Habersham On this 2nd day of October 1839 personally appeared before me William Kinsey a Justice of the Peace of said county Daniel McCollum a resident of said county of Habersham in the State of Georgia aged 79 yeares 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 the 7th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. He first turned out a volunteer in Roan (Rowan) County North Carolina in the latter parte of the year 1776 and served under Major Roan in a company commanded by Captain David Caldwell and Lieutenant Richard McGuire and acted against the Torys in and about Roan County North Carolina three months and was discharged. And that he was drafted in the year 1777 (the day and month he cannot recollect by reason of ould age and the consequest lose of memory) in Roan County for two months and entered the service under Col Francis Lock in a company commanded by Captain Jacob Nikols marched to Randolph County in said state of North Carolian served out two months and was again discharged. That he was again drafted in the year 1778 for three months and entered the service under Col Francis Lock in a company commanded by Captain David Caldwell and Lieutenant Richard McGuire in the said county of Roan, marched to Camden in South Carolina and stayed out three months at that place and was discharged by Col Lock and that he served many other scouts in the years 1781, 1782 and 1783 but from old age and the consequent lose of memory he cannot state the precise time but to the best of his recollection he served in all not less than three months these last years and that the hole of his servises was as a privit and that he answers as follows to the interrogatories put by the Justice 1st he was born in East Jersey in the year 1760 2nd he has a record of his age at home 3rd he was living in N. Carolina Roan County when called into servis and soon after the war moved to South Carolina Pendleton District remained their until February 1826 and then moved to Gerogia Habersham County where he now lives 4th he first vollinteered and the next tour he was drafted and that he was also drafted again and served a third tour and that he vollinteered in all the tours he went in the last three mentioned years in the above declaration 5th he was acquainted with on (no) regular officers and dose not now recollect any regiment number 6th that he has received severl discharges one or more of them from Col Lock and from other officers but he has forgoten who and that he cannot tell what has gone with them. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pention or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pention roll of the agency of any state. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. William Kinsey, JP Daniel McCollum We Charles Payne a clergyman residing in the county of Habersham and State of Georgia and Jesse Sanford residing in the same 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 nine years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have bin a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion; sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. William Kinsey, JP Charles Payne L.P. Jesse Sanford And the Justice do hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the Ware Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Justice further certifies that it appears to him that Charles Payne who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the State and county aforesaid and that Jesse Sanford is a cridible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. William Kinsey, JP Georgia Habersham County I Lewis Levy Clerk of the Court of Ordinary of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that William Kinsey whose name appears to the above and foregoing affidavits and certificates is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid and that due faith and credit should be given to all his acts and doings as such and that his signature to the said paper is genuine. Given under my hadn and seal of Office in Clarksville, this fifteenth day of October 1839. Lewis Levy CCO Georgia Habersham County I Gabrel Sisk one of the Justices of the Courte of Ordinary for said county do hereby certify that Lewis Levy whose name appears to the above certificate is the Clerk of the said Courte of Ordinary and that the signiture is his genuine signiture and the seal affixed is the seal of office for said Courte. October 16th day 1839 G. Sisk JJC