Military: Rev War: Pensions: ALEXANDER McCLEAN - Uniontown,
Fayette County, PA

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SUBJECT: ALEXANDER McCLEAN - Fayette County, Pennsylvania
SUBMITTER: Don Marsh
EMAIL: McClainExchange@mexia.com
DATE: Oct 02, 1999
SURNAMES: McCLEAN

FAYETTE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

S.F. 13898, Pa. Service. McCLEAN, ALEXANDER. June 4, 1833,
ALEXANDER McCLEAN, 86 years old, a resident of Uniontown,
Fayette Co., Pa., applied for pension and deposed: that Aug. 11, 1778
he was drafted as a militia man in Fayette Co. near Uniontown, to serve
against the Indians under Capt. ISAAC PIERCE and Col. JOHN
STEVENSON. He marched to Fort Pitt, then to Fort McIntosh where,
through the influence of Col. CRAWFORD he was made commissary,
which office he held from Sept. 15, 1778 to Dec. 15, 1778; that he
received his appointment from Gen. McINTOSH. From Fort McIntosh
he marched to Tuscarawa Nov. 4, 1778 and returned to Fort Pitt Dec.
15, 1778; was dismissed and returned home Dec. 24th having served 4
months and 13 days; that he received $40. a month in Continental
money for his services as commissary; that in the summer of 1776
there was an alarm in his neighborhood and he volunteered to serve
against the Indians from French Creek and the Kiskinmitas (?), and that
he helped raise a company which was commanded by Capt. SAMUEL
DAVIS. That he later volunteered to aid in getting troops out to the
northern and western frontiers to defend the inhabitants against the
Indians; served at least 5 months, making the whole of his service 9
months and 13 days; that the dates mentioned for the time he served as
commissary were supplied from a book he kept which had been
partially preserved. That during the three months he served as
commissary, the following officers received supplies and munitions
from him, viz:- THOMAS McCARTY - Quartermaster of Col. JOHN
EVANS' battalion of militia from Monongalia and Ohio Counties;
Capts. ANDREW SWEARANGEN, THOMAS BAY, JOHN CROW,
ISAAC DYE, JOSEPH OGLE, JAMES WRIGHT, JACOB
HAYMAKER, ISAAC PEARCE, JOHN MINTER, SAMUEL
McKINZIE, A. R. CAMPBELL, D.M.M.G. (?); MABRAY EVANS,
Capt.; JOSEPH BEELER, Lieut. Col.; JOHN MILAY, sergt.;
BENJAMIN WHOLEY, ROBERT McCREADY, HUGH GARDNER,
ARTHUR GORDON, Adjt.; SAMUEL SWINDLER, Qt. Adjt. (?);
JOHN PHILIPS, Sergft; I. BERWICK, Judge Advocate; DAVID
DEFARGE, Ensign; WILLIAM HENDERSON, etc.; that he was born
Dec. 2, 1746, in Philadelphia Co., Pa.; that he lived when he went into
service in Fayette Co., Pa. near where he now lives. Signed:
ALEXANDER McCLEAN

Same day, Rev. CHARLES COOKE and ANDREW STEWART, both
of Uniontown, Fayette Co., Pa. certified to veracity of ALEXANDER
McCLEAN and their belief that he was a Revolutionary soldier. Claim
allowed. July 22, 1837, A. STEWART of Uniontown, writes to J. L.
EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions, for the purose of obtaining a
copy of the pension record of ALEXANDER McCLEAN, that he may
get a state pension for the widow.

A letter from the Treasury Department dated Oct. 4, 1906 states that
ALEXANDER McCLEAN's pension was paid to Jan. 7, 1834, date of
death. Payment was made to JOSEPH McCLEAN as administrator, by
Treasury Settlement, dated Nov. 12, 1846. Pensioner resided in Fayette
Co., Pa. for fifty years before his death. Signed - ROBERT S.
PERSON, Auditor. J. B. BELT, Deputy Auditor. Cert. No. 11940. Act
of June 7, 1832. Issued July 15, 1833, Pittsburgh, Pa. Agency, $81.42
per annum.