York County PA Archives Military Records.....Quickel, Adam June 16, 1834
Revwar - Pension 
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Pension Application Of Adam Quickel, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll #__, Application #S11274
Allegheny County, Virginia, June 16, 1834, Adam Quickel, aged 79 years and was 
born in 1755: “That he was born in the County of York in the state of 
Pennsylvania, and that he was drafted in the company commanded by Thomas 
Manarie or Manare [it was actually McNary, and has been spelled so by the 
descendants ever since] as his Captain, and marched to the city of New York in 
the month of October 1775 when he joined the main army under the command of 
General George Washington. Andrew ?Slate acted as a lieutenant in the company 
to which this applicant was attached (the names of the other officers and 
regiment not now recollected).”

“During this applicant’s first tour of duty, he served the full term of two 
months, when he was discharged and returned home to the said county of York, 
where he remained about ?twelve? months, when he was again drafted in the 
company commanded by Captain ?Eston (his given name not now recollected) and 
was marched to the city of Philadelphia where he joined the army and was 
subsequently at and engaged in the Battle of Brandywine where General 
Washington was in command (this applicant, owing to the lapse of time and loss 
of memory, cannot now recollects the names of the other officers in command, or 
the regiment to which he was attached. This applicant, in this his second tour 
of duty, served the full of two months.”

“This applicant was permitted to remain at home about two years after his 
return from his second tour of duty, when he was again drafted in the fall of 
1781 and marched in the company commanded by Captain Henry Moore, to the town 
of Little York, to guard the soldiers taken from Cornwallis which had been 
stationed at that place. During this, the applicant’s third tour of duty, he 
served the further term of two months, when he was again discharged and 
returned to his home, where he resided until the year 1800 and then removed to 
the county of Rockingham, VA where he resided for a short time, then moved into 
the County of Pendleton, where he resided for about 6 years, when he removed to 
the county of Botetourt, here he resided until the division of said ___, and 
has ever since lived in the county of Allegheny.”

“This applicant is far advanced in life and living at a great distance from the 
place of his nativity, knows of no person who can prove the above services. 
This applicant has no documentary evidence of his services, having long since 
given out all hope of ever being remembered by his country..” etc. 

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