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State of Missouri}
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County of Franklin}
Personally appeard John
McCourtney be fore me William Cole a Notary
Public within and for the County and State
aforesaid and says upon oath that he is a
Pensioner in the war of eighteen hundred Twelve
That he was out in the cervice and Served Sixty
Five days that John Bedtick was drafted and -
We made the range ments for me to go in his
Plase provided that I was drafted that he was to
go out in my plse, and i did. so I was mustered in to the
Service at Saint Charles Some time in April in 1814
under Captan Herald or Teral. to the best of My Knowledge
and Colonel McNear and then we was Marched to Lieuter
Island and remained there till i was discharged and
Before i was discharged I was drafted and acording to
The range ments we had made he went out in my
Place he was under Captain McCoughlow and Lieu
Tenant Inks and was Marched up to Lieuter Island
and then I was discharged and said John Bidlick
served sixty days in my plase as I had gone out
In his plase and Served Sixty five days the
State Ments in the above is about as fair as
My Memmory Serves Me. }
Witness } John X McCourtney
James L. Cole } his mark
Subscribed and Sworn to
Before Me this 22. th
Day of May 1873
William Cole
Notary Public
[only part of this form is transcribed]
WAR OF 1812
Act of Feb. 14, 1871
Department of the Interior,
Pension Office
June 13", 1873
Sir:
You are respectfully requested to furnish official evidence of the enrollment, muster, service, and duty of John McCourtney, who Enlisted at St Charles Mo, on the [blank] day of April 1814, in Captain Teral's Company [blank] Regiment Mo. Mil, ...
The following are related as the principal incidents of the War of 1812 in which he participated:
Served as a substitute for John Biddick ...
Please return this circular with your report.
Claim No. 17791
Respectfully yours,
J. H. Baker
Commissioner,
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