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IVEY, ELIJAH, aged 75, and a resident of Lowndes county; private S. C. Militia;
enrolled on November 4, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to
date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $80; sums received to date
of publication of list, $200. - Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen.
Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

JACKSON, JOHN, aged 82, and a resident of Jackson county; private S. C.
Continental Line; enrolled on November 19, 1819, under act of Congress of March
18, 1818, payment to date from September 21, 1818; annual allowance, $96; sums
received to date of publication of list, $1.243.47; transferred from Lincoln
county, Tennessee, from March 4, 1816. -Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv,
Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

JAGGERS, JEREMIAH, aged 86, and a resident of Madison county; private S. C.
Continental Line; enrolled on February 14, 1824, under act of Congress of March
18, 1818, payment to date from January 28, 1824; annual allowance, $96; sums
received to date of publication of list, $730.90. - Revolutionary Pension Roll,
in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

JEEMS, VACHEL, aged 75, and a resident of Lauderdale county; private and
sergeant Maryland State Troops; en-rolled on May 22, 1824, under act of Congress
of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $90.27. -
Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess.,
1833-34.

JENKINS, JOHN, aged 81, and a resident of Limestone county; private and sergeant
S. C. Continental Militia; en-rolled on June 14, 1833, under act of Congress of
June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $65; sums
received to date of publication of list, $195. - Revolutionary Pension Roll, in
Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

JENKINS, WILLIAM, aged 73, and a resident of Jackson county; sergeant,
lieuteuant and captain S. C. State Troops; enrolled on June 6, 1834, under act
of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual
allowance, $170. - Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd
Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

JENNINGS, WILLIAM, a resident of Shelby county; private, particular service not
shown; -enrolled on August 14, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832;
annual allowance, $26.66; transferred from Tennessee. - Pension. Book, State
Branch Bank, Mobile.

JOHNSON, JOHN, a resident of Pickens county; private, particular service not
shown; enrolled on August 1, 1836, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832,
payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $30.66. Pension Book,
State Branch Bank, Mobile.

JOHNSON, RICHARD, aged 74, and a resident of Green county; private Virginia
Militia; enrolled on September 18, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832,
payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $20. - Revolutionary
Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. He resided in Greene
county, June 1, 1840, aged 79. - Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.

JOHNSON, RICHARD, age not given, and a resident of Madison county; Corporal
Lee's Legion; enrolled on May 25, 1829, under act of Congress of May 15, 1828,
payment to date from March 3, 1826; annual allowance, $120; sums received to
date of publication of list, $1,020. - Revolutionary Pension. Roll, in Vol. xiv,
Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. He resided in Madison county,
June 1, 1840, aged 82. - Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 148.

JOHNSON, WILLIAM. "On the 23rd inst., at the residence of his son, LEWIS
JOHNSON, in this county, WILLIAM JOHNSON, a soldier of the Revolution, in the
87th year of his age. He was a native of Edgefield district, South Carolina, and
had resided in this state for a number of years."-The Dallas Gazette, Cahaba,
April 28, 1854.

JOHNSTON, THOMAS, aged 75, and a resident of St. Clair county; private Virginia
Continental Line; enrolled on July 20, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7,
1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $40: sums received
to date of publication of list, $72.79. - Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol.
xiv, Sen. Doc .514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

JONES, FREEMAN, aged 71, and a resident of Pickens county; private Virginia
Continental Line; enrolled on Au-gust 12, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7,
1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $60; sums received
to date of publication of list, $180. - Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv,
Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

JONES, JOHN, aged 75, and a resident of Morgan county; private N. C. Continental
Line and Militia; enrolled on November 4, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7,
1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $61.44; sums
received to date of publication of list, $153.60. - Revolutionary Pension Roll,
in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

JONES, JOHN, age not given, a resident of Jackson county; private Alabama
Militia; enrolled tinder acts military establishment, on May 21, 1821, payment
to date from April 8, 1820; annual allowance, $18, under act of March 3, 1819,
rate reduced to annual allowance of $24. - Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol.
xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. (Evidently an erroneous entry.)

JONES, THOMAS C., aged 69, and a resident of Blount county; private S. C.
Militia; enrolled on April 8, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832,
payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $64.16; sums received to
date of publication of list, $192.48. - Revolutionary Pension Roll, in
Part 3, Vol.iii, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. He resided in
Blount county, June 1, 1840, aged 82. - Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 148.

JONES, VINCENT, aged 71, and a resident of Shelby county; private S. C. Militia;
enrolled on May 24, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832; payment to date
from March 4, 1831 annual allowance, $23.31; sums received to date of
publication of list, $58.28. - Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen.
Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

KEATES, THOMAS, aged 78, and a resident of Tuscaloosa county; private Maryland
Continental Line; enrolled on January 10, 1827, under act of Congress of March
18, 1818, payment to date from October 18, 1826; annual allowance, $96; sums
received to date of publication of list, $708.64. - Revolutionary Pension Roll,
in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

KELLY, PETER, aged 83, and a resident of Wilcox county; private S. C.
Continental Line; enrolled on June 24, 1834, under act of Congress of June 7,
1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $50. - Revolutionary
Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

KENEDA, WILLIAM, aged 78, and a resident of Lauderdale county; private Virginia
Militia; enrolled on August 28, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832,
payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $34.44; sums received to
date of publication of list, $103.32. - Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv,
Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

KENNEDY, DAVID, a resident of Lowndes county; private in cavalry and infantry,
particular service not shown; en-rolled on February 28, 1837, under act of
Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance,
$53.10. Pension Book, State Branch Bank, Mobile.

KENNEDY. WILLIAM, age not given, resided in Marion county, June 1, 1840, with J.
Kennedy. - Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 148.

KEYES, JOHN WADE. - "The last resting place of this Revolutionary soldier is in
an old family burial ground upon his plantation, three miles from Athens on the
Huntsville road. His lovely rural home was situated upon a hill about half a
mile from Swan creek. His wife, Louisa Talbot Keyes, lies beside him. John Wade
Keyes was born in Mystic, near Boston, Mass., Sept. 25, 1752, and died near
Athens, Ala., Feb. 13, 1839. His ancestry and many acts of his life are told in
a book of the Keyes family called Solomon Keyes and His Descendants, by Judge
Asa Keyes, of Vermont, published in Battleboro. We find from this that he was
the son of Capt. Humphrey Keyes and Marcella Wade. His father was a sea captain
of Boston. After many successful voyages he was wrecked and taken captive by the
Algerines. He was a prisoner for years, but finally made his escape. Upon his
return to Boston he took John, his oldest son, and went down into Virginia. An
old family record in Tennessee shows that Capt. Humphrey Keyes in 1775 was
proprietor of `Keyes' Ferry' on the Shenandoah river. A member of the family has
now in his possession a letter written by General Washington relative to the
survey of Keyes' Ferry tract on the Shenandoah near Charleston, Jefferson
county, Virginia. John Wade Keyes married January 27, 1773, in Virginia, Louisa
Talbot, niece of President Monroe. She was born near Alexandria, Va., April 20,
1756, and died near Athens, Nov. 6, 1836. This happy couple lived together for
sixty-three years.
Early in the Revolutionary war there was a call made for volunteers under Gen.
John Thomas in the Shenandoah Valley. John Wade Keyes was the second man to
enlist; he was engaged in the battles of Bunker Hill, Lexington, Trenton, White
Plains, Princeton, Brandywine and King's Mountain. Capt. John Keyes settled near
Alexandria, Virginia, moved thence to the vicinity of Blountsville, Sullivan
county, East Tennessee, and finally to Athens, Limestone county, Alabama, where
he was one of the pioneer settlers. It is said that he would never consent to
apply for a pension and when asked for his reasons he would reply, `I fought for
patriotism, not pensions.' He greatly honored and loved George Washington and he
showed his admiration by naming his twin sons for him; one was called George and
the other Washington. George Keyes commanded a company under Gen. Jackson and
was afterwards made a brigadier-general of militia. Among the descendants of
John Wade Keyes were Chancellor Wade Keyes, one of the most prominent jurists
that Alabama has produced; George P. Keyes, a noted journalist; Col. John B.
Richardson, of New Orleans, commander of the famous `Washington Artillery'
during the war, and others of distinction at the present day."-Mrs. P. H. Mell
in Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, Vol, iv, p. 548.

KINARD, JOHN, aged 82, resided in Randolph county, June 1, 1840, with Barnett
Kinard. - Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 148.

KINNARD, JOHN, aged 70, and a resident of Marengo county; private S. C. Militia;
enrolled on September 5, 1834, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to
date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $20. - Revolutionary Pension Roll, in
Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. He resided in Marengo
county, June 1, 1840, aged 77. - Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.

KIRBY, ANDREW J., aged 25, resided in Jackson county, June 1, 1840, with John
McReynolds. - Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 148.

KIRBY, EPHRAIM. Ephraim Kirby was the first Superior Court judge in what is now
Alabama. He was also the first General Grand High Priest of the Royal Arch
Masons of the United States, 1798-1804, and he is probably the highest ranking
Mason ever buried in Alabama. Judge Kirby was the grandfather of Edmund Kirby
Smith, the distinguished Confederate general. The following sketch of his life
is condensed from a paper read by Thomas M. Owen before the Alabama State Bar
Association, June 29, 1901:
"Mr. Kirby was born Feb. 23, 1757, in Judea Society, Ancient Woodbury, Conn.,
and was the son of Abraham Kirby, a farmer.' The house in which he was born has
long since been destroyed, but the land on which it stood is still known as `the
Kirby farm.' About 1763 his parents removed to Litchfield, Conn. His boyhood
days were spent in the occupation usually engaging a farmer's lad, but incidents
of these years, and of his early education are wanting.
"However, he was trained as a patriot, for on the news of the battle of
Lexington, he joined a company of volunteers and arrived at Boston in time to
take part in the battle of Bunker Hill. In the latter part of 1776, together
with other young men of Litchfield county, he united in forming a company of
volunteer cavalry. The men furnished their own horses and equipment; and served
about two years. The following is Mr. Kirby's record for this period of service:
`Ephraim Kirby, private, enlisted Dec. 24, 1776, at Litchfield, farmer. Stature
5 ft. 6, complexion dark, eyes dark, hair brown. Discharged Aug. 7, 1778.' His
daring and bravery were conspicuous on many fields. He was in many battles and
skirmishes. In the engagement at Elk river he received seven sabre cuts on the
head, and was left on the field as dead. From the fearful cuts on his head he is
said to have lost a portion of his brain, and he was for a long time
unconscious. However, his intelligence was suddenly restored, and he at once
re-entered the service of his country, continuing active until independence was
achieved. At one time he was a lieutenant in a Rhode Island company. In all he
is said to have been in nineteen battles and skirmishes, receiving thirteen
wounds, including the sabre cuts already mentioned. These honorable evidences of
service he carried with him to the grave.
"The Revolutionary War ended, with widened experience and aspiration he set
about preparing himself for an enlarged sphere of usefulness. For a while he was
a student in Yale College, but he did not graduate. In 1787 his alma mater
conferred upon him the degree of master of arts in recognition, doubtless, of
his expanding reputation. In Litchfield resided Reynold Marvin, who before the
war had been King's attorney, but who had relinquished his official station to
throw himself with the cause of the colonists. Determining to embrace the
profession of the law, Mr. Kirby entered the office of Mr. Marvin, and under his
instruction he was soon admitted to the bar. It was at this time, having entered
upon the practice, that he married Ruth Martin, the daughter of his patron and
teacher. From this time forth until his removal to the Southwest, although
interested in many other matters, he practiced his profession in Litchfield. A
fact is now to be noted which is of unusual interest. In 1789 he compiled and
published the Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Superior Court of the State of
Connecticut, from the year 1785, to May, 1788, which has the unique distinction
of being the first volume of law reports published in America. His work
indicates rare legal ability, and is still authority in the courts. Mr. Kirby
the same year took the initiative in another matter of great moment. He wrote
the pledge and organized the first society, having for its object the promotion
of temperance, ever formed in America.
"With a view to bringing about a better condition in the Mississippi Territory,
Congress by act of March 27, 1804, provided `That there shall be appointed an
additional judge for the Mississippi Territory, who shall reside at or near the
Tombigbee settlement, and who shall possess and exercise, within the district of
Washington, * * * the jurisdiction heretofore possessed and exercised by the
Superior Court of said Territory,' etc., which jurisdiction was made exclusive,
with right of appeal, however, to the Superior Court at Natchez.
"Under this act President Thomas Jefferson, on April 6, 1804, appointed Ephraim
Kirby as `the additional judge.' His commission is as follows, the copy being
supplied from the records of the secretary of state at Washington:
THOMAS JEFFERSON,
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Or AMERICA.
To all who shall see these Presents, Greeting:
KNOW YE, That reposing special trust and confidence in the Wisdom, Uprightness
and Learning of Ephraim Kirby, of Connecticut, and in pursuance of an Act of the
Congress of the United States, passed on the twenty-seventh day of March, 1804,
entitled `An Act for the appointment of an additional Judge for the Mississippi
Territory, and for other purposes,' I do appoint him the additional Tudge for
the said Territory to reside at or near the Tombigbee settlement; and do
authorize and empower him to execute and fulfill the duties of that Office
according to law, and to Have and to Hold the said Office with all the powers,
privileges and emoluments to the same of right appertaining during his good
behaviour, and to the end of the next Session of the Senate of the United
States, and no longer.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused these letters to be made Patent, and the
Seal of the United States to be herunto affixd.
GIVEN under my Hand at the City of Washington, the Sixth day of April, in the
year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and four, and of the Independence of the United States of America,
the Twenty Eighth.
[SEAL.] TH. JEFFERSON.
By the President:
JAMES MADISON,
Secretary of State.
"At best Judge Kirby could not have held more than one term of Court, for he
died on Oct. 20, 1804, at Fort Stoddert. As the U. S. government maintained a
cantonment there, with a body of soldiers, his remains were interred with all
the honors of war and other demonstrations of respect. His body was laid away in
the little cemetery to await the last judgment. Mt. Vernon, as is known, is now
in the hands of Alabama Insane Hospitals. One of the trustees of this
institution, Col. Sam'l Will John, on being told by the writer, some months ago,
of his discoveries as to Judge Kirby, made local inquiry at Mt. Vernon in
reference to the matter. In response a communication was received by him from
Thomas Rogers, of Mt. Vernon, from which the following pertinent extract is made:
" `I arrived in Mt. Vernon Jan. 14, 1850. When I came here I visited Fort
Stoddert. I found the remains of chimneys, which were built of sand rock; they
have since been removed by negroes. I also found broken delf, and the neck of
champagne bottles. In the cemetery, a little north of Fort Stoddert, on the
lake, I found a red cedar board, at the head of a grave, with the name nicely
cut, `Ephraim Kirby, died Oct. 4th, [20] 1804.' * * * This board was the only
one left to show where the cemetery was. I afterwards visited the place, and
found that the board had been destroyed by forest fires.' And so it is that
there is now no monument to mark the grave; and indeed the exact location of the
grave will be hard to identify.
"In conclusion I think it may with all propriety be claimed that Alabama has a
part in the splendid heritage left by this distinguished man. Certainly there is
in his life much to emu-late. Strong of mind and will, patriotic in all crises,
far-seeing and constructive in his mental operations, he towers above scores of
his public contemporaries, as does the mountain peak above the hill. He was
essentially a pioneer the first to edit a published volume of official decisions
and reports, the founder of the first organized temperance movement in America,
and the first Superior Court judge in what is now Alabama. An old lawyer of
Litchfield pays this warm tribute to his worth: `Colonel Kirby was a man of the
highest moral as well as physical courage, devoted in his feelings and
aspirations, warm, generous, and constant in his attachments, and of indomitable
energy. He was withal gentle and winning in his manners, kindly in his
disposition, and naturally of an ardent and cheerful temperament, though the
last few years of his life were saddened by heavy pecuniary misfortunes. As a
lawyer he was remarkable for frankness and downright honesty to his clients,
striving to prevent litigation and effecting compromises. He enjoyed the
friendship of many of the sages of the Revolution.' "-Transactions of the
Alabama Historical Society, Vol. iv, pp. 550-553.

KIRKLAND, WILLIAM, aged 72, and a resident of Autauga county; private S. C.
State Troops and Militia; enrolled on January 11, 1833, under act of Congress of
June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $72.33; sums
received to date of publication of list, $217. - Revolutionary Pension Roll, in
Part 3, Vol. xiii, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

LACKEY, WILLIAM, aged 80, and a resident of Lawrence county; private Virginia
Militia; enrolled on April 23, 0 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832,
payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $79.78; sums received to
date of publication of list, $239.34. - Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv,
Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. He resided in Lawrence county,
June 1, 1840, aged 87. - Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 148.

LAFOY, JAMES, a resident of Washington county; private in infantry and cavalry,
particular service not shown; en-rolled on September 9, 1836, under act of
Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance,
$25. - Pension Book, State Branch Bank, Mobile.

LANDERS, JOHN, aged 82, resided in Benton county, June , 1840. - Census of
Pensioners, 1841, p. 148.

LANGLEY, JAMES, aged 80, resided in Chambers county, June 1, 1840. - Census of
Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.

LANSDALE, ISAAC, a resident of Montgomery county; private Delaware Line;
enrolled on September 9, 1828, under act of Congress of May 15, 1828, payment to
date from March 3, 1826; annual allowance, $80; sums received to date of
publication of list, $720. - Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv,
Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. He resided in Fayette county,
June 1, 1840, aged 80. - -Census of Pension,. ers, 1841, p. 148.

LAITY, JOHN. "On the 30th ult., JAMES LAITY, an old citizen of this county in
the 102nd year of his age. He was a native of North Carolina, but had lived on
the head waters of Brierfork for two generations. He volunteered in the
revolutionary war; but his father, being in a helpless condition, furnished
means for a substitute for his son."-The Southern Advocate, Huntsville, April
11, 1860.

LAVENDER, HUGH, aged 79, and a resident of Greene county; dragoon S. C. Militia;
enrolled on February 10, 1834, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to
date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $66.21. - Revolutionary Pension Roll,
in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

LENTZ, HENRY, aged 81, and a resident of Limestone county; private and sergeant
N. C. Militia; enrolled on June 14, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832,
payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $59.33; sums received to
date of publication of list, $148.32. - R evolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol.
xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

LEWIS, AARON, aged 75, and a resident of Clarke county; private S. C.
Continental Line; enrolled on April 20, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7,
1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $53.33; sums
received to date of publication of list, $160. - Revolutionary Pension Roll,
Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. He resided in Pike
county, June 1, 1840, aged 80. - Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.

LEWIS, AXIOM, aged 75, resided in Clarke county, June 1, 1840, with William R.
Hamilton. - Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.

LINDSAY, DAVID. A revolutionary soldier of this name is buried at Elliottsville,
Shelby county, but no facts as to his age or service have been ascertained.

LINDSAY, JAMES, a resident of Marion county; private, particular service not
shown; enrolled on August 22, 1835, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832,
payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $20. - Pension Book, State
Branch Bank, Mobile.

LINTON, JOHN, aged 76 years, and a resident of Butler county; private N. C.
Militia and State Troops; enrolled on Oct. 19, 1833, under act of Congress of
June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $76.66. -
Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Part 3, Vol. xiii, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st
sess., 1833-34. He resided in Butler county, June 1, 1840, with Hugh Linton,
aged 82. - Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.

LITTLETON, CHARLES, aged 74, and a resident of Lauderdale county; private
Georgia Militia; enrolled on October 29, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7,
1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $80. - Revolu. -
tionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess.,
1833-34. He resided in Lauderdale county, June 1, 1840, aged 79. - Census of
Pensioners, 1841, p. 148.
Of him Mrs. P. H. Mell in Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, Vol.
iv, p. 554, says:
"This soldier was from Maryland or Virginia. He rests in a little country
graveyard, fifteen miles from Florence, in Lauderdale county, Alabama. This
graveyard is nearly a mile from Bethel Grove Methodist church; the church being
on Middle Cypress creek. He drew a pension and his grave is. marked by a stone
which bears this inscription:
CHARLES LITTLETON.
Revolutionary Soldier.
Died March 29th, 1848, at 3 o'clock P. M.
Aged about 103 or 105 years.
"A descendant gives information that Charles Littleton was the son of Solomon
Littleton, an Englishman, who owned land at or near Washington City, and is said
to have built the first house on the site of Washington. He joined the
rebellious colonists and, in revenge, the English captured him and placed him in
a smallpox hospital at Ninety-Six, South Carolina, and thus took his life."

LIVING, STEPHEN, sen., aged 80, resided in Pike county, June 1, 1840. - Census
of Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.

LIVINGSTON, SAMUEL, aged 76, and a resident of Morgan county; private N. C.
Militia; enrolled on July 2, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832,
payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $21.67; sums received to
date of publication of list, $61.01. - Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv,
Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess" 1833-34.

LOFTON, THOMAS, aged 73, and a resident of Pickens county; private, captain and
sergeant S. C. Militia; enrolled on February 2, 1833, under act of Congress of
June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $340; sums
received to date of publication of list, $1,020. - Revolutionary Pension Roll,
in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong.,. 1st less., 1833-34.
He came from Pendleton district, South Carolina, to Alabama. The young people of
his neighborhood knew him as "Grandsire Lofton" and loved him for his kind and
genial disposition; some are still living who remember his interesting stories
of the Revolution. He was a member of the Presbyterian church. He is buried at
Bethesda church near Benevola; no stone marks his last resting place. - Mrs. P.
H. Mell in Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, Vol. iv, p. 554.

LONG, DANIEL, aged 80, and a resident of Madison county; dragoon Virginia
Continental Line; enrolled on November 22, 1833, under act of Congress of June
7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $100; sums
received to date of publication of list, $300. - Revolutionary Pension Roll, in
Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

LOOKINGBILL, DANIEL, age not given, a resident of Dallas county; private 14th U.
S. Regular; enrolled on July 30, 1831, payment to date from July 25, 1831;
annual allowance, $96; sums received to date of publication of list, $250.89;
Acts Military establishment. - Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen.
Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. Resided also in Marion, Fayette and
Tuscaloosa counties. - Pension Book, State Branch Bank, Mobile.

LUCAS, JAMES. Mary, wife of James Lucas, a resident of Montgomery county;
enrolled on January 12, 1838, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to
date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $600. Pension Book, State Branch
Bank, Mobile. She resided in Montgomery county, June 1, 1840, with Jane W.
Freeney, aged 80. - Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.

LUCAS, JOHN, private, particular service not shown; en-rolled on January 10,
1837, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832; annual allowance, $20; no record of
any payment being made. Pension Book, State Branch Bank, Mobile.

LUCAS, RANDOLPH, private, particular service not shown; enrolled on January 10,
1837, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832; annual allowance, $20; no record of
any payment having been made. Pension Book, State Branch Bank, Mobile.

LYLE, JOHN, aged 84, resided in Covington county, June 1, 1840, with John B.
Dixon. - Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.

LYNN, JAMES, aged 70, and a resident of Morgan county; private N. C. Continental
Line; enrolled on September 24, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832,
payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $74.33; sums received to
date of publication of list, $222.99. - Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv,
Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. He resided in Morgan county, June
1, 1840, aged 76. - Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 148.

MABERRY, GEORGE, aged 82, resided in Bibb county, June 1, 1840. - Census of
Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.

MABGLY, VARDER, aged 102, resided in Walker county, June 1, 1840, with Robert
Mabgly. - Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 150.

McCALL, JOHN, aged 70, and a resident of Limestone county; private and sergeant
N. C. Continental Line; enrolled on Jnauary 5, 1833, under act of Congress of
June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $20; sums
received to date of publication of list, $60. - Revoutionary Pension Roll, in
Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Con., 1st sess., 1833-34.

McCARTER, JAMES, aged 69, and a resident of Greene county; private S. C.
Militia; enrolled on Nov. 4, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832,
payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $80; sums received to date
of publication of list, $200. - Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen.
Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. He resided in Greene county, June 1,
1840, aged 76. - Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.

McCARTNEY, JOHN, aged 75, and a resident of Madison county; private N. C.
Militia; enrolled on July 2, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832,
payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $51.34; sums received to
date of publication of list, $123.35. - Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv,
Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

McCARTY, MICHAEL, aged 90, resided in Jefferson county, June 1, 1840. - Census
of Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.

McCARY, RICHARD, aged 81, and a resident of Bibb county; private Virginia
Continental Line; enrolled on June 12, 1819, under act of Congress of March 18,
1818, payment to date from May 3, 1819; annual allowance, $96; sums received to
date of publication of list, $1,497.31; transferred from Edegfield district, S.
C., from March 4, 1827. - Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc.
514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. Also resided in Washington county. -
-Pension Book, State Branch Bank, Mobile.

McCLURE, JOHN, aged 76, and a resident of Limestone county; private and sergeant
N. C. Militia; enrolled on May 10, 1834, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832,
payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $80. - R evolutionary
Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

McCONNELL, JAMES, sen., aged 83, resided in Lime-stone county, June 1, 1840. -
Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 148.

McCORMACK, BENJAMIN, aged 89, and a resident of Perry county; private Georgia
Militia; enrolled on September 17, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832,
payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $90; sums received to date
of publication of list, $270. - Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen.
Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

McCORMACK, JOS. R., aged 96, resided in Jackson county, June 1, 1840. - Census
of Pensioners, 1841, p. 148.

McCOSKLIN, ______, aged 78, resided in Sumter county. June 1, 1840. - Census of
Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.

McCRAVY, JOHN, aged 87, resided in Jackson county, June 1, 1840, with Thomas
Coleman. - Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 148.

McCRORY, JAMES. "James McCrory is buried in a cemetery at `Old Bethany Church'
(Primitive Baptist), near the town of Vienna in Pickens county. The following
inscription is on his tombstone:
In Memory of
JAMES M'CRORY.
Died Nov. 24th, 1840, aged 82 years,
6 mo. and 9 days.
Deceased was a soldier of the Revolution and was at the
battles of Germantown, Brandywine and Guilford
Courthouse, and was one of Washington's life-	_
guard at Valley Forge and served his coun-
try faithfully during the war.
Peace to the soldiers' dust.
"The following account of him is copied from the Tuscaloosa Flag of the Union,
December, 1840:
" `James McCrory was born May 15, 1758, at Larga, on the river Bann, in the
county of Antrim, Ireland. He sailed from Belfast in 1775 when he was 17 years
old and landed at Baltimore July 1st, in the same year. In 1776 he settled in
Guilford county, N. C., and enlisted in the Continental army in the same year.
He was at the battle of Brandywine, September 11, 1777, under General
Washing-ton at the battle of Germantown, and wintered at Valley Forge in
1777-78. Subsequently he fought under General Greene at Guilford Court House,
March 15, 1781, was in the battle of Eutaw Springs, and in the battle of Stono.
He was with General Gates at his defeat at Camden and with General Morgan in the
glorious victory at the Cowpens. For courage, good service and meritorious
conduct he was promoted to the rank of ensign in the Life Guard of General
Washington, and while acting in this capacity, he was taken prisoner and
confined on board a prison ship for six months. He came to Alabama while it was
yet a territory, and made his home at Tuscaloosa for the last twenty-five years
of his life. This true patriot died November 24, 1840, at the age of eighty-two.'
"There is a list of North Carolina Continental `troops published in the N. C.
Historical and Genealogical Register, on p. 424 of which we find the name of
James McCrory, ensign in the Ninth regiment, under Col. John P. Williams, May 2,
1777. Thomas McCrory was a captain in the same regiment. The services of James
McCrory are also stated in the proceedings of the 27th Congress, 2d Session, in
the Senate, February 4th, 1842, report of the Committee on Revolutionary Claims:
" `James McCrory was a sergeant in Capt. Cook's company of the 9th regiment,
enlisted on the 15th day of April, 1776, for the term of three years; on the 2d
day of May, 1777, he was promoted to the rank of ensign. In January 1778, the
nine regiments which composed the line, being reduced - to three, the
supernumerary officers were sent home, of which he was one. He then joined the
nine months' men and marched to the south and was at the battle of Stono, the
30th of June, 1779, and was at Gates' defeat in August, 1780, and was taken
prisoner on the 24th of February, 1781, by Tarleton's dragoons and was kept
prisoner four months at Wilmington and then paroled; and in November, 1782, he
took prisoner Colonel Bryant, a British officer, and gave him up to a regular
officer of the American army.'
"In spite of this array of gallant services the committee re-ported adversely
because of some technicality; but as the old hero had then been dead two years
he was probably not very deeply affected or disappointed by the decision."-Mrs.
P. H. Mell in Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, Vol. iv, pp. 554-556.
Details of his service: He was an ensign 9th Regular N. C. Line; enrolled on
June 13, 1829, under act of Congress of May 15, 1828, payment to date from March
3, 1826; annual allowance, $240; sums received to date of publication of list,
$2,160; John McCrory, agent. - Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen.
Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. IIe resided in Pickens county, June 1,
1840, with Robert Mc-Crory, aged 82. - Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.

McCUTCHEN, JOHN, aged 78, and a resident of Jackson county; private N. C.
Militia; enrolled on January 2, 1834, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832,
payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $80. - Revolutionary
Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. The
following interesting account is extracted from the Southern Advocate,
Huntsville, Jan. 27, 1835.
"JACKSON COUNTY, ALA., JAN. 19, 1835.
"It is our unhappy lot to anonunce that another Revolutionary Hero has gone !
COL. JOHN MCCUTCHEN, who, in `the times that tried men's souls,' stood boldly
forth in defense of the liberty and independence of his country, bidding
defiance not only to oppression, but confronting the armed myrmidons of the
Tyrant, was on the 17th (inst.) in the eightieth year of his age, summoned to
`another and a better world.'
"He engaged early in the Revolutionary conflict, was at the defense of Fort
Moultrie, the battle at Eutaw Springs, and with a true patriotic zeal
participated in all the perils and distress that so peculiarly characterized the
unfeeling warfare, then waged throughout the Carolinas; nor did he retire until
be had the satisfaction of beholding the independence of his country, for which
he had so long and ardently struggled, permanently secured.
"Having devoted his youth to the service of his country in the field, in the
maturity of manhood he engaged with those fearless and enterprising pioneers,
who emigrating to the West, embarked in the arduous undertaking of reclaiming
the fertile valley of the Tennessee from its then savage wilderness, and
preparing it for the enjoyment of all the arts, luxuries and refinements of
social life.
"He has ever been noted as a man of uncommon intellectual endowments-for the
last forty years has been a professor of christianity of the Baptist order, and
been esteemed by all as a worthy example and an honor to his profession. Thus
ripe in years and rich in the consciousness of having at two .different periods
of his life, rendered important services to his country, and in the consoling
hopes of a glorious immortality, the veteran has departed, leaving his relatives
and numerous friends to mourn his loss.
"On Monday the 19th inst., as the citizens of this vicinity had convened to pay
the last honors to the deceased, on motion of Maj. John B. Stevens, they
constituted themselves into a meeting, for the purpose of making a public
manifestation of their grief, to acknowledge the services, and express the high
regard they have ever entertained for the principles of their departed friend.
Col. James Smith was called to the chair and Maj. John B. Stevens appointed
secretary-when the following resolutions were unanimously adopted, viz:
"Resolved, That, under a deep sense of the gratitude we owe to those sages and
heroes who achieved our independence, we deem it a duty incumbent upon us, their
sons, with a filial piety to pay every tribute of respect to their virtues and
their valor, as the only remuneration in our power, for the manifold rights and
privileges that we now enjoy.
"Resolved, That in the death of Col. John McCutclcen, we have to lament the loss
of one of that band of aged warriors, whose presence never fails to enliven our
zeal in the cause of liberty and to remind us what it cost that in him we have
lost a firm patriot, a worthy citizen, a pious christian and an esteemed friend.
And while we respectfully acknowledge his public services, stern integrity and
private worth, we deeply sympathize with his widow and other members of his
family in their bereavement.
"Resolved, That the above resolutions be signed by the Chairman and Secretary,
and transmitted to the Democrat and Southern Advocate for publication.
"JAMES SMITH, Chairman." "JOHN B. STEVENS, Secretary."

McDERMENT, JOS., aged 83, resided in Blount county, June 1, 1840, with John
Cook. - Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 148.

McDEARMON, THOMAS, aged 82, and a resident of Jackson county; private S. C.
Militia; enrolled on January 17, 1834, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832,
payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $34.44; sums received to
date of publication of list, $103.32. - Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv,
Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

McDONALD, JOHN, aged 81, resided in Jefferson county, June 1, 1840, with
Launcelot Armstrong. - Census of Pensioners, 1-841, p .149.

McDONELL, JAMES, aged 82, resided in Lawrence county, June 1 ,1840. - Census of
Pensioners, 1841, p. 148. Resided also in Pickens county. Pension Book, State
Branch Bank, Mobile.

McDOWELL, JOHN, aged 76, and a resident of Morgan county; private Maryland
Continental Line; enrolled on April 18, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7,
1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $36.66; sums
received to date of publication of list, $73.32. - Revolutionary Pension Roll,
in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

McDUFF, DANIEL, a resident of Madison county; captain Regular S. C. Line;
enrolled on June 1, 1830, under act of Congress of May 15, 1828, payment to date
from March 3, 1836; annual allowance, $480; sums received to date of publication
of list, $2,432; W. E. McDuff, administrator; admitted under act of April 2,
1830. Died March 26, 1831. - Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc.
514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

McGAUPHY, SAMUEL, aged 71, and a resident of Lawrence county; private, captain
and lieutenant N. C. Militia; en-rolled on January 4, 1834, under act of
Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance,
$233.32; sums received to date of publication of list, $683.30. -Revolutionary
Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. He
resided in Lawrence county, June 1, 1840, aged 78. - Census of Pensioners, 1841,
p. 148.

McGEHEE, WILLIAM, aged 79, and a resident of Jack-son county; private Virginia
State Troops; enrolled on January 4, 1834, under act of Congress of June 7,
1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $30; sums received
to date of publication of list, $75. - Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv,
Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

McGUIRE, ELIJAH, aged 77, and a resident of Tuscaloosa county; sergeant S. C.
Continental Line; enrolled on December 12, 1827, under act of Congress of March
18, 1818, payment to date from October 12, 1827; annual allowance, $96; sums
received to date of publication of list, $56.19. - Revolutionary Pension Roll,
in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

McILKENY, JAMES, age not given, a resident of Madison county; private Virginia
Continental Line; enrolled on May 23, 1820, under act of Congress of March 18,
1818, payment to date from October 8, 1818; annual allowance, $96; suspended
under act of May 1, 1820. - Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc.
514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

McINALLY, JONAH, aged 52, resided in Jackson county, June 1, 1840. - Census of
Pensioners, 1841, p. 148.

McKINNEY, CHARLES, aged 71, and a resident of Limestone county; private and
sergeant Virginia Militia; enrolled on June 14, 1833, under act of Congress of
June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $27.33; sums
received to date of publication of list, $68.32. - Revolutionary Pension Roll,
in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

McNEELY, DAVID, aged 76, and a resident of Madison county; private Virginia
Continental Line and Militia; en-rolled on June 13, 1833, under act of Congress
of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $30.77;
sums received to date of publication of list, $92.31. - Revolutionary Pension
Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

McWHORTER, JOHN, aged 70, and a resident of Lawrence county; private S. C.
Militia; enrolled on December 20, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832;
payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $80; sums received to date
of publication of list, $200. - Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen.
Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

MADISON, JOHN, age not given, a resident of Greene county; corporal 39th Regular
U. S. Infantry; enrolled on September 16, 1816; payment to date from July 9,
1814; annual allowance, $96; sums received to $927.16; transferred from Lincoln
county, Tennessee, from March 4, 1825; under act of March 3, 1819, to date from
March 4, 1824, rate reduced to annual allowance of $61, under which the sum of
$640 received to date of publication of list-Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol.
xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.


Additional Comments:
Title of Publication: Revolutionary Soldiers in Alabama
Compiler: Thomas M. Owen
Publisher: State of Alabama, Dept. of Archives and History, Bulletin No. 5
Date of Publication: 1911
Pages: 61-80


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