~~My gr gr gr gr gr grandfather~~

~~~ Revolutionary War Soldier ~~~

Son of George and Janet(Kirkpatrick) McCown.
Husband of Susanna(Unseld)McCown.

In Nelson County, Kentucky, on the 2nd of October 1832, Alexander McCown, citizen of Nelson County, Kentucky, came into open court and made declaration that he entered service of the Revolutionary War of the United States in June 1776. He volunteered for 3 months in service of the United States in Lancaster County (PA). The company he belonged to was commanded by Capt. James Ross and consisted of about 90 men. They marched to Philadelphia and remained there about 10 days and from there were marched to Trenton, then to Princeton and Amboy where they were placed under the command of General Rebedeaux and Colonel Biddle. While they were at Amboy and Princeton, an express was issued from Washington (General George) requring about 1200 or 1300 of the troops to join him at or near Long Island. McCown was one of the number who marched from Amboy to join General Washington at Long Island. This applicant was in the battle of Long Island.

McCown received a discharge after having served one and a half months. In the winter of 1776 or 1777 he was again called upon and went under the command of the same Capt. Ross. They were marched toward Princeton, New Jersey. On this tour they had a battle with the enemy at Princeton. They were under the command of General George Washington. He states he served on this tour more than three months. He was discharged in New Jersey and returned home to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In the summer of 1777, he was again called out for 3 months under the command of Capt. Ross. They were marched to a place called White Marsh where they joined the army under the command of General Washington. He remained in White Marsh during the tour of three months and was called home. Later, he volunteered with ten others and formed a brigade of wagons and attached
themselves to the army. He remained in the service in this way for about 18 months, which was till spring of 1780 at which time he marched to Monongahela.

In June 1782 he volunteered under the command of Capt. Thomas Carr and joined the company of Colonel Crawford who marched against the northwestern Indians. He was in a battle with the Indians near Upper Sandusky where Col. Crawford was defeated, taken prisoner and burned by the Indians.

He remained in service in this war for about 18 months. In the spring of 178_ he moved to the Monongahela. In May of 1785 he moved from Monongahela province to Bardstown, Kentucky where he has resided ever since. He served a tour of duty on Wayne's Campaign in 1794. He served a tour of duty as an ensign in the Campaign of 1812 under the command of General Hopkins.

On the same date and at the same place, Harmon Grahoun of Nelson County in Kentucky made certification of his acquaintance with Alexander McCown. He states that he is a man of good character and reliability. Michael Rentoth made similar statement, and Charles Wickliffe, also made affidavit of his acquaintance with the applicant, before James Slaughter, clerk of Nelson County, Kentucky.

Susanna (Unseld) McCown, widow of Alexander, was inscribed on the pension roll of the Kentucky agency to commence the 4th of March 1836. Certificate of the pension was issued on the 28th of June of the year 1839.

(Military information in bio written and added here with the permission of Alexander's gggg granddaughter, Sue.)