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Note: JOHN McCANLESS, GILES Co., SERGEANT, NORTH CAROLINA LINE, $90.00 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE, $225.00 AMOUNT RECEIVED, SEPTEMBER 17, 1833 PENSION STARTED, AGE 80.
John, served as a Sergeant in the North Carolina Line, applied for his pension (RW Pension File S1695) on 19 Nov 1832 . He was awarded an annual allowance of $90.00, $225.00 amount received as of the 1835 rolls, his pension having started on Sep 17, 1833, age 80 (1835 Rolls). According to his pension application declaration, John was born 10 Jun 1754 in New London, Pennsylvania, but was living in Orange Co., North Carolina when he enlisted in the service.
In 1832, he referred to grandchildren, but gave no names. David, James, John and Sam. MCCANLISS [sic] were all on the 1812 Giles County, Tennessee Tax List. By 1820, David, James, John, Samuel, Thomas P. and William were on the Giles County census, and in 1830, John McANLESS [sic] was on p. 150 (but too young to have been the pensioner), and James and John (age 70-80) on p. 146, Thomas on p. 152, James on p. 153, David and Jane MCCANLASS on p. 206, and John on p. 214 (age 20-30).
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