1784 - Born July Sullivan Co TN
1812 - 15 Nov Volunteered in Knox County TN. Served as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Samuel Bunch in the Regiment of Volunteers commanded by Col. John Williams. Fought in the War with the Seminole Indians. Volunteered for 6 months, but was needed for only 4 months and 10 days.
1813 - 25 March Honorable discharged
1813 - 20 Aug Sent by brigadier General James white as a spy to the Creek nation in company of Andrew Cowan. They were to examine the situation and condition of the Indians. Upon their arrival they found the Indians embodied at 4 different places: Talladega, Tuckabatchee, Heilooly, Tallaskatcha. The Indians were preparing an attack on the frontier so John and Andrew gave immediate notice to Governor Wiley Blount of Tennessee and Gen. White. They were then ordered by Gen. White to continue on the frontier of the nation until an army could be raised and sent against the hostile Indians.
1813 - 1 Nov They returned to the frontier as ordered and met the army on their way into the Nation above Turkey Tower near Coosa River. John remained with the army but was not attached to any company. He continued to act in the capacity of a spy under the orders of Gen. White.
1813 - 13 Dec Honorably discharged in Knoxville, TN.
1814 - 10 Jan Became captain of a company of volunteers in the regiment commanded by Col. Samuel Bunch in Gen. Daugherty's Brigade in the War with the Creek Indians. He volunteered for 6 months, but actual service was for 4 months.
1814 - 24 May He was honorable discharged at Knoxville.
1850 - Act of Congress passed US War of 1812 Bounty Land Warrants
Bounty Land was issued to non-commissioned officers and soldiers who served for at least 5 years. The first act issuing land was passed on the 24th of December 1811. All warrantees received 160 acres. A second series of warrants related to soldiers who enlisted after December 1814. The second series of warrants was for 320 acres of land. The land was located in one of three districts in Arkansas, Illinois or Missouri. Prior to 1842 the warrants could not be used outside these three districts and could not be sold or assigned until after 1852. The warrants could be passed on to heirs through inheritance. Some of the warrants list the name of the heirs and their relationship to the deceased veteran. The last warrant was issued in 1858.
The warrants were kept in books similar to a stub checkbook in use today. The War Department issued the warrant by filling in the name, rank, company & date in the appropriate blanks on the warrant certificate and the stub. The warrant was then signed and torn out of the book, leaving only the stub as a record. Later the actual warrants were retained and a soldier merely received notification that a warrant had been issued in his name.
1851 - 31 May Made a sworn statement
1852 - 26 March Issued a certificate to entitle him to Bounty Land
1853 or 1854 Mary Ann received a land warrant of John's claim
1879 - 25 Feb Mary Ann, Wesley Manes, Sarah Manes sworn that she was who she said
1878 - 21 June Applied for pension
Mary Ann was living in St. Joe, Arkansas, Searcy Co in 1878. She gave a sworn statement on 21 June 1878. She gave a description of John McNair at the time of his enlistment. He was 28 Years old, 6 feet 2 inches tall with black hair. He had a dark complexion and dark grey eyes. Mary Ann said they were married on 12 July 1821. She said that neither was married before that date. Her lawyer was J. Vance Lewis.
1878 - 12 Aug Application filed by Mary Ann
1878 - 5 Oct 2nd Application filed
1879 - 4 Feb letter to Mary Ann from Department of Interior Pension office in Washington, D.C. sent so she could verify her pension
1879 - 3 April letter to lawyer about a discrepancy in her middle name
1879 - 19 May Mary Ann made a sworn statement about her name
1879 - 6 June The pension of $8.00 a month admitted for Mary Ann
1879 - 11 June Service Pension admitted
UNITED STATES PENSION BUREAU 1883 Volume 5
In June of 1879, as the widow of a soldier, Lt. Col John McNair, who had served in the War of 1812, a pension for Mary Ann (Sherertz) McNair was established. The list of pensioners on the rolls as of January 1st, 1883, shows that she was still receiving the pension at that time, in St. Joe, Searcy County, Arkansas, at the rate of $8.00 per month.
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