Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S-(Ctf.196) B.L.Wt 1438-200, for John Mc Kinney, Pennsylvania
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Penn.
McKinney, John
NUMBER
S (Cert. 196)
BL. Wt. 1438 - 200 - Lieut.
Issued Feb. 4, 1795
No papers
CONTENTS
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Hon A. E. B. Stephens
Room 422. House of Bldg
wants record of John McKinney, Penna.
B.L. Wt. 1438-200
telephone inquiry Mar 10, 1926
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[Stamp: RECEIVED Jan 25 1933, Mail Sub-Div., Vets Adm. Reader 8]
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East Lansing, Michigan
1230 W. Grand River Ave.
Dear Sir:
Please send me the Rev. records of Jonathan McKinney. Served as Lieutenant in South Carolina. In 1833 he was living in Woodfort County, Ky. He was born about 1757.
Also, Wm McKinney, fought with Va. troops, b. 1757. Lived in Whitely Co., Ky. where he died about 1834, or later.
Also, Thos. McKinney who died
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Dec 10, 1823 in Hopkins Co, Ky., b. about 1759.
S. McKinney Pettit
1230 W. Grand River
East Lansing, Mich.
I forget to ask for the record of John McKinney, Lieut. Pennsylvania line, wife Mary T. McKinney, served 8th Regiment Pa., moved to Campbell County, Ky., died Nov 25, 1833.
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For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of an act entitled "An act for the relief of certain Surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" approved on the 15th May 1828. I, John McKinney of Newport in the County of Campbell in the State of Kentucky, do hereby declare that I was an officer in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution and served as such to the end of the war at which period I was a 1st Lieutenant in the 5th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line. And I also declare that I afterwards received certificates (commonly called commutation certificates) for a sum equal to the amount of five years full pay; which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress of the 22nd of March 1783, instead of the half pay for life to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21st of October 1780.
Witness my hand this 13th day of June in the year 1828.
John McKinney
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Before me, David Perry, a Justice of the peace in the County of Campbell in the State of Kentucky, personally appeared this day General James Taylor and Richard Southgate, Esquire, of the said County who did severally make oath that John McKinney, by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been an officer in the Army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated. 
Witness my hand this 13th day of June in the year 1828.
David Perry. J. P.
I, James Taylor, Clerk of the Court of the County of Campbell in the State of Kentucky, do hereby certify that David Perry, Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was at the time a Justice of the peace and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 13th day of June in the year 1828.
James Taylor
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Allowed, Act May 15, 1828
paid at Louisville, Ky. Agency
Cert. No. 196.
rank Lieut.
Annual allowance $320
Cert. issued Aug. 3, 1829
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192.
No of orig. Pay 192
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
July 19. 1828
John McKinney of Newport, in the County of Campbell, in the State of Kentucky, has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the war at which period he was a 1st Lieutenant in the 5th regiment of the Penna. line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary,
A. Dinkins
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
21st July 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to John McKinney, Lieutenant in the Pennsylvania line, amounting to Sixteen Hundred dollars. It further appears that John McKinney is not now on the pension list of any agency, and has not been since the 3rd March 1826.
Peter Hagner, Auditor
Act 1828
Settled at Treasury
Consolidated with initial file #41.858
Removed from above claim as that John McKinney was a private in Capt. John Beatty's company, 5th Pa. Regiment and a resident of Bucks Co. Pa. in 1818, hence, not identical.
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May 9, 1933
John McKinney-Ctf. 196
BA-J/AWF
Mr. S. McKinney Pettit
1230 W. Grand River Avenue
East Lansing, Michigan
Dear Sir:
The records of this office show that John McKinney served as an officer until the close of the Revolution, at which time he was a first lieutenant of the Fifth Pennsylvania Regiment. 
He was a resident of Newport, Campbell County, Kentucky in 1828 and was allowed pension on his application executed June 13, 1828.
The date and place of his birth are not stated, and there are no data relative to his family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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May 9, 1933
BA-J/AWF
S. McKinney Pettit
1230 W. Grand River Avenue
East Lansing, Michigan
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to John McKinney of Pennsylvania, John McKinney of South Carolina, Thomas McKinney of Virginia, and William McKinney of Virginia, all soldiers of the War of the Revolution, who moved to Kentucky after the war.
You will find enclosed the records of these soldiers as found in the papers on file in their respective claims for pension, based upon their service in the Revolutionary War.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
S. Ctf. 196.
March 10, 1926.
Honorable A. E. B. Stephens,
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Stephens:
In response to your personal inquiry of this date, I have the honor to advise you, that from the records of this Bureau, it appears that John McKinney served as an officer in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, until the end of the War, at which time he was a First Lieutenant of the Fifth Pennsylvania Regiment.
He was a resident of Newport, Campbell County, Kentucky, in 1828 and was allowed pension and bounty land in full satisfaction for the services rendered in the Revolution.
There is no further data on file as to his services, no data at all as to his family and the dates and places of his birth and death are not on record.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.