Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6750, for Daniel Mc Kie, Virginia
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Va.  McKie, Daniel  R.6750
Frances  B L Wt 49,264-160-55
or Fanney
CONTENTS
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26711
West Tennessee
Daniel McKie
of Maury Co in the State of Tennessee
who was a private in the [illegible] commanded
by Captain Mason of the regt commanded
by Col Burnwell in the Virginia
line for 8 months
Col. Burwell -
Inscribed on the Roll of West Virginia
at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of May
1834 and Andrew
Matthews Columbia

Arrears to the 4th of March 80.00
Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 13.33
[total] $93.33
{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Danl Boyd, Clerk
Book C Vol 7 Page 93

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See letter 10 May
1834 to Hon. J.K. Polk
[illegible]
See letter 27 June
1834 to J. K. Polk
see letter to Hon. J.K. Polk
See letter to Hon. J.K.
Polk 18 Sept 1834 [illegible] to
[illegible] 15 Dec. 1834
New certificate issued 15.th Dec. 1834
& sent to Hon. J. K. Polk H.R.
See letter 18 Dec '34 to Hon.
J. K. Polk
Letter to Hon J. Thompson 3d Feb 1842.
Paid at the Treasury under the
Act 6th April 1838 from March
4th 1835 to Nov 16th 1839. Agt no-
tified May 6th 1842
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St[?] Hon. D.B. Wright. July 10/56
End P[?]
Vol M 1. page 117.

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783759 Act 3 March
July 5/55
Frances McKie wid of
Daniel McKie Private
Capt
Col
Genl Green
Va. Mil
Amt[?] 160 acres
Revolutionary War
Missi Ins. July 38
Jus. July 38
Dec 2 1836
Triplett

J.N. Visin[?]
Oxford Miss.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
April 25, 1842
Sir:

Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing
the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and author-
izing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,"
The widow of David McKee[sic], dcd
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Nashville, Tennessee
Agency, at the rate of Twenty Six Dollars and
66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June
1832, has been paid at this Department, from the
4th of March 1835, to the 16th Nov. 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
/s/ [illegible signature]
COMPTROLLER.

To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS.
Present.
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(Copy)
Daniel McKie and Fanny Herndon were mar-
ried 18th of March 1794.
There[sic] ages- he 35 the 6th of May- she 18 the 2d of
December, 1794.
- Frances Susanah McKie was married to Andrew
Mathuret October 6th1822.
- Daniel Piner McKie was married to Miss Nancey
Mills.
-Sarah An McKie was married to Thomas
Davis, 16th of December 1823
- James M. McKie was married to Juliett Fon-
dren, November 11, 1842.
-Stephen R. McKie was married to Martha A.
Rogers, January 9th 1844.

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Elizabeth McKie was born the 24 January A.D. 1795
Polly Wiley McKie was born the 10th November, A.D. 1796.
Herndon MKie was born the 4th December, A.D. 1798.
Daniel Pines McKie was born the 21st September, A.D. 1800.
Green McKie was born the 2d September, A.D. 1802
Frances Susannah and Sarah Ann L. McKee was born
4th September, A.D. 1805.
Michael Jefferson McKie was born 20 August,
A.D. 1807.
James M. McKie was born 24 day November 1809.
Benjamin F. McKie was born 1 day October, 1811.
Stephen R. McKie was born 16th of September 1813
Washinton McKie was born the 5 day of October, 1815.
William McKee was born the 31st day May A.D. 1820
Daniel P. McKie

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Elizabeth McKie died aged nine months
Washinton McKie died aged eight weeks
William McKie died aged two weeks
Herndon McKie died 24 June 1832 in 32 year of age
Polly W. McKie died Sept 28th 1848
Daniel McKie, Senr died the 16th day of November,
1839 aged 81 years
Daniel P. McKie died 1846
P.F. McKie died 9th Sept. 1852.
Frances McKie died the 5th Sept. 1855, aged 79 years
Pension Office
May 28th 1857.
I certify that the foregoing is a true copy
from the original
/s/ S. Cole
Chief Clerk
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13704
Fanny McKie
wid of Daniel
Miss
Act July 1838
Hon
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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The State of Mississippi
Marshall County
on this the 12th day of June 1848 personally appeared
before the undersigned D M Young and acting justice of the peace in & for said County and
State Francis McKie a resident of Mississippi County of Marshall aged seventy two
years who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the third
of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary 
War; that she is the widow of Daniel McKie who was a pensioner in his life time and
who was a private for the term of one year during the Revolutionary war and belonged to the
Virginia Troops, that she never has made application for a pension under the law of
1838 nor was the informed until after the passage of the law of 1843 that she was entitled to
a pension. She was married previous to the year 1790 but owing to the length of time since
the marriage, and her remote situation from the place where the marriage took place it is
almost impossible to obtain positive proof of the exact date. She is also informed that in South 
Carolina the State in which she became the wife of Daniel McKie no and is preserved of
marriages. Daniel McKie died on the 16th day of November [illegible but should be 1839] aged eighty one years
since which time she has remained a widow. She understood from her husband Daniel
McKie during his life time that he belonged to the Virginia troops and served at last
one year or more, but of this she has no means of positive proof as all the evidences
of which her husband was possessed of his term of service and honorable discharge
were filed at Washington City as evidence of the justness of his application for a
pension. If her claim upon examination be found just & right she desires and expects to
receive the benefits of all laws providing for revolutionary soldier's widows
/s/ Fanney McKie
Sworn to & subscribed before me
on the date first above written
/s/ D.M. Young (seal)
Justice of the peace
I certify that the above declarant Francis McKie is and has been personally known to me
for the past ten years and I know her to be the widow of Daniel McKie deceased, who
during his life time was a pensioner
Given under my hand &seal June 12th 1848
D M Young (seal) 
Justice of the Peace
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The State of Mississippi}
Marshall County ss}
I Gordentia Waite Clerk of the
Probate Court of said County. Do hereby certify that the[crossed out?]
D M Young whose genuine signation appears to the within
affidavit and certificate, is an acting Justice of the peace
in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified
as such and that full faith and credit are due his
offical acts as such magistrate
Given under my hand and the seal of
said Court at Office the 29th day of June
1848
/s/ Gordentia Waite Clerk

The State of Mississippi}
Marshall County}
I Tryon M. Yancey Judge of the Probate Court
of said County certify, that Gordentia Waite whose genuine signature
appears to the foregoing certificate and attestation is the Clerk
of said Court, duly elected, qualified and Commissioned, that
his said certificate and attestation are in due form of law
and that all of his official acts as such are and ought to be
entitled to full faith and credit.
Given under my hand & Seal this 29th
day of June A.D. 1848
/s/ T.M. Yancey Judge (seal)
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Sir
I hope you will give
this [illegible:count?] an early and favorable
attention
Yours
/s/ J. [illegible] 
[addressed to]
Hon. J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

13704
Fanny McKie
Wid of Daniel
Miss
Act 7 July 1838
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183.759
Family record
filed with her ap-
lication for pension
under the Act of July
7 1838.
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The State of Mississippi}
County of Lafayette}ss

On this the 11th day of June A.D.
One thousand eight hundred and fifty
five personally appeared before me
a Justice of the Peace within and for
the County and State aforesaid Frances
McKie aged Seventy eight years a resident
of Lafayette County in the State of Mississippi
who being duly sworn according to law declares
that she the widow of Davie McKie
deceased who was a private in the Company
commanded by Captain [blank space in original (whose
name she does not know) in the [blank space in the original] regiment
of Virginia Militia (whose number she
does not know) commanded by General
Green (according to the best of her knowledge
and information) in the War of the
Revolution; that her said husband
enlisted at [blank space in the original]
in the State 
of Virginia on or about the [blank space in the original] day
of [blank space in the original] A.D. [blank space in the original] for the term of
seven [crossed out] during the war, (the place of his
enlistment as well as the exact date cannot
be stated by her) and continued in actual
service in said war for the term of Seven
years, and was honorably discharged at
[blank space in the original] on the [blank space in the original day of [blank space in the original] A.D. (place 
and time unknown). She further states
that she was married to the said Daniel
McKie in Newberry District in the State of
South Carolina on the 18th day of
March 1794 by one
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whose name and calling an now not re= membered by her, and that her name
before her said marriage was Frances Herndon
that her said husband died in the County
of Lafayette State of Mississippi on the 16th
day of November A.D. 1839 and that
she is now a widow. That no public record of her
marriage except within her knowledge.
She makes this declaration for the pur=
pose of obtaining the County land to which
she may be entitled under the act approved
March 3 1855. She has heretofore received
no land warrant for her husband's service,
but has received a pension therefore.
/s/ Francis McKie
We Joshua Browning and Robert Prophet
residents of the County of Lafayette in the
State of Mississippi upon our oaths declare that
the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowl=
edged by Frances McKie in our presence and
that we believe from the appearance and statements
of the applicant that she is the identical person
she represents herself to be
/s/ Joshua Browning
/s/ Robert Prophet
"Daniel McKie and Fanny Herndon
were married 18th of March 1794
Daniel McKie Senr died the 16th day of
November 1839 aged 81 years"
I James M. McKie on oath declare
that the above is a true and correct copy
from the family record kept in the family
of Frances McKie for more than forty
years; that the said record is genuine
and set forth correctly the marriage and death
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of Daniel McKie deceased. That the
death of said Daniel McKie is a fact
within my [his" crossed out] personal knowledge and I ["he" crossed out] he knows
that during the life of the said David
McKie he and the claimant lived together
as man and wife were so reputed and
their marriage was no questioned by any
one. I also further state that the said
claimant is now a widow
/s/ Jas M. McKee
The foregoing declaration and affidavits
were sworn to and subscribed before me on
this day and year above written and I
certify that I know the affiants to be cred=
ible persons; that the claimant is the person
she represents herself to be, and I have no
interest in this claim.
/s/ Joshua Browning J. P.
Justice of the peace

The State of Mississippi}
 Lafayette County}
I Ward G. Vaughan Clerk of the
Probate Court of said County
do hereby certify that Joshua Browning Esq whose
genuine signature appears subscribed to the foregoing
affidavit & certificate is now and was on the day and year
thereof an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said
County duly Elected, qualified and commissioned
that full faith and credit are due and aught to be
given to all of his official acts as such, and that the
Court of which I am clerk is a Court of record,
Given under my hand and the seal
of said Court at Office this 25th day of
June 1855,
Ward G Vaughan Clerk
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Oxford, Miss. June 25 1855
Hon L. P. Waldo:
Dear Sir,
Enclosed you will
find the application of Mrs Frances McKie
Please acknowledge rept. & let me know when
the warrant will be issued
Very Respectfully
/s/ J. H. Viser

[written sideways]
183.759
Family record
filed with her ap-
plication for pension
under the Act of July
7 1838.
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22.515
Daniel McKie
Lawrence County [crossed out]
Manning Co. 
[illegible][town?] Alabama
for 1779 [illegible] 8
$26.66
Return a [crossed out]
can only allow as above

Andrew Matthews
Columbia
Tennessee
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
25th Sep. 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by compling[sic] with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
A Statement, shewing the service of Daniel McKie
[Column 1] Period when the service was rendered. [data] 1779 '80 & Jany '81
[several illegible words] to Oct 1781
[Column 2] Duration of the claimant's service. Years. Months. Days [data] 6 [months, corresponding to 1779] 9 [months, corresponding to 1780 into 1781?]
[Column 3] Rank of the claimant.
Serjeant [1779] 2nd Master [1780] Lieut. [1781]
[Column 4] Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.
Col Mason [1779]
Col Burwell [1780]
Gen Lincoln [1781]
[illegible words]
[Column 5] Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service
73 years
Lunenburg County
Va.
[Column 6] Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary & living witness

I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
The regulations of the Department require, each claimant as a
commissioned officer to produce his original commission
as satisfactory proof he was duly commissioned, and served
in that capacity for the time alleged.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians[sic] or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District}
County of } ss.
On this [space] day of [space] personally appeared (a) before [space] 
A. B. a resident (b) of [space] in the county of [space]and State, Territory or District
of [space] aged (c) [space] years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [space], with [space] and
served in the [space](e) regiment of the [space] line, under the following named officers:

(Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers of the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.0
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of [space]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[space]A. B.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court)
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
I, [space]of the Court of [space]
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of [space] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
[space] day of [space] & c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia.
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [space]and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [space] who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [space]
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [space]
and that C.D. who has also signed the same is a resident in the [space]
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, [space]Clerk of the Court of [space]do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [space]
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this [space] day of [space] & c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; 
but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted;
and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. 
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary
war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given
and what has become of it?
{ To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, 
taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[footnotes]
(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity ; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b)The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For [space] year [space] months. and [space] days, I served as a [space], I served as a [space] for [space] months and [space] days and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months,
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c without specifying the tours, the names of the officers and other particulars respecting the service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of the term of engagement;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority
that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must make his seal, and who has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public
seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
(j) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under the seal of office.
The notes from (a) and (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m)The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Daniel McKie [underlined]
Hon. J. K. Polk
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State of Tennessee Maury County ss
On this 18th day March 1824 personally
appeared in open Court, before the Court
of Pleas & quarter Sessions of Maury County
now sitting, Daniel McKee a Citizen of the
County & State aforesaid, aged about Seventy
four years & six months who being first
duly sworn according to law, doth on
his Oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Con-
-gress passed 7th of June 1872.
States that he has no record evidence of his age
but from a memorandum which he recollects
to have seen in his fathers family Bible & other circum-
-stances, added to the parol[sic] Statements
of his parents & others, he believes he was born
on the Sixth day of May 1759 in Lunenburg
County State of Virginia, where he continued
to reside in the family of his father untill the
latter part of the month of February, 1779- (the day he 
cannot recollect)- he entered the service of the
United States as a volunteer on a tour of
Six months as a Militia man, under the com-
-mand of Capt. Joseph Wynn, & was by him appointed
Sergeant of the Company - The Wynn Company then
marched to Halifax (Virginia) where we
attached to the Regiment of Col. David
Mason, remained at Halifax a short time
and then marched to Hillsboro North Carolina
under Col Mason, thereon joined Lieut Col
Burwell from Mecklenburg Virginia
From Hillsboro, we all marched to Salisbury
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North Carolina, remained at Salisbury a few
days, and thence continued our march on
to Camden South Carolina then Mecklenburg
NC-remained at Camden a few days, and
continued our march from this place to Bacons Bridge near Charleston S. Carolina not far
from this Bridge we joined Genl Lincoln's
Army. this was about the first of June same year
We were attached to the main Army
and marched to Stone [Stono?] Point (or Fort) About
the 20th June 1779 attacked the British
at Fort Stone and compelled them to retreat
to Johns Island. The Term of service of Col Ma-
-sons Troops expired about this time & they returned
to Virginia - Applicant was here ap-
-pointed quarter Master with the command
of two brigades of Waggons[sic]. John Goodrum &
Manoah[?][Macajah?] Smithson Waggon Masters- he was
directed to take his Waggons to Galphins Mills
at Spring Hill, near the lower end of Buck[?]
Island where he had the waggon loaded with
provisions. Sent Goodrums Brigade to fall
in with Col Masons Regiment on their re-
-turn March, And Smithson & his waggons
to Snow hill near Augusta, where they re-
-mained until we received information & direction
where to fall in with Gen Greens Army- When
these waggons  left Snow-hill while, applicant returned
to Galphins Mills, where he remained by
order some considerable time settling [illegible]
business, on which had been sent and
other business of the United States of
the same character & after his business
was closed here he returned to Virginia
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Applicant had now served his country faithfully
about [crossed out] at least nine months, undergoing the perils of
death to the many [illegible], and the danger- 
-ous diseases of a disastrous[?] & sickly climate
at the battle of Stono. he was a Sergeant in his
company & was in active, severe & dangerous 
[illegible] the whole day- Capt [illegible]] (applicants)
relative & neighbour, was here severely wounded and
died of his wounds in a few days- One of his company
was shot here, the ball entered the center of the [word crossed out]
breast [illegible][illegible] the breast four [?] & passed straight
thru[?]the body- no one expected him to live-yet in 5 or
6 weeks this man walked home to Virginia
sound & well.
When applicant left Galphin Mills for bus-
-iness he spent some considerable time with
some of his relations in South Carolina &
did not get home untill perhaps in Dec of 1780
Shortly after Applicant returned he [illegible]
that either by act of [illegible], or by some private [crossed-out]
general understanding even by certain number
of men now bound to furnish [finish?] our [illegible]
to serve during the war- applicant being
a young man without any particular incumbrance,
& having first turned in safety from
one tour, felt no disposition to live idle- he then
offered his services to one of these companies
or classes as their man [war?], and was by them
employed to serve during the war in discharge
of that particular company or class he went to
Col. Tompkins & presented himself as the soldier
furnished by Capt Dawson Company or Class
and was then read[?] by Col. Tompkins and enrolled (as he
supposes), as a regular soldier during the War
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after having been recd & [illegible] by Col.
Tompkins as a regular soldier applicant obtained
a Furlough with instructions to hold himself
in readiness to march into service on a mo=
-ments warning- he returned home to await
the command of his officers- where he re=
-mained some 5 or six months before he
was called on- when no recd orders from
Col. Tompkins to Rendezvous at Brunswick
Court house prepared to march into active
service during the 5 or 6 months applicant
was at home on furlough, his mind became
somewhat wearied from Military matters- got
then engaged in business of another nature
so when called on to march he hired a free
man of color, called Burwell Jones, to take his place as a soldier du=
-ring the war- went with him to Col. Davie
at Brunswick Court house & offered him (said
Jones), as a substitute in his place, from tour 
forward till the close of the war- and Col. Davie
received him as [word crossed out] a substitute in discharge
of applicant. Jones afterwards died in the service
as applicant was informed. Applicant would
respectfully suggest to the department [illegible]
under all the circumstances they do not conceive him
entitled to a pension as a Soldier
during the war, [words crossed out] applicant con-
[illegible] himself clearly entitled to compen-
-sation for at least six months service on his 
account- for he had served or held him-
-self in readiness to serve at last six months
of the time- he undertook to serve in discharge
of a "class" during the war- he has discharged
his obligation to them[?] (at his own expense) by having
Jones to go in his place-
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Between the first and middle of January
1781 applicant again volunteered his service
as a Soldier and was then appointed of
Nicholas Hobson, Second Lieutenant in Capt.
William Dowson's Company, Matthew [Abraham?] H. Maury
was first Lieutenant - the Lunenburg Militia
met, or rendesvoused[sic] at a place called the double
Bridges
from this place he marched southwards with
the intention of falling in with Genl. Greens army
which was then had pressed by Cornwallis. we 
met the Genl (Green) near a place called Dobing[?] old Tavern- We wore them in the
neighborhood of Lord Cornwallis' Army-
who by the by was rather a dangerous[?] fellow.
The two armies maneuvered about the country
for some time frequently changing rotations
until the Battle at Guilford Court House
The battle at Guilford was fought as noted as appli=
-cant can recollect, about the middle of March.
applicant was in the heat & dangers of this
battle during its continuance-
During the engagement applicants neigh-
-bour & particular friend Lieutenant Matthew Maury was very badly wounded in the 
lower part of the back- applicant being pre--sent when Maury was wounded assisted
in carrying him from the field- after the
battle was over the wounded were ordered to
[illegible]. Perkins' iron works on Dan River & there to
remain. Applicant was directed by General Stephens
to accompany & attend upon Lieu. Maury, who
it was supposed could not live many days.
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Applicant accordingly attended Lieu. Maury
and remained with him during the whole of
his illness at Col. Perkins' on Dan River, and
as his[?] of present thinks until they heard
of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, at
Little York about which time
Lieu. Maury had so far recovered of his
wounds as to be able to resume his jour-
-ney homeward- applicant then returned
home with said Maury- the war of the
Revolution having now terminated
most gloriously- and applicant is now
proud & happy that he has contributed
his humble [illegible] towards the affecting 
of this glorious result- He never
recd any pay from his country for
his services - nor would he under ordi-
-nary circumstances now ask it- but
the vigor of health & youth have made
their eternal [illegible] to him- "Age
and want [Oh!] ill matched pair" "Show
man was made to mourn" -- have come
[illegible] hopping on- misfortune has
visited on his gray hairs, the bitter fruits
of the malicious hate of some enemies
and the imprudences & follies of his friends
his necessity or his misfortune & not his fault
Applicant has no documentary evidence
of his services, and does not know of
any evidence with his reach except
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what he herewith transmits-- The death
of Henry Cooke has prevented him from
parting evidence of his war service in a less exceptional
form. Mr. Cook, poor man has since
applicants papers were before the
department paid the debt which
all flesh must pay & which the ap=
-plicant must [illegible] long pay-
applicant received the Commission
of Lieutenant from Col. Hobson which
he has long since lost- he lost it among his
fathers papers & never heard of it afterwards
-never had a written discharge that he
recollects - Applicant is well acquainted
with Joseph Herndon Esq. who is one of the
oldest Lawyers in this County & a man of
high standing & respectability and with
John C. Wormley both of whom can
testify as to his veracity & as to their belief of his hav=
-ing served as a Soldier in the Revolution &
There is no preacher of the Gospel in this
country with whom he his acquainted
whose certificate he can now obtain.
-About 12 or 18 months after the close of the War
applicant moved to the State of Georgia, remained
there abt 4 years - then went to Spartanburg
District South Carolina in which State he lived
about 25 years - he then moved to this
State, where he has resided ever since 1826
with the exception of a short residence of
about 2 years in the State of Alabama
he now resides in the County of Maury, State of Tennessee. He hereby relinquishes
every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except
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except the present, and declares that his
name is not on the pension list or Roll of any
of the Agency of any State or territory.
Sworn to and subscribed]
the day & year aforesaid]
/s/ D. McKie
/s/ Thos. J. Porter, Justc
of Maury County Court

By Wm E. Erwin Clergyman [crossed out] residing in the
County & State aforesaid and Joseph Herndon &
John C. Wormeley residing in the same State
& County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
Daniel McKee who has subscribed & sworn to the above
declarations that he believe him to be about seventy
four or five years of age, that he is reputed and
believed in the neighbourhood where he resides
to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that
we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & Subscribed in open}
Court the day & year aforesaid}
/s/ Jos. Herndon
/s/ John C. Wormeley
/s/ Thos. J. Porter, clerk
of Maury County Court 
By Wm. E. Erwin, Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opin=
-ion after the investigation of the matter and
after putting the interrogatories proscribed
by the war department, that the above named ap=
-plicant
was a Revolutionary soldier, and that
he served as stated. And the Court further cer=
-tifies that [the following text is crossed-out: "Joseph Herndon and John C. Wormeley who signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the County and State aforesaid, and that Joseph-"
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Joseph Herndon, Esq. and John C
Wormeley Esq. who have [word crossed out] signed
said Certificate are citizens of the County
of Maury, State of Tennessee, and are
credible persons, and that their state=
-ments are entitled to full faith &
credit.
Tazewell S. Alderson J.P. {seal}
Joseph Erwin J.P. {seal}
Samuel Crawford J.P. {seal}
I, Thomas Jefferson Porter Clerk of the
Court of pleas & quarter session
of Maury County, do hereby certify, that the
foregoing contains the original pro+
-ceedings of the sd. Court in the matter of
the application of Daniel McKie
for a pension
In testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand & seal of
Office this eighteenth day of
March One thousand eight
hundred & thirty four
/s/ Thos J. Porter clerk
of Maury County Court
By Edw. E. Erwin Clerk
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October 20, 1909.

[letter addressed to]
Hon. Ezekiel S. Candler, Jr.
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Candler:

In reply to your letter dated the 14" and received
the 16” instant, I have the honor to advise you that Daniel McKie, R. File
No. 6,750, was allowed pension on his application executed March 18, 1834,
while a resident of Maury County, Tennessee.
He stated that he was born May 6, 1759 in Lunenburg County, Virginia,
where he resided when he enlisted in February 1779 and[crossed out] served six months [crossed out] 
as a Sergeant under Captain Joseph Wynn, in Colonel David Mason's regiment
of Virginia Militia; he was in the battle of Stono. Soon after said battle
he returned to Virginia, was appointed Quartermaster with the command of
two brigades of wagons, and served as Quartermaster about three months.
In January 1781 he was appointed Second Lieutenant of Captain William Dow=
-son's company, Colonel Nicholas Hobson's regiment, was in the battle of
Guilford Court House, and continued in the service until after the surrender
of Lord Cornwallis.
Daniel McKie married March 18, 1794 Fanny Herndon in Newbery District,
South Carolina. He was thirty-five on May 6, 1794 and she was eighteen De-
-cember 2, 1794.

[handwritten notation under date of letter] These were written before passage of act charging for copies

[handwritten notation in right margin, adjacent to the cross-out of "six months" ] couldn't if he left after Stono June 1779
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Frances Susanah McKie married October 6, 1832 Andrew Mathurst.
Daniel Piner McKie [married October 6, 1822] Miss Nancy Mills.
Sarah Ann McKie [married] December 16, 1832 Thomas Davis.
James M. McKie [married] November 11, 1842, Juliett Fondren.
Stephen R. McKie [married] January 9, 1844,1, Martha A. Rogers.
Elizabeth McKie born January 24, 1795, died aged 9 months.
Polly Wiley McKie [born] November 10, 1796, died September 28, 1848.
Herndon McKie [born] December 4, 1798, died June 24, 1832.
Daniel Pines McKie [born] September 21, 1800, died ---- 1846.
Green McKie [born] September 2, 1802.
Frances Susannah McKie [possibly twin of Sarah Ann L. McKie since a single date of birth is provided]
Sarah Ann L. McKie [born] September 4, 1805.
Michael Jefferson McKie [born] August 20, 1807.
James M. McKie [born] November 24, 1809.
Benjamin F. McKie [born] October 1, 1811, died September 9, 1852.
Stephen R. McKie [born] September 16, 1813.
Washenton McKie [born] October 5, 1815, died aged 8 weeks.
William McKie [born] May 31, 1820, died aged 2 weeks.
Daniel McKie, Sr. died November 16, 1889, Lafayette County, Mississippi
Frances McKie died September 5, 1855, aged 79 years.
(Note different spelling of same names)[in original]
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[bifolded document]
[left side]
Nov. 10 - 1902
Miss Irene McKie
Holly Springs Miss

May 25,04
Copy inside CMB

1909 Oct. 20. Hist to
Hon Ezekiel S. Candler C
1926 Mrs Calvin S. Brown
given tombstone data
[illegible] of return of
family record & ad
of Copy of copy of Copy
of record etc. aw
1926 July 1. Tombstone Data
D.M. Gen.
1930 Mch 20 Louise E. Magruder
adv. rel. is issuance of duplicates
family land warrant advised
through Soldier Division MMF

[right side]
[printed form with handwritten entries] 
50
1769
P. O. Fanny McKie
Service: Daniel McKie
Enlisted:
Discharged:
REJECTED
Application filed:
alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P.O.
Recognized.
Contract.
Cert of Dis. 
Searched for
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No. 13704
Fanny McKie
Miss
Let to Hon. James Thompson
August 19th '48
Hon Jacob Thompson Feb 5/30
Wm B. Spinks Feby 3 1853
Act 7 July 1838
Page 35

49.264

[illegible]
Page 36

[envelope]
Sept. 23 1852
Rel: to claim of
Mrs Frances McKie
widow of Danl

Wm B. Spinks
Chulahoma Miss


[envelope addressed to]
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
DC

[stamped] FREE.
Page 37

[envelope]
Sept 24/52
Rel: to claim of
Mrs Frances McKie
widow of Danl.

Wm. B. Spinks
Chulahoma Mississippi

[addressed to] 
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

[stamped] FREE.
Page 38

13.704
Fanny McKie
Daniel
Mississippi
Hon James Thompson
August 19, 1848. Hon
Jacob Thompson Feby
5. 1850 - W.B. Spinks
Feby 3. 1853- C.C. Tuck
in March 26, 1857 -
J.H. Viver 28 May 1857

6750
Act July 7, 1838
Page 39

[envelope]
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
[round postage stamp illegible]
[stamp] FREE
[stamp] FREE

[calculations]
1794
[less] 18
[equals] 76

1794
[less] 35
[equals] 59
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[envelope]
Daniel McKie decd
No 183,759
Mississippi
[round postage ink stamp]
[illegible] filed
Chrgd. to
Boynton
March 24/56
[addressed to]
Hon. illegible Minot
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
[stamped] FREE
[stamped] FREE
[written upside down] Frances McKie wid
Page 41

[envelope]
Fanny McKie
Danl/ [illegible] Dec '30

[addressed to]
Hon.  Geo C. Whiting
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
DC
Page 42

[envelope]
[stamped] FREE
[stamped] FREE
[round postal ink stamp] Oxford Jun

[addressed to]
Hon. L. P. Waldo
Comr. of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
Page 43

The State of Mississippi}
La Fayette County}
Before me Thomas
H. Robinson an acting Justice of the Peace in
and for the County aforesaid, this day personally appeared James M. McKie
who being by me duly sworn states that the
family record hereto attached is the original
record of the marriage of Frances Mackie[sic] with
Daniel Mackie[sic] taken from the bible kept in
the family of the said Frances McKie for more
than forty years.
/s/ Jas M McKie
Sworn to and subscribed}
before me this 28th day of}
October 1856}

/s/ Tho. H. Robinson J. P.
Page 44

I do certify that Mr Daniel McKie was from home
at the time the Battle was fought at Gilford [Guilford]
by Geneal Green & Lord Cornwallace [Cornwallis] & it was always
said in the neighborhood when said McKee then lived[?]
and believe he was in said Battle and serd the
time he states & that he assisted in taking
Lieutenant Matthew Fountain Maury off the
field after being wounded
Sept 14 1832
/s/ Philip Maury
/s/ Robert Parrish
Sworn & acknowledged
before me this 14th
Sept 1832
/s/ Wm Johnson, J.P.
Page 45

See Bounty Land
49.264-160-55
-examined-
Page 46


House of Rept
Jany 28th, 1842

Sir
Enclosed you will find
the papers of Francis McKie
the widow of Daniel McKie
for the pension of her Husband
due at his death-
Inform me if they are
sufficient and must I come
up and take the usual oath
of Atters. [attorneys?]

Yours

Very truly
/s/ J. Morrison[?]
Page 47


Chulahoma Miss Sept 15th 1852

Sir
my frequent intrusion upon your department may be thought impertinent, but as I
have promised the old and afflicted widow of a revolutionary pensioner my gratuitous
assistance in presenting her claim for a pension I must be pardoned if I seem to be
in earnest in her interest. I wrote to the pension office a few days past respectfully
asking information in relation to the claim of Mrs Frances McKie for a pension
her deceased husband Daniel McKie who was a pensioner 
in 1839 leaving his widow with but little means with which to get through life. She has
been since the death of her husband in very straitened circumstances. Several years ago
she made application to the government for a pension to she understood she was under the
laws of congress justly entitled. I have understood that her claim to a pension
from a want of proof of her marriage prior to 1794. Her marriage took place
South Carolina a state in which no record of marriages is kept and the only evidence
which can be produced at this time in the family record of the birth of her children which
is contained in a large old bible which could not, with convenience, be sent to
Washington City. I have examined the record and have no doubt of its contents
The old lady knows the record is correct but there would be some difficulty to
prove it absolutely so. I [illegible] these additional records to my first letter
that you may see the points in the application; and believing no government officers
would throw obstacles in the way of a just claim, if satisfied of its justness, but
on the contrary would afford such information as to enable a perfecting of the
claim I again on the part of Mrs McKie and as a charitable service to her
ask for such information as will be necessary to entitle her to her just rights
Very Respectfully your Obt sert
/s/ W. B. Spinks

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Oxford Miss Oct 22 1856
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
Enclosed you
will find the record of the marriage of Mrs McKie
with Daniel McKie, which you state in your
letter
it was desirable should be sent on to your office
as proof in case of her bounty land claim
No 183.757. This document you are requested
to be very careful to return when you are done
with it as it is of great importance to the family
By the way, how am I to account for the course
of the Department in reference to this application?
The papers were made out precisely as in other cases
of widow applicants, which passed without  question.
The same proof of marriage, understood[?] &c. Yet
so far from passing as other cases precisely similar had
done. I recd no acknowledgement of the reception of the appli=
-cation for nearly a whole year, during which time I wrote
repeatedly to the Department in reference to the claim and
wrote Mr. [illegible]
Rep from our District to call and ascertain whether
the application had been recd- If there is any thing
further required in the case please let me know it promptly.
Very Respectfully
J.H. Visen
Page 49

J.H. Visen
Oxford Miss
183759
Mrs. Frances McKie
Refd to Boynton
Mch 24/56
Frances McKie
wid
Daniel
Page 50

Oxford Miss. Nov 10 1856
Com of pensions

Dear Sir.
I have just recd.
a letter from Mr. S. Cole of the Pension
office in relation to applications for bounty
land filed by me, and am much surprized[sic] to find
him speaking of the application of Mrs. Frances
McKie as yet not found, when I have your
acknowledgement for it dated July 10, and the
number 183.759. I have also subsequent com=
-munications from you in reference to it, and
have forwarded to you in complyance[sic] with your
request a family record of her marriage with
Daniel McKie. The course of the Department in
regard to this claim is to me altogether unacceptable. 
I will state for Mr. Cole's information that Mrs.
McKie, as the widow of Daniel McKie, a revolutionary
soldier of Maury Co. Tenn. Town when she there lived and
claims a pension & it is presumed she signed her name
to the application "Fanny McKie" as it was her custom
sometimes to do so but she never rec. any pension
and the present application is for bounty land.
All his other inquiries can be satisfied by an examina=
-tion of her claim No 183.759.
Will you be kind enough to take some deference
[illegible] in [illegible] to this application and give me notice
to the [illegible] examination? In the mean
time I remain
Very Respectfully
J.H. Visen
Page 51

State of Tennessee Maury County SS
Joseph Herndon a citizen of said County,
aged about sixty years-- states that he
became
acquainted with Daniel McKie, (who
applying for a pension under the act of congress
of the 7th of May 1832) some time in
year 1794 as well as he recollects, in the
District of Newberry in the State of South
Carolina. That the said Daniel McKie was
introduced to him, as he believes, by a certain Doctr.
Jacob R. Brown, who then introduced him
as Captain McKie, and stated that they
had both been in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary war.
The said Herndon further states that
since that time he has frequently heard the
said McKie relate many events which
occurred during the time of his said military
service, particularly at the battle of Guilford
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in the State of North Carolina, in relation
to carrying off the field of battle a certain
Matthew Fountain Maury, who was wounded in
that battle. The said Herndon further states
that he is well acquainted with many
persons who were neighbours of the said
McKie in the State of Virginia, at the time
he performed the aforesaid Revolutionary services.
and that he has heared[sic] them all speak
of said services in matter of undoubted
certainty.
The said Herndon further states that
from all that he has heared[sic] from various
sources, upon the subject of the said Daniel
McKie's Revolutionary services, he feels confident
of the truth of those statements and that there
is a firm belief among said McKie's acquaintances,
generally & particularly his old acquaintances, that he was in the service of the United States during
part of the Revolutionary War. /s/ Jos. Hendon
Page 53

State of Tennessee}
Maury County}
Personally came Joseph Herndon
before me Jas McKei, one of the
acting Justices of the peace in and for said County
and made oath that he verily believes that the
statements made by him hereto annexed, relative
to the revolutionary service of Daniel McKie,
are true in substance &c
/s/ Jos Herndon

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 17
day of September AD 1832 -
/s/ Jas Mecey JP 

State of Tennesse Maury County
I Thomas J Porter Clerk of said County
court hereby certify that James [illegible] before whom
the foregoing affidavit was made was at the
time thereof and still is an acting justice of the
peace for said County and that full
faith and credit an due to all his official
acts. sworn under my hand and seal
this 18th September AD 1832 & 57 year
of American independence.
/s/ Thos. J. Porter clerk
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Washington D.C. March 14. 1857.
Hon. Geo. C. Whiting
Comr of Pensions
Sir
I send enclosed
authority for me to act as agent for the Revolutionary
Pension Claim made under the Act of July 7. 1838.
of Mrs Francis McKie widow of Daniel of Miss.
If this claim will be admitted under the Act of
Feb 2. 1848. I request that the certificate may be
issued.
Very
respectfully
Your Obt Sert
Chas. C. Tucker
Page 55

Chulahoma Misse 30th April 1855

Charles C. Tucker, Esq.
My [illegible]
Since I received your favor of date 28th Jany 1854 I have been
much engaged with my private affairs & have not had leisure to attend to
pension claims. Nearly twelve months anterior to the last letter with which I
troubled you Mrs Francis McKie had constituted me her attorney in the premises
of her pension claim. In that power of attorney the authorised[sic] me to appoint a
substitute. I now appoint you. I prepared her original application & occasionally
afterwards give the case some little attention; but owing to the impossibility of
providing her marriage with Daniel McKie prior to 1st Jany 1794 I had concluded
to abandon her claim. She was married in South Carolina a State in which no
record of marriages are kept and the only evidence in support of her marriage
prior to 1794 which has been furnished to the department is contained in her
declaration in which she states that she was married prior to 1794 but also states
that she knows of no one living by whom she we make the proof. It appears from
Commissioner Heath's letter to me of date 3d February 1853 that only difficulty in
the way of allowing Mrs McKie's claim is that there is no proof of her marriage
prior to 1st Jany 1794. Previous to the receipt of the Commissioners letter which I now
enclose to you I had been writing to the department in relation to Mrs. McKie's claim
not having from her any special power of attorney. As soon as I received this
letter and read it to her she made the power of attorney now enclosed but would not
permit the leaf in her bible containing a record of the birth of her children to be cut
out, saying she would rather lose[?] her pension than to have her bible mutilated
I now send the papers to you all of which taken together I have no doubt will
fully authorize you to examine all the papers pertaining to Mrs. McKie's claim. If
however an authenticated power of attorney from me to you should be necessary
Page 56

(which I do not believe) please inform me without delay and it shall be
forwarded In the mean time I am respectfully your Obt svt 
Wm B Spinks

By virtue of authority vested in me by a power of attorney executed to me by
Francis McKie on the 2d day of March 1853 I hereby appoint Charles C Tucker
of Washington City my substitute to do for me any thing in the premises that
I could lawfully do in relation to prosecuting the claim of said Francis McKie
for revolutionary pension. Witness my hand & seal 30th April 1835
W B Spinks (seal)
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Chulahoma Missi Sept 11th 1832

Sir
I am entrusted by Mrs. Frances McKie with the renewal of her claim
for a pension Her claim has heretofore been presented and as I have
understood filed for examination but suspended for the want of
proof of her marriage with Daniel McKie prior to 1794. She is the
widow of Daniel deceased who was a pensioner and who died in this vicinity in 1839
He I know was a pensioner up to the time of his death, the marriage between
Mrs Frances McKie and her deceased husband took place in South Carolina
a state in which no record of marriages is kept At this remote time from
the marriage it would therefore be very difficult to prove the marriage
Her husband died in 1839 and she is yet a widow very old and infirm
and there has been any law passed by Congress for her benefit, she surely
ought to receive that benefit. Upon a former examination of her
claim I learn by papers now in my possession from the Pension
office that the services of her husband was admitted. Her case
is surely embraced by some of the laws of Congress
My services are performed as a gratuity to an old & afflicted
widow of a revolutionary soldier and I now write to the
department asking for information as to how her application
should be made. That she is clearly entitled to a pension I
have no doubt, but how to get at it for her is the
question. I have not the laws of congress before me upon
the subject, but from my recollections of these things
she is now fully entitled under the law, to a
handsome sum of money. It will be next to impossible
to prove her marriage by a living witness of the fact
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Her oldest son if living would now be about fifty eight years old
This would be presumtive[sic] evidence of the marriage anterior to
1794. The proof also that she and Daniel McKie, the deceased
pensioner, lived together as man and wife until his death
is abundant and easily made. I repeat that my attention
to her claim is without fee or reward and I write to the
department for information and do hope to be furnished
with the necessary forms and the character of proof she
will be required to make to draw the pension to which she is
entitled
I am very Respectfully
Your obt svt
/s/ W.B. Spinks

Commission of Pensions
Washington City
DC
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The State of Mississippi
County of Marshall
Be it known that on this the 2d day of March A.D. 1833
before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in & for the County &
State aforesaid personally appeared before me Frances McKie
resident of Chulahoma in said County and made oath
according to law that she is the widow of the identical Daniel
McKie who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and who
has heretofore made application for the pension act of
that she is directly interested as a claimant in said pension
and makes this affidavit to be filed with any additional
evidence or arguments as my agent may use in presenting
said claim
Countermanding and revoking all powers of attorney and
authority heretofore given I hereby constitute and appoint
W B Spinks of this town (Chulohoma ) my true and
lawfull[sic] attorney to prosecute my claim for any amount
of Revolutionary pension or increase of pension that may
be due and I hereby authorize my said attorney to examine
all papers or any evidentiary[?] documents in relation to said
claim on file in the Department at Washington City or elsewhere
to file additional evidence or arguments and to receive ["and to receive":crossed out]
for my exclusive benefit the certificate which may
be paid for said claim to appoint one or more substitutes
under him for the purposes herein proposed and to do all
things that I might or could do were I personally present
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Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said attorney
and agent shall lawfully do in the premises
/s/ Frances McKie (seal)

Sworn to & subscribed & acknowledged before me the day and
year first within written and I hereby certify that I believe
the said Francis McKie to be directly interested in said claim
and to be the identical party therein alleged
/s/ D.M. Davis JP
Justice of the Peace

The State of Mississippi
Marshall County

I Gordentia Waite Clerk of the Probate
Court of said County certify that D.M. Davis, whose genuine
signature appears above is and was at the date of
affixing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace in and
for Marshall County aforesaid, duly elected qualified
and commissioned,
and that his official acts, as such
are entitled to full faith and credit.
Given under my hand and the
seal of said Court at Office in
Holly Spring the 21st day of March
A.D. 1853
Gordentia Waite Clerk
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Some time in the winter of 1779 the Militia
of Virginia was called on to serve a tour of Duty for
six months to the south when David Mackey [McKie] of
Lunenburg County Va went as a sergeant under the
command of Joseph Wynn as Capt. Abraham Cooke
lieutenant Ensign not recollected he marched from
Lunenburg County through Brunswick County to Halifax
town in North Carolina & was stationed there a few
weeks untill a Large Regiment of men met there
then Col. David Mason of Virginia took command
of sd men & marched them to Hillsborough from
thence to Salisbury where Lieutenant Col. Lewis[?]
Burwell joined us from there to Camden where we
was stationed as short time from thence to Barons
Bridge 28 miles from Charleston from thence to
Generals Lincolns army about the first of June
on the 20th of said month General Lincoln  with his
whole army attacked the British army in there fort
at Stono ferry Daniel Mackey[McKie], after the battle, [word crossed out] was sent
up toward Augustia when our six months service
was out. Some time about the first of February
in the year 1781 Daniel Mackey[McKie] was again in the
army from Lunenburg County Virginia in the
Company commanded by Capt. William Dawson
Matthew F. Maury Lieutenant after marching
on Lunenberg County through Charlotte and
Halifax County [illegible] into N. Carolina & then joined
General Green's army about the 15 or 16th marched
General Green with his army met Lord Cornwallace [Cornwallis] [illegible]
his army at Guilford Courthouse & there fought
a very severe battle under the command of General
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Edward Stephens who then commanded the
Brigade of Virginia Volunteers & remained in
service about 4 months which was as long as the sd
Cooke remained in that army.
September 14th 1832
/s/ Henry Cooke
Sworn & acknowledged
before me this 14th
Sept 1832
/s/ Wm Johnson J. P.

The State of Tennessee
I Thomas Hardin[?]
Clerk of the Court of pleas &
quarter sessions for the County of Williamson in the
State of Tennessee do hereby certify that William
Johnson Esquire whose signature appears to the
annexed
affidavits of Philip Maury Robert
Parrish & Henry Cook [illegible: possibly Snr. for senior] in is now & was at the
time of making the same affidavit an acting Justice of the peace
in & for the County of Williamson aforesaid duly commissioned and
Sworn & that full faith & credit are due his official acts as
such. In testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed
my name & affixed the seal of said Court at office
this  14th September 1832.
/s/ Thos. Hardin[?] clerk
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Daniel McKie -
Depositions- loss of
Pension certificate
[illegible] [illegible] 1834.-
26.711
Hon. J. K. Polk
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State of Tennessee
Maury County
This day personally
appeared Daniel McKie before me
Taswell S. Alderson an acting Justice
of the peace for the County & State
aforesaid and made Oath, that he
was possessed of a pension certificate
issued to him from the war department
that the same was sent to the Honorable
James K. Pack, but cannot now be
found-- that he has not had the
possession of it since it was so sent
to the said Pack & that he does verily
believe the same is lost or mislaid[crossed-out]
destroyed
/s/ D. McKie
Sworn to & subscribed
before me 28th October 1834
Taswell S. Alderson
Justice of the Peace
The above signature of Tazwell S. Alderson a justice
of the peace [illegible] to be in his hand writing.-
That [illegible] McKie's hand writing does not [illegible] have no doubt it is genuine. I know
this man & he handed me this [illegible]
himself
/s/ 
James K. Pack
Mar 6, 1834.
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CALVIN S. BROWN
UNIVERSITY, MISSISSIPPI
Dec. 29, 1925

Washington, DC.
Bureau of Pensions,

My dear sirs,
As state historian of the
Daughters of the American
Revolution in Mississippi, I
am at work on a roster of sol-
diers of the Revolution who
came to Mississippi from va-
rious sources I have compiled
the enclosed list which I had pub-
lished in a newspaper. The table
carries practically all my in-
formation about these soldiers
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In view of the fact that this
roster when completed will be
on file in the library of the
D.A.R. in Memorial Conti-
-nental Hall in Washington,
at the State Department of
Archives and History in
Miss and in Ala at the
Library of the University of
Miss. and at some other
places, and would make avail-
able information more obtain-
able only from you. I am
asking if you will
me all the data you have
on each of these soldiers.
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CALVIN S. BROWN
UNIVERSITY, MISSISSIPPI

and that you will add to this
list any other names that
you may have with data.
Please tell me how pen-
sions were paid in Miss?
In Alabama the Bank of
Mobile paid pensions for
the state and their book of
pensioners gives valuable
information. Might there
be such a record for Mis-
-sissippi? If so, where would
it probably be
Any help you can give
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me, I shall greatly appreciate
I am trying not only to
get together this roster of
names, but also to locate
and mark graves
At some time after 1839
Francis Herndon McKie
widow of Lieut. Daniel
McKie made application
for a pension based on
his service in the Rev-
-olutionary War. Her lawyer
cut from the family
Bible pages containing
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CALVIN S. BROWN
UNIVERSITY, MISSISSIPPI

certain records and sent
them in with this ap-
-plication. His descendants
now regret greatly the mu-
-tilation of the Bible which
is still in their possession.
If these pages are still in
your files will you al-
-low me to return them
to the family? I shall be
glad, if necessary. to pay
for a certified copy for
your files. Will you send
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me a transcript of Lieut. Dan-
-iel McKie's service to be
used in applying for a
tombstone for his unmarked
grave? His name
does not appear on my
list of pensioners as the
application was filed by his
widow and I learned of his
grave in Mississippi only
recently.
Thanking you, I am
Maud Morrow Brown,
Historian of Miss D.A.R.
(Mrs. Calvin S.)
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J.H. Visen
Oxford Missippi
May 16. 1857.

Complains of the neglect
by the Pension Bureau
of his applications for the
return of a "Family Record"
filed with the application
of Mrs Francis McKey[sic]
mother of Jas. M. McKey[sic]
for Bounty Land
-
Respectfully referred to the
Commr Pensions for his
attention and answer
[illegible]
May 26/57
/s/ Moses Kelly
chf clk

from[?]
Mr. Bink-


Rec'd 25 May '54
Mr. Pritchett
Page 72

Nov. 7. Malalin[?]
Daniel McKie
Decd.
Page 73

Oxford, Mass. May 16th. 1837
Hon Jacob Thompson,
Dear Sir,
Some time ago
I filed an application for Mrs. Frances McKey[sic],
the mother of James M. McKey[sic], for bounty land
and the commissioner of Pensions thinking the
proof of marriage insufficient, wrote me that if there existed
a family record of the marriage, to send it on,
and it should be carefully preserved and returned.

Mr. McKey[sic] was very reluctant to send the record
as it contained the birth, marriages, and deaths
of the family for several generations. but at on
my showing him the commissioner's letter in which
he gave the fullest apearance[sic] that the document
should be returned, he finally consented- took the
leaf, or folio, from the Bible, and I sent it
to the Department. Soon afterwards the Warrant
was issued on the application and sent to me;
but the family record was not sent, nor was any
mention made of it in the letter containing the warrant
I have written several times to the commissioner
on the subject but can hear nothing from him,
and the officers of the Department seem to manifest
an utter indifference to the feelings and wishes
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of a whole family and the deep interest each
member of it must feel in the only paper extant
that contains the record of the family. Being
unable to hear any thing directly from the Department
Mr. McKey[sic] has requested me to write to you
on the subject, and ask you to call and have
the matter attended to by doing which you
will confer a great favor on him and
by much oblige
Your Obet Set
J. H. Visen
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Pension Office
May 28, 1857

Sir.
Agreeably to your request, I enclose herewith
the family record filed with the papers[crossed-out] applica=
-tion of Frances McKie, widow of Daniel McKie
for pension and Bounty Land

J. H. Viser, Esq
Oxford
La Fayette Co.
Mississippi
Rev
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CU
Owen

Holly Springs Miss
Sept. 27th 1902.

W. S. Commissioner
of Pensions
Washington
D.C.

[ink stamp] Oct 2 1902 FILES.

Dear Sir:-
I am anxious to
join the "Daughter's of the
Revolution" and write to
ask your assistance in
getting the proof of my claim
I am (Miss) Irene McKie
daughter of G.W. McKie
Page 77

G. W. McKie is the son of B.F. McKie
B. F. McKie was the son of Daniel McKie
from South Carolina:
Daniel McKie was in the
Revolutionary war (Captain
I think) a pension was granted
him and the money stayed
in the old Bank of Holly
Springs for some time
but was never drawn.
Any information that you
can give me[crossed out] to help me
give the proof required
will be most thankfully
rec'd by
Yours respectfully
Irene McKie
(over)
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If you cannot find
the proof from my fathers
side perhaps you can
tell me something of my
maternal great-great
grand father who was
Col. Adam Alexander of N.C.
In 1775 he was lieutenant
Col of the minute men and
in 1776 was appointed
the Provincial Congress of Halifax
Col. of Mecklenberg Co
He was also a signer of the
Mecklenberg Declaration
of
Independence
/s/ I.M.

[ink stamp] U.S. Pension Office Sep 30 1902
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON

Dict. to Porter.
Number/ 94, 326.
Sub/inf/ne F

Corinth, Miss.
Oct. 14th, 1909.,

Hon. V. Warner,
Comm'r. Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,

Dear Sir:-

Will you please give me the benefit of all the
information contained in the records of your office with
reference to the service and family data of the following
Revolutionary Soldiers: -

Daniel Mackey[sic], Virgina[sic] Line, placed on roll
1834, Aged 74, Maury County, Tenn., and Nathan Young,
Scott County Kentucky, Virginia Line, placed on roll
1819, age 108 years? -- Thanking you in advance, I have
the honor to be,
Respectfully yours,
/s/ E.S. Candler, Jr.
M. C. First Dist. Mississippi.

[written in left margin]
*McKie
on book.
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WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL
WASHINGTON

IN REPLY REFER TO QM 293 A-C
McKie, Daniel

June 29, 1926.

The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
In order that a headstone may be provided for the grave of the dece-
-dent named below, the Quartermaster General desires that the correct military
service and the spelling of the name be supplied this office from the records
of the Pension Bureau:
Lieut. Daniel McKie,
Va. Mil. Rev. War
Ref: Papers in Rev. War
Claim R 6750. Enlisted Feb. 1779;
served as Sergt. in Capt. Joseph
Wynn's Co., Col. David Mason's Va.
Regt. Appointed Lieut. of Capt.
Wm. Dawson's Co., Col. Nicholas
Hobson's Regt., and served at the
battle of Guilford.

Very truly yours,
/s/ F.H. Pope
F. H. POPE,
Colonel, Q.M.C.,
Assistant.
[ink stamp] U.S. Pension Office June 30 1926
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[typed document with multiple areas of handwriting. Typed portion is written over by a large X]

[typed]

May 25, 1904
S.A. Murray
1625 11th Avenue South,
Birmingham, Alabama.

Madam:

In reply to your letter of the 20th instant to Mr. L. W. E.
Pegues, an employee of the Bureau, you are informed that no such
paper as that to which you refer is on file with the papers in the
pension claim, No. 6,750, of the widow of Daniel McKie, a Revolu=
-tionary soldier; and you are further informed that it is evident
that no such record was in the possession of the claimant, as is
shown by the following statement in for application for pension
made in June, 1844. "She was married previous to the year 1794 but
owing to the length of time since the marriage, and her remote
situation from the place where the marriage took place it is almost
impossible to obtain positive proof of the exact date."
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

[handwritten in left margin, top to bottom]
This should not have been written without  looking up the letters from [illegible]

Copy
@usb[?]
Bureau [illegible]
letter of
May 28 1857
returning
record-
now in
claim

[handwritten at bottom of page]
Writer had an idea that a record
of marriage had been cut out of
a bible and filed as evidence.
/s/ Bryant
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
July 1, 1923
[handwritten below date, right side] tombstone data

Sir:
F. H. Pope, Colonel, Q. M. C.
Office of Quartermaster General, U.S.A.
Washington, D. C.

Sir:
I have to advise you, that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 6750, it appears
that Daniel McKie was born May 6, 1759, in Lunenburgh
Co. Va. He died Nov. 16, 1830, in Jefferson Co. Miss.
He enlisted in Feb. 1779, served as Sergeant in
Capt. Joseph Wynn's Co. Col. David Mason's Va. Regt.
was at the battle of Stono, after which he served as
Wagon Master for three months.
In Jan. 1781, he was appointed Second Lieutenant
of Capt. Wm. Dowson's Co. Col. Nicholas Hobson's Va.
Regt and was at the battle of Guilford and served un=
-til after the surrender of Cornwallis, date of discharge
not stated.
He was allowed pension.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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ADDRESS ONLY THE COMMISSIONER OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE
INC. UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
GENERAL LAND OFFICE
WASHINGTON FEB 24 1930

In Reply Please Refer To
[illegible or redacted]

Information: Warrants.

[ink stamp] Office of the Chief Clerk Bureau of Pensions Feb 25 1930

Mrs. Louise E. Magruder,
132 Charles Street,
Annapolis, Maryland.

My dear Madam:
Reference is had to your letter of February 11,
1930, requesting information relative to warrants
Nos. 85807-160-55 and 49264-160- 55.

The [illegible][illegible] is on file in this office. It was
issued to Nancy Mosby, widow of John Mosby, a private
in Capt. Nance's Co., Tennessee Militia, War of 1812.
Nancy Mosby assigned the warrant, April 21, 1859, to
Robert P. McMaster, who, on January 2, 1861, located it
on the S1/2 NW1/4 and N1/2 SW1/4 Sec. 17, T. 19 S., R. 8W., in
the district of lands then subject to sale at the land
office at Champagnolle, Arkansas. A patent was issued
to the assigned June 1, 1861.
Warrant  [49264-]160-55, issued to Frances McKie
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widow of [illegible or redacted] is not on file in this office,
apparently never having been surrendered for location
upon the public lands.
There are now no lands known to this office
to be locatable with land warrants. However, such
warrants will be received in lieu of cash as payment of
all or a part of the purchase money due on commuted home=
-stead, desert land, timber and stone and isolated tract
entries as explained in paragraph 5, circular 1151, copy
herewith.
Your letter has been referred to the Commissioner
of Pensions as to the question of issuance of a duplicate
warrant.

Very respectfully,
Assistant Commissioner.
[ink stamp] Office of the Chief Clerk Bureau of Pensions FEB 25 1930

2-17mc

2
Page 85

132 Charles St.,
Annapolis, Md.,
11 Feb. 1930.

Land Office, Dept. of Interior,
Washington, D.C.
[ink stamp] Office of the Chief Clerk Bureau of Pensions Feb 25 1930 
[initialed] JAR

Dear Mr. Robb,
Will you be so kind as to send me the location of the
land that was given JOHN MOSBY for service in the War of
1812?
WARRANT 85807-160- Act of 1855 is what I found at
the Pension Bureau.
Would also like to know what must be done to get a
warrant that was issued to the widow of a Revolutionary
soldier but according to the records of your office was never
taken up? I have been told in such cases the U.S. Treasury
pays cash to any descendant who can prove descent from the
soldier. If this is true will you please send me the nec=
-essary forms to fill out. This was WARRANT 49,264-160 acres-
Act of 1855 issued to Frances McKie the widow of Daniel McKie
and is recorded in R. 6750 at the Pension Bureau department of
Revolution and War of 1812.

Yours very truly,
/s/ Louise E. Magruder

[ink stamp] Received Feb 12 1930 G.L.O.

[handwritten in left margin, bottom to top]
2-12-30 Refd to G. L.O. by JAR
Page 86

[ink stamp] Received Jan 19 1932 Receipt Section Pension Files Sub-Division

[ink stamp] Received Jan 21 1932 Pension Service No.5 Soldier Subdivision

132 Charles Street,
Annapolis, Maryland,
18 January 1932.

Commissioner,
U. S. Department of Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir,

The 20th of March 1930 in response to my request
for a duplicate warrant No. 49264 for 160 acres, issued
under the Act of 1855 to Frances McKie, widow of Daniel
McKie, you told me to file a sworn statement as to the
legal owner of warrant with my relationship to the soldier
and his widow.
I am the great-great-granddaughter of Daniel McKie
by his only wife Frances Herndon McKie, who was the widow
to whom the original warrant was issued, through their son
Michael Jefferson McKie, by his daughter Maria Louisa ( Lou )
who married Lt. William John Mosby, C. S. A., by their daughter
Margaret McKie who married Rev. James Mitchell Magruder
17 January 1894. Of this last marriage the issue was three
children; Louise Elizabeth Magruder, James Mosby Magruder,
and William Howard Magruder, all alive. The following copies
of Family Bible entries will corroborate the statements of
descent as well as give the names of other descendants.-
Using the copy of the Bible record filed in No. 2 - 6750 in the
Pension Bureau, Dept. of the Revolution, the following children
were born to Lt. Daniel McKie and his only wife Frances Herndon:
Elizabeth McKie born 24 June 1795, died aged 9 months; Polly
Wiley McKie born 10 Nov. 1796, died 28 Sept. 1848; Herndon McKie
born 4 Dec. 1798, died 24 June 1832; Daniel Pines McKie born
20 Sept. 1800, died 1846; Green Mckie born 2 Sept. 1802; Frances
Susannah & Sarah Ann L. McKie born 4 Sept. 1805; Michael Jefferson
McKie born 20 Aug. 1807; James M. McKie born 24 Nov. 1809;
Benjamin F. McKie born 1 Oct. 1811, died 9 Sept. 1852; Stephen R.
McKie born 16 Sept. 1813; Washenton McKie born 5 Oct. 1815, died
aged 8 weeks; William McKie born 31 May 1820, died aged 2 weeks;
Daniel P. McKie (rest of line is blank)[as written the original]
[ink stamp] received Jan 20, 1932 [illegible]

Family Record taken from Bible of Doctor Michael Jefferson McKie
in possession of Mrs. James M. Magruder, 132 Charles St., Annapolis.
Michael Jefferson McKie b 20 Aug. 1807, d 29 Aug. 1878, m 20 March
1828 Margaret Williams 520 Dec. 1811, d after her husband. Issue:
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2.
Nancy Edmonson McKie b 20 Dec. 1828, m E. M. Fly 5 Dec. 1848.
Frances Herndon McKie b 3 Sept. 1832, m 28 Aug. 1851 Columbus (?) Read.
John William McKie b 14 Jan. 1834, m 10 Nov. 1855 Sarah M. Moore,
Lt. 18th Miss. Barksdale's Brigade, wounded at Fredericksburg, Va.
d 24 May 1863. Martha Ann King McKie b 7 March 1836, d 3 April
1867, m 10 Feb. 1857 James R. Barnett, Mary Elizabeth McKie bad
1838. Margaret Eugenia McKie & Sarah Carolina McKie b 2 Sept. 18 -
Margaret Eugenia d 30 May 1853, Sarah Caroline d unmarried 1928.
Maria Louisa McKie b 19 Dec. 1847, d. Sept. 1918, m William John
Mosby 19 Nov. 1868 had issue two children Margaret McKie Mosby and
William John Mosby, Nathan Whitehead McKie b 4 July 1849, d. 19 Aug.
1878. Michael Jefferson McKie, jr. b 1851, d 1852. Zoradia R.
McKie 1 Sept. 1878, b 28 Aug. 1852. James Denes McKie b 4 May
1856. Joe Davis McKie b. 30 Nov. 1858.

If the signing of this letter with two witnesses does
not constitute a sworn statement, I shall be glad to bring it into
conformity with your regulations. I shall also be glad to comply
with any further formalities necessary to have this duplicate
warrant issued to me. The warrant is not in my possession nor
that of the other descendants of Lt. Daniel McKie by his only
wife Frances Herndon, so far as I know.

Very truly yours,
Louise E. Magruder

Witnesses:
/s/ Margaret McKie Mosby Magruder
/s/ James M. Magruder

[ink stamp] Received Jan 21 1932
Pension service No.5 Soldier Subdivision
[ink stamp] Received Jan 19 1923 Receipt section Pension Files Sub-Division
[ink stamp] Received Jan 20 1932 Receipt Section No.[?] Soldier Subdivision
Page 88

Soldier Division

March 20, 1930

Mrs. Louise E. Magruder,
132 Charles St.,
Annapolis, Maryland.

Dear Madam:

Your letter addressed to the Commissioner, General Land
Office, relative to bounty land warrant 49264 for 160 acres,
issued under the act of 1855 to Frances McKie, widow of Daniel
McKie, has been referred to this bureau for further reply.
Before the question of the issuance of a duplicate war-
rant can be considered there should be furnished your sworn
statement showing whether you are the legal owner of the war-
rant, whether it is in your possession, and if not whether
it was lost or destroyed, and if so, how and when; also your
relationship to the soldier and his widow and the names and
post office addresses of all other heirs who might have an
interest in the warrant.

Very truly yours,
/s/ Earl D. Church
EARL D. CHURCH,
Commissioner.

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/s/ JAR

1 Inc
UNITED STATES
REPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
GENERAL LAND OFFICE
WASHINGTON
FEB 241930
[ink stamp] Office of the Chief Clerk Feb 24 1930 Bureau of Pensions

The attached communication has been
received by the General Land Office and
is referred for answer to the Commissioner
of Pensions.
A copy of letter of even date of ad-
dressed to Mrs. Louise M. Magruder,
1326 Charles St., Annapolis, Maryland, is
attached.
/s/ Thos C. Harrell
Assistant Commissioner

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February 1, 1932
Soldier subdivision
[illegible initials]
MBAA

Mrs. Louise E. Magruder
132 Charles Street
Annapolis, Maryland

Madam;

Your letter relative to a duplicate of bounty land
warrant number 49264, for 160 acres issued under the act of 1855
to Frances McKie, widow of Daniel McKie, has been received.
As you were informed by letter of March 20, 1930,
there should be furnished your sworn statement showing whether
you are the legal owner of the warrant, whether it is now in your
possession, and, if not, whether it was lost or destroyed, and, if so,
how and when; your relationship to the soldier and his widow, and
the names of all other living heirs who might have an interest in
the warrant, and their post-office addresses.
Your letter, attested by two witnesses, is unsatisfactory
as it does not contain the necessary information and is not under
oath.

Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN
Director of Pensions

M.H. MH hel [illegible initials]
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Rev. & 1812 Wars
Section.

January 15, 1926.

Mrs. Calvin S. Brown,
University, Miss.

Madam:

In response to your request of the twenty-ninth
ultimo, that this Bureau furnish you, with all the data
on file relative to the Revolutionary War pensioners who
were paid in the State of Mississippi, in order that you
may make a roster of said soldiers and also locate their
graves, I have to advise you, that there is no clerical
force provided by law for such a purpose and therefore
your request cannot be complied with.
Herewith is returned your newspaper clipping, relative
to Revolutionary War pensioners in Mississippi in
1840.
From the papers in the Revolutionary War claim, R.
6750, it appears that Daniel McKie was born May 6, 1759,
in Lunenburgh County, Virginia, he enlisted in February
1779, served as Sergeant in Captain Joseph Wynn's Company, Colonel David Mason's Virginia Regiment and was at
the battle of Stono, after which he served as Wagon Master
in command of two wagon brigades, for three months.
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In January 1781, he was appointed Second Lieutenant
of Captain William Dawson's Company, Colonel Nicholas
Hobson's Virginia Regiment and was at the battle of Guilford.
He served until after the surrender of Cornwallis.
He died November 16, 1839, in Jefferson County, Miss.
On May 16, 1857, Mr. J. H. Viser of Oxford, Miss.
(her agent) wrote in behalf of Mrs. Frances McKie, the
widow of said Daniel McKie, requesting the return of her
original family record which had been filed in this Bureau,
in her claim for bounty land and the record was returned
to him on May 28, 1857.
A copy of said record was made before it was returned
and if you desire photostat copies of that, they will be
furnished at the rate of fifteen cents a page, the number
of pages to be copied is three.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this Bureau
by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the
Interior.
Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.

[handwritten]
Office notes
She wanted tombstone data only.
I did not state that copies could be
certified, because the paper was
not an original only a copy of
such.
If paid for make a copy of the three pages
of family record,
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Record Division.

October 20, 1909.

Mrs. S. A. Murray,
c/o Mr. J. E. Pegues,
Oxford, Miss.
[handwritten note] Address furnished by Mr. Pigues, Record Div.

Madam:

A recent examination of the pension papers of Daniel McKie,
a soldier of the Revolutionary War, R. File No. 6,750), discloses the
fact, that the record to which you referred in your letter of May 20, 1904,
was forwarded to J. H. Viser, at Oxford, Mississippi, May 28, 1857, and a 
certified -copy of the same retained by this Bureau as follows:
"Daniel McKie and Fanny Herndon were married 18th of March 1794. There ages-
he 35 the 6th of May- she 18 the 2d of December, 1794.
Frances Susanah McKie was married to Andrew Mathurst, October 6th 1822.
Daniel Piner McKie was married to Miss Nancy Mills.
Sarah Ann McKie was married to Thomas Davis, 16th of December, 1823.
James M. McKie was married to Juliett Fondren November 11, 1842.
Stephen R. McKie was married to Martha A. Rogers January 9, 1844.
Elizabeth McKie was born the 24 January A. D. 1795.
Polly Wiley McKie was born the 10th November A.D. 1796.
Herndon McKie was born the 4th December A.D. 1798.
Daniel Pines McKie was born the 21st September A.D. 1800.
Green McKie was born the 2d September A.D. 1803.
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R. File No. 6,750. --2
Frances Susannah and Sarah Ann L. McKie was born 4th September A.D. 1805.
Michael Jefferson McKie was born 20th August A.D. 1897.
James M. McKie was born 24 day November 1809.
Benjamin F. McKie was born 1 day October 1811.
Stephen R. McKie was born 16th of September 1813.
Washenton McKie was born the 5 day of October 1815.
William McKie was born the 31st day of May A.D. 1820.
Daniel P. McKie.--
Elizabeth McKie died aged nine months.
Washenton McKie died aged eight weeks.
William McKie died aged two weeks.
Herndon McKie died 24 June 1832 in 32 years of age.
Polly W. McKie died Sept. 28th, 1848.
Daniel McKie Senr. died the 18th day of November 1839 aged 81 years.
Daniel P. McKie died -- 1846.
B. F. McKie died 9th Sept. 1852.
Frances McKie died the 5th Sept. 1865 aged 79 years."
(Note different spelling of the same names.) [in original]
Soldier married in Newbery District, South Carolina, and died
in Lafayette County, Mississippi.
Very respectfully.
Acting Commissioner.