Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,132, for John Mc Cay, Maryland
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SERVICE Md.
McCay, John or McCoy
NUMBER S.40.132
{BLM 1491- 200 Lieut.
Issued Aug 4, 1789
no papers
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10.382 R
Pennsylvania
John McCoy
McCay
in the state of 
who was a Lieut. in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Stone of the Maryland line, for the term of 7 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania 
at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 5 of June 1818
Certificate of Pension issued 8 of May and sent to Jn. Vincent Erie and Erie Co. (illegible)
Arrears to 4th Mar 1819    $179.99
Semi=anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 19   120
8  26/30   4/35    $299.91
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
4 Sept 1819.


let to McJast
1846
Off 82 ;pa 1828  under act 15 May 1828.
Date of Death not on A. B.
Then from 1846

Notification sent Dec. 26 1820 
Thomas Watson (illegible) 
Same Mch 7/60
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John McCoy of 
Erie Penna application
for Revolutionary Pension
Mill Creek 
Erie Pa 
10382
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State of Pennsylvania
Erie County SS
On this tenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in open court being the court of Common Pleas for the said cunty and being a court of record having been made such by the laws of the state aforesaid, John McCoy aged about 82 years resident in Mill Creek township in said county who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows to wit: He was commissioned as a Lieutenant and served as (illegible) in the 4th Regiment Maryland line commanded by Colonel Stewart but at what time he was commissioned or how long he served in that capacity the affiant is unable now to state but would refer to his former declaration.  That the state of his original declaration of the 5th June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and the number of his certificate is 10.382.  And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift or sale or in any other manner disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War"  passed on the 18th day of March 1818and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. 
The following is a schedule of my property
John McCay
1 cow
2 sheep
1 small chest
1 book called Pilgrims Progress 
1 Handsaw
By occupation I am a farmer but unable to work my having had a fit of the Palsy with which I am quite greatly affected by
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trembling of my limbs.  I have a wife about 80 old but no children residing with me.
Sworn and subscribed in open court Nov 10th 1820 
Thos. (illegible)
State of Pennsylvania 
Erie County SS
Thomas Wilson, Prothonotary of the courts of Common Pleas in and for said county do certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Record.
And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property is listed in the aforesaid schedule does not exceed twenty four dollars.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this twenty third day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty. 
Thom. WIlson Proth
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One Case 890
John Vincent
Erie Penn
Re. 23rd June 1818
John McCoy 
Lieut
1776- War 1st Maryland
Regt Col Stone
no letter enclosed

(upside down)
Hon John L Colhoun
Secretary of the Department of War
City of Washington
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Sent to R Soock
(illegible) Co
for proof of
service 

John McCoy
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State of Pennsylvania
Erie COunty SS
On this fifth day of June AD 1818 before me the subscriber one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the county of Erie aforesaid personally appeared John McCoy aged 70 or 75 years resident in the county of Erie aforesaid, who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War." that he the said John McCoy, in the month of January 1776 enlisted as a private soldier, for one year into Company commanded by Capt. Ramsey of the Maryland battalion; and continued to serve in said Corps during said year, and that at the close of the year 1776 he enlisted at Baltimore, to serve until the war should cease, into a Company of Capt. Nathaniel Ewing of the 1st Maryland Regiment, under the command of Col. Stone and continued
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in the service of the United States until the close of the war, and was then discharged by the proclamation of the Commander in Chief; that during the time he was in service, he acted first as an Ensign and afterwards as Lieut. in the company aforementioned: that in what year he was commissioned as an Ensign or Lieut. he is unable to state, but thinks it was in 1777 or 1778.  that in 1780 or 1781 he was Forage master the 1st Maryland Brigade that he is in reduced circumstances in life and is in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services, except a circular letter from the cincinnati society dated Annapolis September 12 1787 which is enclosed. 
John McCoy
Sworn to declared before me the day and year aforesaid
John Vincent
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I John Vincent one of the associate Judge s of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the county of Erie aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John McCoy did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration again the the common Enemy and that he is in need of assistance from his country for support. 
John Vincent
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Erie Co.
I Certify that John Vincent Esquire commissioned associate judge of the curt of common pleas of Erie County that he was such at signing the above writing and that full faith and credit to all his official acts.  In testimony (cut off)
I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of 
this 5th day of June 1818
John Kelro Prothy
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Septmeber 1, 1832.

BA-J/ILL
Mrs. Izzy McCoy Shoop
731 Bryden Road 
Columbus, Ohio.

Dear Madam: 
Reference is made to your letter relative to John McCoy, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.40132, based upon his service in that war.
John McCay or McCoy enlisted in January, 1776, served one year as private in Captain Ramsey's Maryland Company, at the close of that year, re-enlisted at Baltimore, Maryland, in Captain Nathaniel Ewing's Company, Colonel Stone's and Stewart's Maryland Regiment, and was commissioned ensign and lieutenant in that company, exact dates of his commissions not stated; in 1780 or 1781, he was foragemaster to the 1st Maryland Brigade and served until January 1, 1783, at which time he was a lieutenant in the 4th Maryland Regiment. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 5, 1818, while a resident of Erie County, Pennsylvania.  He gave his age then as seventy or seventy-five years. 
In 1820, he was a resident of Mill Creek Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, and gave his age as eighty-two years, no explanation given (illegible) this discrepancy in age.  His wife was then about eighty years of age, her name not given. In 1828, the soldier referred to his dependent family but gave no names.
Very truly yours,
A.D. HILLER,
Assistant to the Administrator
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40132
INVALID
Rev
File No. 40,132
John McCoy
Lieut Rev War
Act 18th March 18
Index:-Vol. 3, Page 319
1931 Dec 1 Hist to Mrs Lucy McCoy Shoop JLL
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Auditors Office, Annapolis, May 1st 1819
I hereby certify, that it appears from the pay-rolls remaining in the Auditor's Office, that John McCoy received from John Hamilton, agent of the Maryland line, the sum of $77.9
for arrears of pay from the 1st August 1790 to the 1st January 1782. Also, the sum of $240.00 for pay when his time expired. 
It appears on the pay Rolls that John McCoy was a Lieutenant
Tho. Karney 
and State Mo
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Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
29 Nov. 1828.
SIR:
I have the honor to inform you, that John McCoy formerly a Lieutenant in the fourth Regiment of the Maryland line of the Continental Army; and who has heretofore received a pension at the Pennsylvania agency, has been admitted to the benefits of the abovementioned act. 
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant.
RIchard Ruch
THE HON. SECRETARY OF WAR. 
No. 119
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1233
No. of Assigned Payment-778
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
15 Nov. 1828
John McCoy of in the County of Erie in the State of Pennsylvania has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828.  He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the war, at which period he was a Lieutenant in the fourth regiment of the Maryland line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March 1826, the sum of six hundred dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of Pennsylvania.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office. 
By order of the Secretary F A Dickens
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to John McCoy, Lieutenant in the Maryland line amounting to sixteen hundred dollars.  
It further appears that John McCoy is now on the pension list of the Pennsylvania agency, and has been since the 3rd March 1826. at the rate of Twenty Dollars per month. 
Peter Hagman And
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Act 1828 
Settled at 
Treasury 
Consd Witts
Invalid File
#40.132
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1233
Recd 5 Nov 1828.
Millcreek Township Erie County Pa.
27 October 1828
To the Hon Richorn Rush
Secretary of the Treasury
Sir:
The evidence of my services as an officer in the army of the Revolution was transmitted to Washington when I obtained the certificate of Pension under the act of the 18th March 1828.  I presume this is sufficient, if not I can furnish probably any further that may be necessary.  I hope you will find it convenient to pay immediate attention to my application my age and the (illegible) of a dependent family on my excuses for wishing your attention to the subject.  If you should forward the subject.  If you could forward the amount due me under the law, be pleased to send a check upon the Bank of the United States directed to me, and to the care of John A Tracy, Erie. Pa.
Yours truly,
John McCoy- his mark
Witness William Kelly
State of Pennsylvania
Erie County SS
I Edwin Kelly, Promontory of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Erie do hereby Certify that
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FOr the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act entitled "an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the revolution." approved on the 15th of May 1828.  I John McCoy of the township of Mill Creek in the County of Erie in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby declare that I was an officer in the continental line of the army of the revolution and served as such to the end of the war, at which period I was a lieutenant in the fourth Regiment, Maryland line.
And I also declare that I afterwards received a certificate (commonly called a commutation certificate) for a sum equal to the amount of five years full pay; which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress of the 22nd of March 1783 instead of the half pay for life to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 20th of October 1780.
And I do further declare that I have received as a pension of the United States since the 3rd day of March 1826 the sum of six hundred dollars paid to me by the agent for paying pension in the state of Pennsylvania. 
John McCoy 
Witness William Kelley 
Before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in the county of Erie in the state of Pennsylvania personally appeared this day James (illegible) and John A Tracey of the said county who did solemnly make oath that John McCoy by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been an officer in the army of the revolution in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand and seal this 27th day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.
William Kelley- seal 
Justice of the Peace
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State of Pennsylvania
Erie County  SS
I, Edwin J Kleso prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Erie do hereby Certify that William Kelly Esquire, Before whom the within acknowledgement or deposition was taken is and was as the time of taking the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned authorized and appointed as sworn.  That full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such.  In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Said court this twenty eighth day of October AD 1828.
Edwin J Kelso, Prothy
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Columbus, Ohio
Nov 10-31.
Director of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
In replying to my letter of Oct 9"1931 per copy attached the War Dept at informed me that John McCoy was commissioned Lieut Jany 1-1781 date of termination of his service is not shown but ended in 1783.  Also records show that John McCoy served in that war as a private in the Maryland Line and was paid for services from Jany 1-1782 to Feb 14-1782 when he was discharged.  They did not find the names of James McCoy on the records on file in their office but suggested that I write you for possible addition of information concerning either of these men for which I thank you very kindly in advance.  and enclose stamped addressed envelope.
Very truly yours
Lucy McCoy Shoop
731 Bryden Road
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Copy
Columbus Ohio Oct 29-1931
War Department
Washington DC
Gentlemen: Being a descendent of John McCoy (or McKay) who emigrated from Scotland and settled near Fredericktown Md. sometime prior to 1774 and who served in the revolutionary war.  I am desirous of obtaining a record of his service - discharge and pension.  Also the name of his wife and the names of his children and any other information you may be able to give me. John had a brother James concerning who I wish the same information.  If you will kindly furnish it I shall really appreciate an early response.  and am enclosing addressed stamped envelope.  Thanking you in advance.  I remain,
Very truly yours,
Lucy McCoy Shoop
731 Bryden Road

(seal) Received Nov 11, 1931 Record Section Pension files