Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20290, for Henry Kelly, North Carolina
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[3-1776]

SERVICE
N. C.

Kelly, Henry
Mary 

NUMBER
W.20290

CONTENTS
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[left side] 3723 North Carolina
Mary Kelly
widow of Henry Kelly N. C.
who died on the 28 December 1774 of Chatham Co in the State of N. Carolina who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Johnson of the regt. commanded by [blank] in the N. C. line for 9 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 30 Dollars – Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of May 1842 and sent to Hon. A. Rencher House of Representatives 

Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 1842 345.00
Semi=annual allowance ending Mar. ‘43 15.00 
$360.00 

{Revolutionary Claim,} 
{Act July 4, 1836,} 
{Section the 3.}

Recorded by D. Brown Clerk.
Book C. Vol. 1 Page 183

[right side] Reported to Agent
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No 5554 
Hon. A Rencher H R
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Declaration 
In order to obtain the benefit of the 3d section of the act of 4th July 1836 and of the 1st Section of the act of 3d March 1837
State of North Carolina}
Chatham County} On this nineteenth day of January Eighteen hundred and forty Two [1842] – Personally appeared before the Subscriber an acting Justice of the Court of pleas and quarter Sessions for the County of Chatham, Mary Kelly a Resident of North Carolina in the County of Chatham aged ninety years old she being so aged and infirm that she is unable to travel from home being first duly Sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4th, 1836 and the act Explanatory of said act passed March 3rd, 1837 
That she [was married] to Henry Kelly who was a private in the Army of the revolution. That she has no Documentary Evidence to offer and must rely upon other evidence as she may be able to collect. She further states that as well as he [sic, she] can now recollect that he was Drafted for a three months Tower [tour] in Seventeen hundred and seventy eight [1778] and marched to what was then called Cross Creek now Fayetteville from there to Moore's Bridge [Moore's Creek Bridge, February 27, 1776] where he was in the Battle with the Tories. She further States that after his return he was again Drafted for a three months tower and marched to Camden in South Carolina where he was in another Battle which she thinks was in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty [1780] and he was again drafted as she believes for a three months Tower in Seventeen hundred and eighty one [1781] and marched to South Carolina and was marched back to North Carolina and was at the Battle of Guilford [March 15, 1781] there his brother-in-law and Brother to the present applicant (George Barber) got killed, after his return he was again drafted but from Bad health he had to hire a substitute but from the Great Lapse of time she cannot now recollect what company or field officers he served under she can further state that her husband served a great deal of the time while out of the Army against the
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the Tories which she is informed is not necessary here to detail. She further Declares that she was Married to the said Henry Kelly on the Twenty fifth day of December in the year seventeen hundred and seventy [1770]. That her husband the aforesaid Henry Kelly Died on the Twenty eighth day of December in the year seventeen hundred and ninety-four [1794]. And that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereunto annexed. 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me. 
Geo. Luther, JP 
Mary [her X mark] Kelly

State of North Carolina} 
Chatham County} on this the Twentyeth [twentieth] day of January one thousand eight hundred and forty Two personally appeared before the subscribed and acting Justice of the County Court of pleas and quarter session for the County of Chatham - Bias Rodgers [pension #R.8960] aged ninety one years old who being first duly sworn according to Law upon his oath sayeth that he was personally acquainted with Mary Kelly the present applicant for a pension from his youth that she is the Identical person she represents herself to be in her declaration (the widow of Henry Kelly a soldier of the revolution and he further sayeth that he was well acquainted and on Intermit associate with Henry Kelly the husband of Mary for a Long time before their marriage and until his death and this deponent further sayeth that he has been acquainted with the details of the said Henry Kelly's services during the Revolution but from the loss of time and loss of memory he cannot
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now Give any thing Like a Correct Statement of it and he further upon his oath sayeth that he lived in the same neighbourhood [neighborhood] with Henry Kelly from the time he grew up to manhood that they both mustered the same muster ground in the same company from the time they began to muster untill [until] Kelly’s Death and he further upon his oath sayeth that he distinctly recollects that the said Henry Kelly was several times drafted to go into the service and altho [although] this Deponent Did not go with him into the service yet he has no more doubt of his having served out the time he was drafted for then if he had served with him And this Deponent further sayeth that he cannot say have long Henry Kelly did actually serve last But he thinks it must of been more then nine months and he further sayeth that Henry Kelly was always considered and supported the character of an honorable patriotic man who always stood to his part And this deponent further sayeth that he was not at the place where the marriage took place but that he was at the wedding that he Kelly marred into one of the most respectable families in this part of the country that his father in law settled here within a mile of him and gave him a handsome portion of property - And this Deponent further sayeth that the present applicant has remained the widow of Henry Kelly since his Death And he further sayeth that he has the utmost confidence in the statement made by Mary Kelly in her Declaratination [declaration] and does not believe she would state any thing that is not substantially true and further this Deponent sayeth not sworn to and subscribed the year and day above written before me 
Bias [his X mark] Rodgers
Geo Luther JP
I certify that who Bias Rodgers who qualified to the above Deposition is a creditable witness
Geo. Luther JP
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State of North Carolina} 
Chatham County} on this the Twenty first day of January one thousand eight hundred and forty Two personally appeared before the subscriber an acting Justice of the County Court of pleas and quarter sessions in and for the County of Chatham Elizabeth Curtis aged Eighty six years old who being duly sworn according to law upon her oath sayeth that she is the sister of Mary Kelly the present applicant for a pension. And she further sayeth that from old age and loss of memory she is only able to give a very imperfect statement of [what] took place during the war of the Revolution, She upon her oath sayeth that her brother in law Henry Kelly was several times drafted to go into the service but how many times she count now pretend to say And she thinks he was always marched to the South. And she further sayeth that she stayed a greater part of the time while Henry Kelly was out in the service with her sister for company and that she has frequently been alarmed by the plundering Tories and runed [ran] to the woods for safety in the night She further sayeth that she has forgotten if she can did know how many Battles Henry Kelly was engaged in except one and she thinks it was the last Tower [tour] that Henry Kelly served that this Deponents Brother (George Barber) served with him and was killed in Battle by his side as she has always understood and believes - and the further sayeth that altho [although] she cannot partitarly [particularly] say how long he did serve yet from the best of her recollection she thinks he served nine months or more for she is confident he was gone into the service the most of what was called the Troublesome times in the war And she further sayeth that Henry Kelly and Mary her sister was allowed at her fathers that she cannot recollect the day and date But that it
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It was a considerable time before the Revolutionary war Brake [broke] out that she has no doubt it was at the time her sister states in her Declaration And this Deponent further sayeth that she was at the weding [wedding] and knows they were lawfully married and she further sayeth that her sister Mary Kelly has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband and further this Deponent sayeth not sworn to and subscribed before me the year and date first above written before me 
Elizabeth [her X mark] Curtis
I certify the Elizabeth Curtis is a creditable witness 
Geo Luther JP 

State of North Carolina} 
Chatham County} I, Nathan A Stedman Clerk of the Court of Pleas & quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid certify that George Luther Esq. is a magistrate as above and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of office at the Pittsborough [Pittsboro] the 28th February 1842 
Na A Stedman Clerk of the Court of Chatham County 
By William Stedman Deputy Clerk
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5554 Mary Kelly [widow] of Henry N. Carolina
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State of North Carolina}
Chatham County} on this fourth day of May eighteen hundred and forty Two Delpha Williams aged Sixty eight years old personally appeared before the subscriber an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County who being duly sworn according to Law deposeth and sayeth that she is the Daughter of Mary Kelly the present applicant for a pension. That she is the second child born of Henry and Mary Kelly That she had one Brother that she always understood that was one year and Eleven months older than herself - and this deponent further sayeth that she has a very distinct recollection of some circumstances that transpired in the time of the Revolution. That she recollects Distinctly on one occasion that she with her brother and some smaller Children was out at play when they saw her uncle George Barber with several others who had been absent for a considerable time on a Term of service when they returned and she saw them coming she mistook them for Tories and ran and gave the alarm and they hid themselves That they sent and Gave her father notice who was then at her grandmothers. But when they found at the right of it it was their friends coming out of the service - And she further sayeth that she distinctly recollects that when her mother Mary Kelly was on the Lookout for the birth of her fifth child that her father Henry Kelly was out in the army on a Tower [tour] of Service - But that his term expired and he returned home a short time before the
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fifth child was born. And she further sayeth that she well recollects that when her father was at home that they were constantly on the Lookout to guard against being surprized [surprised] by the Tories. And she further sayeth that from the best calculation that can be made in the absence of  Documentry [documentary] evidence the marriage of Henry and Mary Kelly was married in the year seventeen hundred and seventy and further this Deponant [deponent] sayeth not sworn to and subscribed before me the date and year above written 
Delpha [her X mark] Williams
I certify that Delpha Williams is a creditable Witness 
George William JP

State of North Carolina} 
Chatham County} I Nathan A Stedman Clerk of the Court of Pleas & quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid certify that George Williams & George Luther are Magistrates as above & that the foregoing signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at to Pittsborough [Pittsboro] this 5 May 1842 
N A Stedman Clerk of the Court of Chatham County 
By William Steckman Deputy Clerk
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5554 
Mary Kelly [widow] of Henry North Carolina 
Admitted Private 9 mo [months] $30 
Cap Johnson – Cal. – N. C. 
died 28 Decr [December] 1791 
Act 4 July 1836 

Hon. A. Rencher H R
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[right side] Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20,290
Mary Kelly
Widow of Henry Kelly
Pvt. Rev. War

Act: July 4th 1836

Index: - Vol. A, Page 93

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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House of Reps. 
May 16th 1842 

Sir,
I herewith return the Declarations of Mrs. Delpha Williams and Mary Kelly of Chatham County N.C. with their additional testimony and proper authentication.
Please have these claims examined at as early a day as may be convenient.
With respect 
Yr obt Servt [Your Obedient Servant]
A Rencher

J. L. Edwards Esq 
Commr [Commissioner] of Pensions
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State of North Carolina} 
Chatham County} This day Henry Shaddox aged Seventy Seven [77] years old personally appeared before the Subscriber an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and sayeth that he was personally acquainted with Henry Kelly during the Revolutionary War – and this Deponent further sayeth that he himself was at that time too young to go into service. That he resided near Ramsey's Mills on Deep River. That that was a place where supplies and provisions were collected for the Troops when on their march to the South or the lower country. That the first time he recollects seeing Henry Kelly in the service was at Ramsey's Mills where this deponent went to help to draw some beef Cattle and as well as he now recollects Kelly then belonged to Captain Joseph Johnson's Company and was on their march towards Wilmington not long before the Battle at Moore's Creek Bridge. And this deponent further sayeth that sometime afterwards he again saw Henry Kelly in the Army at the same place how long he cannot say but thinks it was about a year afterward and as he understood they were on their march to Charleston South Carolina how long he served he cannot say nor does he now recollect under what Captain he was then under and further he sayeth not. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th day of April 1842. 
Henry [his X mark] Shaddox
I certify that Henry Shaddox is a credible witness. 
Geo. Luther, JP
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State of North Carolina} 
Chatham County} This day Jesse Ausley [pension #W.27520]  aged eighty-four years old personally appeared before the subscriber an acting Justice of peace in and for the said County who after being sworn according to law deposeth and sayeth – that he was acquainted with Henry Kelly and his family connections during the revolutionary war and that they were highly respectable but as to his services he knows but little this deponent further sayeth that all he does know is that some time in the winter before Gates Defeat this Deponent was stationed at Hillsborough as a Guard for the General Assembly then in Session That Troops were collected at Hillsborough during that time to march to South Carolina and that Henry Kelly was there as one and that as well as he now recollects Kelly was in Captain Dred Joneses [Etheldred Jones'] Company and further this deponent sayeth not. Sworn to and subscribed before me the 24th day of April 1842. 
Jesse [his X mark] Ausley
I certify that Jesse Ausley is a credible witness. 
Jno Luther, JP
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State of North Carolina} 
Chatham County} This day Thomas Dickens [pension # S.41509] aged eighty-two years old personally appeared before the subscriber an acting Justice of peace in and for the County aforesaid who being first duly Sworn according to law deposeth and sayeth – That he was Drafted in Halifax County and went into the Service in the Militia a short time before the Battle at Guilford – that when he Joined General Greene's Army near Dan River he got acquainted with Henry Kelly from Chatham who was then in the service. That Henry Kelly remained in the service until after the Battle at Guilford And this Deponent further sayeth that after the battle at Guilford that he himself Enlisted and went into the regular service and knew no more of Kelly until after the war was over and this Deponent removed to Chatham and further this Deponent sayeth not. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 27th day of April 1842. 
Thomas [his X mark] Dickens
I certify that Thomas Dickens is a credible witness. 
Jno Luther, JP