Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7200, for Alexander Mc Kee, North Carolina
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N.C.

McKee, Alexander

NUMBER
S. 7200

Carded

CONTENTS
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12.179-
North Carolina
Alexander McKee
of Iredell in the State of N. Car
who was a pri [private] in the commanded
by Captain ____ of the Regt commanded
by Davidson in the N. Car
line for 6 mo: 14 days

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina
at the rate of 21. Dollars 55 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of April
1833 and [illegible] A Simonton
Clk, Stateville. N. Car:

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833         43.10
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept -       10.77
                                                              53.87
{ Revolutionary Claim, }
{ Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan [illegible] Clerk,
Book E   Vol. 6   Page 48-
-
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No 19361
Alexander McK[letters cut off]
Iredell County
North Carolina

admit for 6 mo &
14 days from -
as private -  $21.55
Gen. Davidson N.C

Statesville

A Simonton Clk
Iredell County
NC
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BRIEF in the case of Alexander McKee
County of Iredell
Alexander McKee in the State of North Carolina
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he?  69 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.
drafted in 17 ---
    --              --
Entd           ------

Duration of Service.
Years, Months, Days.
   --        3           --
   --        3           --
    --       --            2
                            14
               6.           14

Rank.
As a private
             "
             "

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Genl. Davidson
Capt. Knox
Capt. Huggins
none stated

5. In what battles was he engaged?  Beatties Ford

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Iredell County North Carolina

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  traditionary

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct

X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J W [illegible] Examining Clerk.
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State of North Carolina }
Iredell County }
Court of pleas and Quarter Sessions November
Term 1832.
On this 20 day of November personally
appeared in open Court being a Court
of Record now Sitting Alexander McKee
A Resident of Iredell County State of
North Carolina aged 69 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 act
of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers,
and Served as herein Stated.

That he was drafted into the service under Capt. William Knox in the same County then Rowan now Iredell County and Served it partly by a tour against the Cherokee Indians marching up the Catawba to its head and
thence across the mountains to the nation scouring the country in quest of Indians Capt. Knox died before the company returned and it was afterwards commanded by Hugh Graham the lieutenant. He returned home having Served three months & was discharged

He was again drafted under Capt. James Huggins and was marched to Beatties ford [Ford] under Gen. Davidson to oppose the passage of the British and was sent to guard the Tuckasiege [Tuckaseegee] ford [Ford] where he was when Davidson fell, thence he marched to Charlotte, and them towards Salisbury and joined Col. Locke at Bransons Mills, and marched to the Shallow ford under him, marched thence towards Guilford and joined Gen. Greene and marched under his command and was discharged
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a few days before the battle of Guilford, I returned home; having Served three months. 
He was afterwards two weeks in the
Service guarding prisoners in Salisbury.
He was born the 3d December 1762 in the same County he now lives in the then Rowan. His age is recorded in a Bible in his possession & has
lived in this county during his whole life
He received written discharges which were [illegible] by the burning of his house. He refers to Philip Drumm and Moses Alexander
Esquire He has no documentary evidence
that he knows of no person whose testimony
he can now procure who can testify
to his service. He hereby relinquishes every
claim whatever to a pension or annuity
except the present and declares that his
name is not on the pension Role [Roll] of
of any agency of any state
Sworn to and Subscribed
the day & year aforesaid Alexander McKee
A Simonton Clk
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1936
Alexander McKee
Declaration

No. 33
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Mr. Philip Drumm and Moses Alexander
Residing in the county of Iredell State of North
Carolina hereby Certify that we
are well acquainted with Alexander McKee
who has Subscribed and Sworn to the
above declaration that we believe him to be
69 years of age; that he is reputed and
believed in the neighbourhood [neighborhood] where he resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Philip Drum
Moses Alexander

And the Said Court do herby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after pulling 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 Philip Drum and Moses Alexander
who has Signed the proceeding certificate
Resides in the County of Iredell and is
credible persons and that their statement is
intitled [entitled] to credit.

I Absalom Simonton Clerk of the Court of
Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Iredell County
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains
the original proceedings of the Said Court
in the matter of the application of Alexander
McKee for a Pention [pension].
In testamony [testimony] whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and seal of office this
21st day of November 1832.
A Simonton Clk
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Record Division.

December 18, 1908.

Miss Annie L. Wallace,
Yorkville, S.C.

Madam:

In reply to the request of the Hon. David E. Finley, dated the 14" and received the 17” instant, concerning Alexander McKey who enlisted from North or South Carolina in the Revolution, you are advised that the
following is a statement of service of the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War pension records.

Alexander McKee, Sur. File No. 7200, applied for pension November 20, 1832, while a resident of Iredell County, North Carolina. He stated that he was born December 3, 1762 in Rowan County, North Carolina, where he resided and was drafted under Captain William Knox, and served three months. [ 'marched against the Cherokee Indians' crossed out]

Drafted under Captain James Huggins, 
[ 'marched to Beattie's Ford, Brannon's Hill, and Tuckaseigee Ford' crossed out ] and was discharged a few days before the battle of Guilford; three months. 

Was afterwards in service, guarding prisoners at Salisbury; two weeks.

Dates of enlistment and discharge not stated.

His claim was allowed; he died April 28, 1838. There is no data as to family on file.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.
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1908 Dec. 18. Hist to Miss Annie
L. Wallace & Hon. D. E. Finley H of R
notified [symbol 'c' with vertical line through it]
1922 Mar. 6. Hist to Mrs. J.M.
Moore, 508 Park Ave. Rock
Hill, S.C. (see her letter
in John Wallis, S.C. R11064
AW

Rev War
7200
INVALID.

File No. 7200
Alexander McKee
Priv. Rev. War

Act: June 7th 1832

Index: --Vol. 1st, Page 245

[ Arrangement of 1870. ]
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Alexander McKee which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?   yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? --

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?  yes

V. *Has he mentioned 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 amout [amount] of pension he is entitled?   yes

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?   yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act June 7, 1832?   yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?   yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?   yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?   yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?   2 Citizens

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been producted, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?   No

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes

XIV. +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?   yes

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? -

XVI. +
       +Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?   yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed
by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?   answered

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V. 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 _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a
_____  For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____ ;  and for such service I claim a pension.
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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 their service. This form of a declaration in highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each 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. 
QUERE XIV. PROOF OF SERVICE. 
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 his seal of office. 
QUERE XVI. 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. In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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*Transcriber's note-this page appears to be a reverse copy of the item 15. The differences being stamps.

[circular stamp] 
RECORD DIVISION
DEC 17 1908

[oval shaped stamp]
U S BUREAU OF PENSIONS
DEC 17 1908
[illegible]
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SIXTIETH CONGRESS.
CHARLES S. LANDIS, IND., CHAIRMAN.
JAMES B. PERKINS, N.Y.
DAVID E. FINLEY, S.C.
VICTOR L. RICKETTS, CLERK.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES U.S.
COMMITTEE ON PRINTING.
WASHINGTON, D.C.

Yorkville, S. C.
Dec. 14, 1908.

Hon. Vespasian Warner,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Mr. Commissioner,:-

Please send direct ot [to] Miss Annie L.
Wallace, Yorkville, S.C. the Revolutionary record of Alex. McKey [McKee], who enlisted from either North Carolina or South Carolina. Miss Wallace is very much interested in this matter and I will appreciate your sending same direct other ot [to] her if you have any such record in your office.

Very truly yours,
D. E. Finley
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December 18, 1908.


Hon. David E. Finley,
House of Representatives.

My dear Mr. Finley,

In compliance with your request dated the 4"and received the 17” instant, I have the honor to advise you that a statement of the military history of the only Alexander McKee of North or South Carolina, found on the Revolutionary War pension records, has this day been furnished
Miss Annie L. Wallace of Yorkville, South Carolina.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.