Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 29916 1/2, for David Kirkwood, Maryland
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Service Md. or Kirkwood (or Kirckwood), David Number N299161/2 Margaret Contents
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18038
Ohio
David Kirckwood
of Champaign the State of Ohio 
who was a Private in the Company commanded 
by Captain Jack of the [illegible] commanded
by [blank] in the [illegible]
for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 80 Dollars _______ cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issues the 3d day of May
1833 and sent to Israel Hamilton
in Gahanna Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $160.00
Semi-anl. Allowance ending 4 [Sep 40.00
$200.00
Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Geo B Whiting Clerk,
Book Vol. Page 14
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849
Ohio. cincinnati
Margaret Kirkwood
Widow of David Kirkwood
Who served in the Revolutionary
War, as a Patriot
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars –
Cents per annum, to commence on
The 4th day of March, 1848
Certificate of Pension issued the 
18 day of  [illegible] 1851
And sent to
T Ewing &
Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act 
July 29, 1848 Page 164 Vol. A
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State of Ohio                } S.S.
County of Champaign }
On this tenth day of October, personally ^appeared^ in open court [illegible] George B. Holt president and James Smith William Bunkle [possibly Runkle}  and Obid Horr his associate judges of the court of common pleas of the county of Champaign aforesaid. now sitting David Kirckwood [Kirkwood] a resident of Harrison Township in the county of Champaign aforesaid and State of Ohio aged ninety two years on last Christmas (Old Style) who being first duly swornaccording to law doth on his oath, make the the following  declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 – 1832.
	That he entered the service of the United States under following named officers, and served as herein stated – He entered the service in the summer of the year 1776 about harvest time but he cannot tell the month or day, under Captain Patrick Jack. He entered the service at Hagerstown in the State of Maryland – He marched first to the city of Philadelphia Staid there two weeks in the Barracks – He then marched to South Amboy in the State of N. Jersey – There was a skirmish there with the British. Gen Washington was there. James and John were the names of his Lieutenants, but their Sir names he cannot recollect. He was the [illegible] in an engagement at a place called Stony Point, and at Long Island in the State of New York – He was constantly in active service in New York, New Jersey and the lower part of Pennsylvania, until he went to North Carolina. He was at the battle of Trenton and at Princeton. He was at the taking of the Hessians (920 in number) at Trenton N.J. – He knew Generals Lee and Green during this service.  He was at Brunswick N.J. for considerable time – He was at the battle of Brandywine on the Delaware. From his extreme age and bodily debility he cannot recollect all the battles he was in nor all the country he marched thru nor all the officers he was under or with 
nor the places he encamped at or [illegible] at.
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When he first entered the service he volunteered for three months – at the end of this term he continued in the service
without any specific engagement until he left – He was sent to the South, he thinks he marched with Gen Green but he cannot say certain that he accompanied Green but he was under Gen Green’s command in Carolina. He cannot say with certainty what time it was that he marched to the South but he thinks it was in the year 1780 – He was at the Battle of Haw River and
at Guilford courthouse and at Ramso’s mill [possibly Ramsour's Mill] and at King’s mountain – He marched back from the South
with the army in 1781 – He was not at the taking of Lord Cornwalas’ [Cornwallis] [deleted word] for he was in the camp sick at that time – Captain Jack was his captain during the whole of his service – He continued all the time in the
service from the time he first entered, and served faithfully until he was regularly discharged at the camp near Trenton N.J. He received a written discharge from Gen. Washington which he received soon
after Cornwalas’ [Cornwallis]surrender in 1781
	He resided at Pittsburgh P.a. when he entered the service, and went to Hagerstown aforesaid to get salt when he volunteered aforesaid. He knows of no person by whom he can prove his services -  and he has no documentary evidence. He was taken very sick  soon after taking his discharge aforesaid and during that sickness he lost his discharge and has never found it since. After the war he went back to Pittsburgh and resided at a place called Big Shintee about 20 miles from Pittsburgh after this he went to Kentucky stayed there about one year, then returned to Wythe county of V.a.  thence he moved to the county of Champaign Ohio about 25 years ago where he has resided ever since. 
	He was born in the Parish of Dumbeau in Ireland. He cannot recollect in what year, but he came to the United States in the year 1772 and he thinks he was 36 years old when he came – He has no record of his age. He is acquainted with the following persons in his neighbourhood who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution - William H. Fyffe, David Vance, John Reynolds, and John C. Pearson.
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.              
          his
David X Kirckwood [Kirkwood]
         mark
Sworn to & Subscribed in open Court Oct 10  1839 John C. Pearson clk
	We, Jeremiah Fuson a clergymen, residing in [illegible] Township in the county of Logan  Ohio about two miles from the residence of the above named David Kirckwood, and Alexander Black residing in the Township of Salem in the county of Champaign & State of Ohio about nine miles from the residence of said David Kirckwood, and John McAdams residing
in said Township of Salem, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with David Kirckwood who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be ninety two years of age; that he is respected[?] and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion -
Jer Fuson
John McAdams
Alex Black
Sworn to & Subscribed in open Court Oct 10 1832
      John C. Pearson clk
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 applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Jeremiah Fuson who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergymen resident in the County of Logan, and that Alexander Black and John McAdams who have also signed the same are residents of Champaign county, are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. Oct 10 1832
By the Court John C. Pearson Clerk
I John C. Pearson Clerk of the Court of of Common pleas of Champaign County [illegible] do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of David Kirckwood for a Pension.
In testimony whereof  I have hereunto subscribed my hand and affixed my seal of office this 10th day of Oct 1832
John C. Pearson Clerk
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State of Kentucky
County of Campbell sol.
	To the Clerk of Campbell County Court.
This is to certify that I solemnized the following marriage by
virtue of a license issued from your office by wit. – David 
Kirckwood and Margaret Leech on the 48th day of May 
1795              |Signed| John Payne, J.P.
State of Kentucky
County of Campbell set.
	I, James H. Parker, clerk of the 
County Court of Campbell County and State of Kentucky
Hereby certify that the above is a true copy from the marriage
Book, No. 9 now in my office of the marriage of David Kirk-
Wood to Margaret Leech, which is expressed on the record
as above, namely, David Kirkwood and Margaret Leech on
the Eighteenth day of May, Seventeen Hundred and Ninety Five
	Given under my hand on this 28th day of July, 1851
	James H. Parker C. C. C. C.
	By J. Chamberlin Deputy Clerk
	Campbell County Court
State of Kentucky
County of Campbell set.
	I T.W.W. De Courcey, presiding judge 
of the county court of Campbell County, Kentucky, do hereby cer-
tify that James H. Parker, whose signature is to the above certificate
was at the time the same was signed, the clerk of the county Court 
for the County aforesaid, that Theodore Chamberlain was at the time
of signing the same, Deputy Clerk of said County Court, duly appoint
-ed and [illegible], and that full faith and credit are due to him in all his offi
-cial acts. Given under my hand this 28th Day of July A.D. 1859
	T.W.W. De Courcey
	Presiding Judge of Campbell County Court
State of Kentucky
County of Campbell set.
	I James H. Parker, clerk of the county court of the county
Aforesaid, hereby certify that T.W.W. De Courcey whose signature is to the
above certificate is the Presiding Judge of the Campbell County Court duly
commissioned and [illegible] according to the laws and constitution of the State
of Kentucky and that full faith and credibility is ought to be given 
to him in all his acts of official character, and that his said certificate 
is in due form of law
	In witness whereof. I have hereunto signed
my name and affied my seal of office at
Alexandria, Kentucky, this Twenty-Eight 
Day of July, in the year 1851.
	James H. Parker C. C. C. C.
By Theo Chamberlin, Deputy Clerk
Campbell County Court
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State of Kentucky    }
County of Campbell } Sct.
 
I, James H. Parker, Clerk of the County Court for the county aforesaid, hereby certify that T. W. W. De Courcy whose signiture [signature] is to the above certificate is the Presiding Judge of the Campbell County Court, duly commissioned and sworn according to the laws and Constitution of the State of Kentucky and that full faith and credibility is and ought to be given to him in all his acts of official character, and that his said certificate is in due form of law.
[mark where seal apparently was]

In witness whereof, I have here unto signed my name and affixed my seal of office at Alexandria, Kentucky, this twenty eight day of July, in the year 1851.
James H. Parker, C.C.C.C.
By Theo. Chamberlin, Deputy Clerk
Campbell County Court.
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Margaret Kirkwood
widow of David
Claim for pension 
under the act of 
29 July 1848
Presented by
Thomas Ewing
Sept 3, 1857
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State of Ohio Clermont County [illegible]:
On this eighteenth day of August, 1851, personally appeared before me, one of the associate 
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Clermont County, Ohio, Margaret Kirkwood
a resident of Tate Township in the County of Clermont and state of Ohio, aged eighty-five
years, who from advanced age and bodily infinity I certify to be unable to appear in 
open court, and who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath
make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by
by the law of the United States passed on the twenty-ninth day of July AD. 1848 that 
she is the widow of David Kirkwood, deceased, who was a private solider in the War of the Revo
-lution, and who in his lifetime received from the United States a pension at the rate 
of Eighty Dollars a year, as will appear in his pension certificate which she surrenders to 
the 3rd Auditor of the Treasury Department for the purpose of obtaining the arrears of the Pen
-sion due him at his death. She further declares that she was married to the said
David Kirkwood, declared on the 18th day of May in the year seventeen hundred and
ninety-five by one John Payne, a Justice of the Peace, in Campbell County, in the State 
of Kentucky, that her husband, the said David Kirkwood died on the 25th day of June 
1847, that she was not married to him prior to his [illegible] the service, but he marriage
took [illegible] to the second of January eighteen hundred, viz: on the 18th day of
May 1795,  she further swears that [illegible]married since the death of her said
Husband, David Kirkwood, but still continues a widow, and has never before made any of
[illegible] for a pension. She further states that she is entirely unacquainted with the na
-ture of the services [illegible] by her deceased husband in the War of the Revolution 
and [illegible] she now most respectfully that the evidence when [illegible] her said
husband obtained his said pension may be [illegible] by the Department as her proof of
said services, and that, in consideration of said evidence, and the proofs of [illegible]
her name may be placed on the list of Pensioners. 
[illegible] Jonathan Johnson       Margaret Kirkwood 
Sworn to and subscribed before me this eighteenth day of August 1851, and I hereby 
Certify, that the above name of Margaret Kirkwood is the widow of said David Kirkwood
deceased.
Jonathan Johnson              Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
Clermont County S.S.       Clermont County, Ohio
Before me one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of
said County personally appeared Prather Mullott and Jane Mullott
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Two aged and refutable citizens of said county, who being by me first duly sworn, say
on their oath that Margaret Kirkwood, the affiant named in the preceding affidavit 
is the widow of David Kirkwood, deceased who in his life was a Revolutionary Pen
-sioner at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum and who died on the 25th day of 
June, A.D. 1847 in Clermont county in the State of Ohio. That they were
Acquainted with the said David Kirkwood and Margaret his wife in Champaign
County, in the State of Ohio for the period of thirty years [illegible]  to June, 1840
when they removed to Clermont County, Ohio, with their son where they she
said [illegible] were acquainted with David Kirkwood from the fall of the same 
year up to the time of his death, as aforesaid and with the said Maragaret
his wife up to the present time. That they said Margaret Kirkwood and
David Kirkwood, always bore the [illegible] of being husband and wife, cohab
-ited together as such and had 11 children, the oldest of whom, John is now 
in his 65th year, which children, together with their mother the said Margaret inher
ited his property at his decease as his lawful heirs. Prather Mullott
[illegible] Jonathan Johnson              Jane Mullott
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I 
hereby certify that the said Prather Mullott and Jane Mullott, are persons
of credit and respectability and that their character for truth and [illegible] is
good in the neighborhood in which they live
Jonathan Johnson             Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
                                                          of the
                                           County of Clermont, Ohio
Know all men by these presents that I, Margaret Kirkwood, of the County of Clermont and
State of Ohio do hereby constitute and appoint and by these presents have constituted and
appointed William B. Barry Esq. of Cincinnati, Ohio, for me and in my name to apply to
and receive of the Commissioning of Pensions of War Department of the United States the
Pension or Pension Certificate which may due me as the widow of David Kirkwood, deceased
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner [illegible] to his death, hereby ratifying and confirming
the acts of said attorney, in the premises, in as full and ample a manner as
if I was personally and acting for myself.  In testimony whereof I have [illegible]
act my hand and seal the eighteenth day of August 1851-
       Jonathan Johnson              Margaret Kirkwood
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State of Ohio Clermont County
On this eighteenth day of August 1851 personally appeared before me one of the 
Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the county aforesaid, Margaret 
Kirkwood, and acknowledged the [illegible] power of attorney to be her act 
And deed for the purposes therein expressed
                               Jonathan Johnson, Judge as aforesaid 
State of Ohio, Clermont county
I, R. W. Clark of the Court of Common Pleas in and for 
the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that Jonathan Johnson, before whom
affiants and power of attorney were made and acknowledged
was at the time of taking and acknowledging the same one of the acting
Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county duly
Commissioned and qualified as such that the same is in [illegible] of
[illegible] of said Judge thereto genuine 
In testimony thereof I have hereunto sit 
my name and affixed the seal of the
said Court of Common Please, at Batavia
the nineteenth day of August, 1851
R.W. Clarke   Clerk
Court of Common Pleas
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State of Ohio Champaign county
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice
of the peace in and for the county aforesaid.
David Kirckwood a resident of said county and
The same person who made his declaration in the court
of common pleas of said county on the tenth day of
October for a pension, which declaration has been
returned from the war department to be amended
And who last being duly sworn, deposith and swith,  that
by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of mem
-ory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length
of his service, but according to the best of his recollect
-tion he served not less than [illegible] 
[illegible], and in the following grades: For three years
and nine months I served as a private soldier
and for such service I claim a pension.
	He also deposith and swith that by reason of 
His age, being upwards of ninety three years, and
the consequent loss of memory, he cannot now
recollect the name of one single Colonel under
whom he served or who commanded the regiment
to which Capt. Jacks company belonged and fur-
ther swith not. 
                                David Kirckwood
Sworn to and subscribed before me the ninth day
of March A.D. 1833 William Patrick Justice of the Peace
The State of Ohio Champaign County ss I John C. Pearson Clerk of the
Court o fCommon pleas of the [illegible] certify that William Patrick
Is a Justice of the Peace as above and that the above signature
[illegible] to be his is genuine.
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M. Dup. Jacket. Revolutionary War
3-232
[illegible] No. 849
File No. 29,916/2
Margaret Kirkwood
Widow of 
David Kirkwood 
Rank Pvt
Company Capt Jack
R [illegible] Mil 
Rate per annum $80
Commencing Mar 4. 1848
Ending 
Cincinnati Agency
Issued Sep. 18 1857
Mailed                    , 18
                          Fee, $
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Packer 
Office Ohio
[illegible]
Hon Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington City
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Hon. Lewis Cass
Sir,
You will [illegible] by the inclosed [enclosed]
affidavit that the applicant cannot give the
name of the colonel of the regiment to which
Capt Jack’s company belonged, and if this is 
absolutely necessary his claim must fail
though I have no doubt his declaration is
true and that he served as he has stated.
Yours very respectfully,
Israel Hamilton
Urbana Ohio
March 9, 1833
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Washington D.C.  Sept 3, 1851

Sir,

Please find enclosed the claim of Mrs. Margaret Kirkwood widow of David Kirkwood for pension  under the Act of 29th July 1848 on account  of the service of her husband who was during his life time a revolutionary pensioner on the Ohio rolls.
The name of Wm B. Barry of [illegible] was by mistake inserted in the power of atty instead of mine and it is not convenient now when that rectified. You will oblige me by sending the claimant her pension certificate through me, or by advising me when it is issued and sent to Mr. Barry.
Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Ser.
Thos. Ewing [illegible]

James E. Heath Esq
 [illegible] of Pensions
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David Kirchwood

Exam[illegible]
Mcmo within
Hon. J. Vance
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, or which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of David Kirchwood 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 what amount of pension he is entitled? No

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? No
He can't state the name of the Colonel who commanded the Regt. to which Capt. Jack's Company was attached.

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension under the Act of 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 affixes? 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? Yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?

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 has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? ------
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper office under his seal of office? ------

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? Yes
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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 the 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.

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 claimants 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.

XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
     In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.
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Brief in the case of Margaret Kirkwood, widow of David, Clermont County and State of Ohio
act 29 July 1848
__________
Claim, "original"
Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner at $80 per annum, Documentary proof of marriage

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Name and residence of Agent.
T. Ewing, Jr. Esq.
Present
Examining Clerk.
S. Cole