Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9101, John Finney, Penn.
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[notecard] (3-1776)
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SERVICE
Penn.
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Finney, John
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NUMBER
S.9101

Carded

CONTENTS
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[left-hand side of document]26.488

Ohio Pittsburgh Clgy
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John Finney of Harrison Co. in the State of Ohio who was a Priv in the Company commanded by Captain Stokely of the Regt commanded by Col Byard in the Penn [raised a] line for the sum of $20.00
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Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 20 Dollars---cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of July, '34  H. R. Moore, Cadiz, H. Co. O.
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Arrears to the 4th day of April '34  60.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 10.00
$70.00 [double underlined]

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.      }

Recorded by J. T. Sprague Clerk,
Book 6.   Vol. 8   Page 111-

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Order to pay 28 Dec. 1836
Order to pay 24 Janry 1838
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26.441

John Finney
Ohio

from 1779 pension
[crossed out word] wks. 6 mon.
$20.
July 7. 1834
Pension Office

Henry R. Moore
Cadiz
Harrison County
Ohio
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
14th October 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 [sic] what is necessary to be done.  These 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.
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A Statement, shewing [sic] the Service of John Finney
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Period where the service was rendered.
8th Ap. 1774
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Duration of the claimant's service.
Years.  Months 6.  Days.
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Rank of the Claimant.
Priv
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Names and rank of the Field Officers under whom he served.
Cap. Stokeley
Col Byard
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Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
72 years
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I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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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 officer, 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 of }
County of                              } ss.

On this _______ day of _________ personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) of _________ in the County of _______ and State, Territory or District of ________ aged (c) ___ 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) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _______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;) 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.}

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 _____________
Sworn to and subscribed the and year aforesaid. ____________, 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 __________of the Court of _________ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of application of _____________ for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this ____ day of _____ &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 ______ and C. D., residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ____ 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 _________ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _________and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, _____Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of ____ for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____day of _____ &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 [sic] 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 are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the Count 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 next 2 paragraphs are bracketed {} in pencil]
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.
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[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.
[the following 3 paragraphs are bracketed]
[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; deposes and says that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: -- For --- years ---months, and ---days, I served as a ----, For ---- months and ---- days, I served as a ---- 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 phase 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 declaration is 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 embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the term 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 affix his seal, and if it 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 officers, 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 his seal of office.
[arrow pointing to the right] The notes from [a] to [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 is circled]
[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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State of Ohio and   }
County of Harrison } ss

On this twenty third day of June in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four Personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Common Pleas now sitting John Finney a resident of Freeport Township in the County of Harrison and State of Ohio age 79 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 viz-entered the service under Colonel Byard of the eighth regiment of the Pennsylvania line.  Major Samuel Finley Captain Nehemiah Stokely, that he resided in Westmoreland County in the State of Pennsylvania when he entered the service that he joined the Regiment at Hannahs [sic] Town (now greensburgh) and was marched from Hannahs [sic] Town to Ligonier Fort in Ligonier [illegible] and was stationed there for the period of three weeks and then was marched to Westmoreland Fort in West Moreland Co. aforesaid, and was there on station three weeks, and then was marched to Pittsburgh where he was stationed one week, and then was marched to Armstrong where he was employed together with the whole Regiment for six weeks building of Fort under the orders of General Broadhead and after being stationed there for some time he was marched to Pittsburgh [rest of page cut off]
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The State of Ohio
Harrison County ss
I William Tingley Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of John Finney for a Pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Cadiz
this 24th day of June A.D. 1834, William Tingley Clerk
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Fort was attacked by the Brittish and Indians and bravely Defended by one company under Lieutenant Carnahan Captain Moorhead being too much indisposed to command.) That he was marched from Book Straw to Pittsburgh and was there on station several weeks and then was marched to Hannah Town and there discharged by Captain Stokely on the eighth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine having served one
whole six months tour in the Army of the United States; That he now has no documentary evidence and he knows of no person whose testimony he can find [illegible] who can testify to his services.
Quest Where and in what year were you born?
A - I was born in Lancaster County in the State of
Pennsylvania on the 18th December A.D. 1760
2nd Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?
A - My age was Recorded in my fathers bible but I do not know where that bible is suppose [illegible] it
3rd Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the  evolutionary war, and where do you now live?
A - I lived in Westmoreland County in the State of Pennsylvania I when entered the service of the United States and since the Revolutionary war I lived in Washington County Pennsylvania, in Jefferson County Ohio and in Morrison County Ohio where I now live
4th How were you called in to service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
A - I enlisted in the service of the state the [illegible] of time of the Regular officers, that were with the troops, where you served such continental and Milita Regiments as you can [illegible], and the general circumstances of your services
A - General Broadhead, Colonel Cambell, Colonel
Byard, The eighth Regiment of the Pennsylvania
Line, and 13th Regiment of Virginia
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6 Did you ever Receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?
A - I did Receive a written discharge from the service given to me by Captain Stokely, and I have long since lost it.
He hereby Relinquishes every claim 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.
Sworn and subscribed the day and afore said
John Finney in the Court before me William Tingley Clerk
We William Tagart a Clergy man Residing in the
County of Harrison Ohio and John Maholbin Residing in the same County of Harrison afore said hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Finney who has subscribed and sworn to the Declaration; that we believe him to be 73
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 and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
in open Court before me
W Tingley Clerk.
William Taggart [illegible]
[illegible] John Maholbin
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. of the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that William Taggart who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergy man
Resident in the County of Harrison and State of Ohio and that John Maholbin who has also signed the same is a Resident in the County of Harrison aforesaid and is a credible person
and that their statutement is entitled to credit
Attest William Tingley Clerk of said Court
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August 6, 1931

Miss Eula C. Hockman
1408 Virginia Street, Apt. 3
Charleston, West Virginia

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MCS

Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.9101, that John Finney was born December 18, 1760, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
While a resident of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted April 8, 1779, served as private with the Pennsylvania troops, under Captain Nehemiah Stokely and Colonel Bayard. He was in an engagement with the British and Indians at a fort between Pittsburgh and Fort Wallace and was in a battle with the Indians at The Narrows on the banks of the Allegheny River below Broken Straw. He was discharged October 8, 1779.
After the Revolution he lived in Washington County, Pennsylvania, in Jefferson County, Ohio, and in Harrison County, Ohio.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 20, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Freeport Township, Harrison County, Ohio.
There are no data relative to his family.
No charge is made for furnishing this information.
Very truly yours, 

A.D. Hiller 
Assistant to Administrator
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1901
Rev War
INVALID
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File No. 9101
John Finney
Priv Rev War
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Act: June 7th 1832
Index:--Vol. A, Page 125
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1930,  July 30, hist to
Mr. Kenyon Stevenson
MCS
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1931 Aug. 6. hirst to
Miss Eula C. Hockman
MCS
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Merchant & Manufacturers 
Pittsburgh November 9th 1836
Sir
I have the honor to transmit
vouchers in case of John Finney Pensioner
under the Act of June 1832 at the date of
20 Dolls per annum who was last paid
up to the 4th Sept 1834 for inspection
I am with great respect
your Obt. Svt.
Fredk Kahl
for the Pension agent

JL Edwards Esq
Commiss of Pensions
Washington City
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20461.
John Finney

Hennery R Moore
of Harrison County
[Ineligible] for applicant
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State of Ohio and ⎬
County of Harrison SS
On this twentyeth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Harrison and the fifth Judicial Circuit
of the State of Ohio, John Finney, a resident of Freeport Township in the County of Harrison and State of Ohio, aged seventy two 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 of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine and eighth day of Aprile, and served in the eighth Regiment of the Pennsylvania line, under the following named officers [illegible] Colonel
Byard, Captain Nehemiah Stokely Lieutenant John Brannan Ensign Thomas Stokely, Recruiting Sergant Richard Brasil. That he resided in Westmoreland County and State of Pennsylvania when he entered the service. That he was sent on an express from Pittsburgh to Fort Wallace and on the way was in an engagement (with the
Brittish and Indians) under Captain Moorehead at Fortthan. Came back to Pittsburgh, and then was marched to Fort Armstrong and stationed there for some time, and then was marched back to Pittsburgh, and from thence was marched to Broadhead Campaign. That he was in a battle fought at the Narrows below Broken Straw on
the bank of the Highland River. That he left the Service on the eighth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine.
He hereby reliquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he Declared that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State.
Sworn to and and subscribed the day and year
afore said.
John Finney
Certificate
And the said Judge Does hereby Declare his opinion, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the said Judge further certifies that the applicant, from bodily infirmiry was not able to attend Court
John McBean
Associate Judge C.P.
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I William Tingly Clerk of the Court of Common pleas of Harrison County and State of Ohio, do hereby certify that the foregoing containing the original proceedings in the matter of the application of John Kinney for a pension, and I the said Clerk do further Certify that Judge McBean who has signed the preceding Certificate, is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Harrison and State of Ohio, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this day of July in the year of our Lord 1833.
The State of Ohio Harrison County ss
I William Tingly clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said Harrison County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of John Finney for a pension. And I the said Clerk do further certify that John McBean Esq who has signed foregoing on within certificate is one of the Associate Judges of the Court Common Pleas of said Harrison County, the same being a Court of Record, and that the signature annexed is his
genuine signature. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Cadiz this twenty fifth day of July in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three. William Tingley Clerk
26 401
John Finney
Hennery R Moore of Harrison Court John Finney applicant
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154 School Lane, 
Lancaster, Penna.
June 16, 1930.

Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
Will you kindly furnish me all the biographical and Revolutionary service information which your files contain in regard to JOHN FINNEY, whom the published pension rolls of 1835 show as residing in Harrison County Ohio. This roll showed him as aged 73, having been given a pension for service in the Pennsylvania Continental Line on July 18, 1834.
Also residing in Harrison County, Ohio, a few years earlier was JAMES FINNEY, died 1829, who was also a revolutionary soldier. He was a brother to this John. The published rolls of 1835 do not show JAMES' name, but if hie is included in your records, I should like to get all data on him also. 
These two men are ancestors of my children (one or possibly both) and I am compiling a genealogy for which the data is asked.
Yours truly, 
[signed] Kenyon Stevenson

[stamped]
Revolutionary & 1812 Wars Section
Bureau of Pensions
Jun 17 1930
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[letterhead]
[center]
State of West Virginia
State Board of Control
Charleston
[upper left]
Members
Henry N. Bradley, President
F. Witcher McCullough, Treasurer
James S. Lakin, Member
[upper right]
Herman G. Johnson, Secretary
[stamped]
Receied Jul 24 1931
Pension Files Sub-division
[typewritten letter]
July 23, 1931.
U.S. Pension Bureau,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
Please send me copy of pension certificate of John Finney, born about 1759 or 1760 in Prnndylvania, for services in the Revolutionary War from Pennsylvania.
Later he lived in Harrison County, Ohio, at Cadiz, and died in that county in 1839 and is buried in that vicinity.
If there is a fee for this copy of certificate, please let me know the amount and it will be mailed you immediately.
Sincerely, 
ECH
[signed] Eila C. Hockman
(Miss) Eula C. Hockman,  1408 Virginia Street, Apt. 3
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[typewritten letter]
July 30, 1930

MCS:MLB
Rev. and 1812 Wars Section

Mr. Kenyon Stevenson
154 School Lane
Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 9101, that John Finney was born December 18, 1760, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

While a resident of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted April 8, 1779, served as private with the Pennsylvania troops, under Captain Nehemiah Stokely and Colonel Bayard. He was in an engagement with the British and Indians at a fort between Pittsburgh and Fort Wallace and was in a battle with the Indians at the narrows on the banks of the Allegheny River below Broken Straw. He was discharged October 8, 1779. 
After the Revolution he lived in Washington County, Pennsylvania, Jefferson County, Ohio, and Harrison County, Ohio.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 20, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Freeport Township, Harrison County, Ohio.
There are no data relative to family.
The Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to afford any information in regard to James Finney.
Very truly yours

E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner

[handwritten note - bottom left - "Death not on Agency Books"]