Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2686, for Samuel Kelly, Pennsylvania
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Penn.   Kelly, Samuel. S.2686
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4209

Pittsburgh Agency
Samuel Kelly 
of _______ in the state of Pennsylvania, who was a private in the ...... commanded by the Captain Johnston of the .... commanded by Col. Watt in .... line for private draft.... $3830
8.33 
46.33

inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh Agency at the rate of 46 Dollars 33 Center per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issues the 14th day of January 1833 and first

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 - $69.49
Semi annl allowance ending 4th ... 1833.  23.16

$92.65

{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Vicial Luce  Clerk, 
Book D Vol. 2 Page 176
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Saml Kelly

Adm.
Private Inf. 11 mo.  15 38.30 
   "     Dragoons 2"        8.33 
         mo                   $46.13 
         [Possibly total of months served]13. 15      
Hon R. Coulter 
No. of Rep's 
R. Coulter 
Pa
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Brief in the case of Samuel Kelly of the county of Indiana in the state of Pennsylvania ( 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? 73 years 

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
In 1776 June to last of Apr. 77 served 11 months as a Private, Col Watt, Capt McConnell
1780 served 2 months, Dragoons, Capt. Johnston
1781  served 15 days, as [d o?}, Maj. McCalmont
5. In what battles was he engaged? Fort Washington N.Y. Alegheny Mountain
6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Cumberland County, Pa.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Deposition
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and dif so, in what respect? Regular
 I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Lewis Belt
Examining Clerk
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State of Pennsylvania 
Indiana County
On the twenty fourth of December AD 1832 [illegible] in court before the Honorable John Young Resident Judge and John [Hughs? then illegible] of the Court of Common Pleas of  Indiana County in the state of [Pennsylvania?] said now sitting being a Court of record Samuel Kelly a resident of Conemaugh [borough?] in the County of Indiana and State of Pennsylvania, 
aged seventy three years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed [three illegible words]
 that in the said days [I was officially enlisted for the term of six months on 
[either they or he?] in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and seventy six and from the first day of Jun 1776) [Illegible sentence, possibly in the aforesaid township]

Franklin County and state aforesaid in the law aforesaid by [illegible text] by Captain James McConnell and Lieutenant [Abell?] & Alexander Mathews and if said John David thereon [Following text unclear: of a want of the private and about three] 
after by the said Samuel Kelly enlisted, said Company met in Shippensburg then in Cumberland County & the aforesaid, the place of rendezvous
 at the time the said Samuel Kelly  enlisted was between the age of sixteen and seventeen when he remained about eight days and thence marched through Parish in Cumberland County of Lancaster in Lancaster County & State aforesaid, where they house this [from thence marched to it and remained here about --this section is largely illegible.] from there passed over into the state of New Jersey through Trenton to Princeton where they remained for about eight days, and from thence marched to Perth Amboy and remained perhaps about a day, and from thence marched to a small village outside Westbridge where they remained about the space of four weeks. with her the period they remained at Woodbridge lay in a Quaker meeting house. from the maker to Elizabethtown where said company went the command of Colonel Thomas  McLean, who as the said Samuel Kelly aforesaid was stationed there, to give orders where the several companies that might [remain?] there should go and afterwords remained there a few days, 
The [captain?] of said company read over (as if the said Samuel Kelly then and there understood) to go to Bergen a small town on the Jersey shore opposite the of New York
from thence were marched up the river about twelve miles to {Fort} Constitution, where we built 
Fort Lee, and where the Regiment collected and was formed under Brigadier General J. Ewing, Col. Frederick Watt, and regiment Colonel Samuel Culbertson and Andrew Galbraith was Major of the Battalion to which the company as aforesaid was attached, and the following names of the Captains of companies to which belonged to said Battalions which were known by them the same Samuel Kelly, 
 to wit, Captain [Masten,?] Captain James Young, Captain Snyder, Captain Samuel McCane and Captain [McClellen?]  at this Col. McGaw had the command of Fort Washington on York Island opposite Fort Lee, who dispatched orders to Knowing over the sent over to General Ewing to send over reinforcements before which the General sent over about
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[almost illegible :about one hundred and fifty men and forwarded that in of the then counting to all those that over after these last corner the] 

look Fort Washington killed several men

[almost illegible: contained them to was chattels of war among them and the] 

said Samuel Kelly sixteenth November 1776 

[almost illegible: then by the way to the word even two days the City of Allent inserting they were opened until some time in Mickel when the plates but not the officers we therefee on parole he has now] 

not to take arms against His Majesty King of England, until they should be 
[charged?] or called back said Samuel Kelly was informed by his officers that the [?son] of the [?: as aforesaid was in service of the [got there of with that which score my want of blis and use,] 

and those very weak and unwell. when the said Samuel Kelly was one of many that were sent into a small shallop and taken to South Amboy and this weather being quite cold and they in a weak state, severals perished on 
their way to South Amboy from thence were taken on to a small Town the name thereof not now recalled the same as aforesaid among them 
and the said Samuel Kelly very weak and unwell were left by them to manage and do as they would 
the said Samuel then not well able to travel made out with mostly [block?] within fifteen miles of Huntington from waggons were sent out by orders to bring all those who were sick and unable to travel to hospital in that place, accordingly to the said Samuel Kelly was conveyed in a waggon sent to aforesaid Burlington and in the Hospital where he lay from eight to ten days when wagons were prepared to convey all those who were desirous of going to
[line,?] and who were unable to travel. to the said Samuel was then conveyed in this manner to [Philadelphia?]  where he lay about a week [?illegible text] about this time his father who resided in [illegible text  Possibly Alleganny]] Township Cumberland County & State of Pennsylvania as aforesaid 
having received the news of the condition of his son the said Samuel Kelly and son John Kelly [went to Philadelphia in to order to find the said Samuel] and take him home, accordingly [?] and took him on horseback within ten miles of the now [?] of Samuel [City of Land?] where unable to procure any further stay a few days, he with difficulty and pain was taken on and arrived at his Father's in the place aforesaid on the last day of April the last day of April but one 1777. on his arrival here sick and unwell and became afflicted with biles and sores & outbreaking and was thereby rendered unable to work or do anything for the space of one year thereafter
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[It was upwards of two years?] after the said Samuel Kelly arrived at his Fathers when the officers from that section of country who had been confined as prisoners of war in arrived at [illegible] during their absence [?] said Samuel Kelly had not been enrolled in the military but shortly after they came home, he was enrolled in the [section?] in a Company of Light [horses or Order] formed in [?] Township Cumberland County and State of Pennsylvania commanded by Captain John Johnson and of which James McCurdy was a Lieutenant and James Cuthbertson Colonel had about the middle of August in the year AD 1780 said [moved ?] out, and to the said Samuel Kelly together with the rest of the men many collected in Shippensburg aforesaid [?] and from thence marched in Newton in Bucks County in the State of Pennsylvania, where five or more troops of Horses collected, and remained there until they were discharged which was a time of two months; 

then the said Samuel Kelly does not recollect the at time of meeting at Shippensburgh and the time they were discharged, but knows it was a term of two months and received pay for two months. he the said Samuel received a written discharge. They then returned home.

 In the spring or summer of year 1781 the said Samuel Kelly understood, that three companies under the command of Captain Boyd, Captain Moore and Captain Davis, Marched from Bedford County State of Penna to Frankstown Huntington County Penna and from the proceeded to range the Alleghany mountains when they were attacked by a company of Indians who had been lying in ambush and took two of said Captains prisoners, and killed several privates. 
this occurrence soon reached Frankstown Where were stationed three companies to guard the frontier settlements.
 from thence an express was sent to Cumberland County aforesaid, bringing the news of this interaction, thereupon on the said Samuel Kelly in the month of May or June of the year 1781 Enlisted in a company which consisted of upwards two hundred men in Cumberland County aforesaid under the command of Major James McCalmont

but did not proceed from thence until they collected at Major [illegible sentence] situated at a small state each [afterwards in this Cumberland?]  now [Washington  fyi Washington township is now part of Susquehanna County, PA] Washington County Penna and marched from thence to the place then called the[ Sister?] then 
where the borough of Huntington in said County of Huntington now stands and from there marched about sixteen miles to a station called Lytle's Fort where said company remained for some days, and the Indians having left the section of country, and ceased to commit further depredations and returned [home?] 
the said Samuel Kelly states that from the time they left home until they returned on this expedition was a period of two weeks 
the said Samuel Kelly further states, that he was born in Pequea Lancaster County State of Pennsylvania on the 27th day of November AD 1759 
That he has no record of his age, but his Father told him that he the said Samuel was born at that time 
he believes his father had a record thereof in his bible, but where the bible is at present if in existence he the said Samuel is unable to say
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24th Dec 16 Banks Pot
that at the time he went into his service as before stated he resided in said township
of Letterkenny Cumberland County and State of Pennsylvania aforesaid to which place
his Father moved from Lancaster County afore aforesaid while of the said Samuel was in his
infancy, and continues to reside there, until when he [went in service?] as aforesaid, until
about thirty nine or forty years ago when the same Samuel moved into [Cumberland?] County now Conemaugh Township Indiana County Penna and where he has resided
ever since that he went into service as a volunteer as before stated
and that the event of his certain services and  the officers under whom he
served and the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops

and company when he served are as before stated, that he never received any
written discharge from the several [?illegible]  in which her served as aforesaid
That the following named persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood 
can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his service as a
soldier of the revolution, as follows to wit, Alexander Kelly John Drummond
James Duncan Henry Kilpatrick and Adam Thompson and many others
comprising the whole neighbourhood, that he has no documentary evidence
whatever that has any time to his services as aforesaid that he knows of no
person whose testimony he can procure who can testify as to his services
except Thomas Allens which is hereto annexed. He hereby relinquishes
every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares
that his name is not on the pension all of the agency of any state
This Declarant having as aforesaid stated that he was engaged in actual service
of the United States in the Flying Camp from the first day of June 1776 until
the 16th day of November 1776 when he was taken prisoner, and from the 16th
day of November 1776 until the 30th day of April 1777. the period for which
he was confined in Bridewell & entering home, also for the term of two
months which he served under Captain John Johnston, and for the
last mentioned period of two weeks under Major Mc Calmont, making
in the whole a period of thirteen months and two weeks for all which
time this applicant claims a pension
Sworn & subscribed in open Court
Saml Kelly
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[largely illegible]
Samuel Kelly
[?]
Lancaster County state of Pennsylvania on the [? day} of November [1759?].

[?]
but my father often told me that I was born on the [?] day of November in 1759. He said he had a record of it in his bible. If it is in existence I am unable to say.
[ illegible text]
Question: Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live?
I volunteered or was called into the several services and set forth in the body of [constitution?]. I resided in what is now Kellerkenny township Franklin County in the State of Pennsylvania. and continued to reside there [peaceful?] when in the service as aforesaid until about thirty nine or forty years ago when your aforesaid Samuel Kelly moved into Westmoreland County State of Pennsylvania now Conemaugh township Indiana County Pennsylvania. I have resided there since.
Question: How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you substituted?  And if substituted, for whom? When I went into the service I volunteered as fully stated in the body of my declarations.
Question: State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served [and when you served?] [...and assignments?] as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service.
The names of some of the regular officers where I served the regiment and I served the [years of my service are?][fully set forty more?]
Question: Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by when?  and if so, what has become of it?
I never received any written discharge paper from my several services as set forth in my declaration.
Question: State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify so to your character for veracity and their belief of your service as a soldier of the Revolution.  In answer to the last questions I would beg leave to refer you to the following names of gentlemen who reside in my present neighbourhood to wit  Alexander, Getty, John Drummond, James Duncan, Henry Kirkpatrick, Adam Thompson and if   more were necessary I might refer you to all my old neighbours.
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State of Pennsylvania Indiana County
Personally appears in open Court of [?] in that of said County, the Rev David Blair and William Lytle--the said David Blair a clergyman ministering in Indiana County aforesaid.
 [?] William Lytle residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Kelly lately of Conemaugh Township Indiana County Penna who has subscribed and  sworn to the foresaid declaration and we believe him to be seventy three years of age and that he is reputed and believed in his neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed in open court
24th Dec. A.D. 1832
Wm Banks, Prot.
David Blair
Wm Lytle
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Indiana County [JoP?]
Personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Justice of the Peace in aforesaid County of Indiana duly commissioned
Thomas Allison of Clinton township in Indiana County State of Pennsylvania as a revolution war soldier aged eighty years who being sworn according to law depositioned, 
saith that he resided in Cumberland County & State aforesaid in the year 1776
and was well acquainted with and knew Samuel Kelly the person who has subscribed
and given to requesting declaration to obtain a pension, that the said Samuel Kelly as well as this deponent enlisted for the time of six months on or about the first day of June
AD 1776 and drew pay from the first day of June 1776 in Kellerkenny township in Cumberland County state aforesaid in the "Flying Camp" in the Company commanded by Capt [James?] McConnell and Lieutenant Abdiel McClure and also under Matthews and of said Company Davis Johnston was [ensign which causes?] [? of eighty privates]
about three weeks after this the said Samuel
Kelly as well as the deponent met in Shippensburgh a small town then in
Cumberland County aforesaid & joined the said Company from whence the said Company marched through the several Towns Counties & places until they arrived at the place when Fort Lee was built as fully stated and [correctly?] set forth by the said Samuel Kelly in his foregoing declaration above, at Fort Lee
the Regiment collected and was formed under Brigadier Gen [J?] Ewing of Frederic Hall, and Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Culbertson and Andrew Galbraith was Major of the Battalion to which the said company was
attached at this time Colonel McGaw had the command of Fort Washington on York Island opposite Fort Lee, who dispatched orders to
General Ewing to send over a reinforcement upon which the General sent over about one hundred and fifty men among whom was this Deponent and about one week from this time, we were recalled by General Ewing arguably for [provisions ?] and then others were sent over among whom was the said Samuel Kelly, the next morning after these 
last [set of seven men sent?] aforesaid were sent over Fort Washington was to the
after the aforesaid Samuel Kelly was sent over as aforesaid this deponent did not see him until several months afterwards in Cumberland County State of Pennsylvania aforesaid 
About the middle of August in the year of 1780 a Troop of Light Horses which had formed in Cumberland County State of Pennsylvania aforesaid, commanded by Captain John Johnston and of which James McCurdy was a Lieutenant and James Culbertson a Colonel, was called out to which said Troops and the said Samuel Kelly and this deponent belonged, and the said Samuel Kelly together with the rest of the company collected at Shippensburgh aforesaid the place of rendezvous and from thence marched to Newtown in Bucks County
in the State of Pennsylvania where five or six troop of Horse collected and remained there until they were discharged
which was a term of two months. this deponent does not now
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recollect the exact time of meeting at Shippensburgh & the time they were
declared but knows that it was a period of two months & received pay for that period.
and that the said Samuel Kelly served during
said term - this deponent did not receive a written discharge
The deponent further states that together with the said Samuel Kelly, together with this Deponent in the month of May or June of the year 1781 enlisted in a company which
consisted of upwards of two hundred men in Cumberland County aforesaid, under the command of Major James McCalmont, but did not proceed forth until they collected Major Cluggage situated at a small creek
called Aughwick and then Cumberland now Huntingdon County from [??] and said Company in any whom [went?] was the said Samuel Kelly marched from thence, to the place then called the standing stone
where the Borough of Huntingdon in said County of Huntingdon now stands, and from thence marched about sixteen miles to a
station called Lytle's Fort, where said company
remained for some days and the Indians having left that section of country
and cease to commit further depredations returned home. 
The Deponent states that from the time the said Samuel Kelly as well as the
remainder of the Company left home until  they returned was a period of two weeks and the reasons that caused this {deposition?]
are the same, as set forth in the declaration of the said Samuel Kelly
Sworn and subscribed
Thomas Allison
a Justice of the Peace this
Seventeenth day of December
A.D. 1832
F. Cannon

Indiana County 
I F [?]. Cannon aforesaid Justice of the Peace
for said County do testify that Thomas Allison the Deponent who [stated?] at the time of taking the aforesaid Depositions was still very weak and not well and from bodily infirmity unable to attend the Court of Common pleas of Indiana County now sitting
In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand seal this twenty
fourth day of December AD 1832
F. Cannon
Seal of the county pictured.
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that the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of
the matter and after [finding?this the entered] proscribed by the war Department
that the above named Samuel Kelly was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states, and the Court further certifies, that it appears
to them that David Blair who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Borough of Indiana, Indiana County
State of Pennsylvania, and that William Lytle who has also signed the same is a resident in Conemaugh Township Indiana County
aforesaid and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. And the said Court doth further certify that they are well acquainted with Thomas Allison who has
signed the foregoing deposition that he is a person of respectable
standing in society and high credit that his deposition is entitled to the same, also that Fergus Cannon before whom the said
Deposition was taken is a Justice of the peace and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature

Indiana County ⎬ I William Banks Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of
State of Indiana County aforesaid do hereby
certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings
in the matter of the application of Samuel Kelly for a
Pension - In testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand
and seal of office this twenty fourth day of December in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
thirty two 
W Banks Prot
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Rev. War Section
Saml Kelly S2686
November 24, 1922

Mr. Willis Freeman
7?30 Emerald Avenue
?, Illinois
Sir: 

In response to your letter received October 28, 1922, you are advised that from the paper in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 388 it appears that Samuel Kelly was
Born November , [?7], 1758 in Pequea, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and was a resident of Letterkenny Township, Cumberland
County, Pennsylvania, when he enlisted June 31, 1775 as a Private in Captain McConnell's Company; they marched to Elizabethtown where they were under the command of
Colonel Thomas McKean for a few days until placed in Colonel Frederick Watt's Regiment of the "Flying Camp" and served until November 10, 1776 when he was taken prisoner
at Fort Washington, carried to New York City and confinedthere in the New Bridewell Prison until March 1777 when he was released on parole. He enlisted in August 1780 and served
two months in Captain John Johnston's Company of Light Horse; also enlisted in May or June 1781 and served two weeks in a company commanded by Major James McCalmont.
He was allowed pension on an application executed
M
November 24, 19
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December 24, 1832 at which date he was a resident of Conemaugh Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. It is not stated that he ever married.

Yours respectfully

Commissioner.
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2686
INVALID.
File No. 2686
Samuel Kelly
Privt. Rev. War

Act. June 7, 1832
Index: - VOl. A, Page 201
[Arrangement of 1870]
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Apr. 30, 1894--History
to Mr. L. M. Truxal
DuBois, Penna.
1906 Apr. 30. History to J Howard Kelly 
History to J. Howard
Kelly the Hon. Geo. F. Huff M.B.[?]
Letter in [Wed Ct?] 24754 Robert Kelly
Mar. 1812.
1922. Nov. 4 Hist to M. Willis
Freeman [MMH?]
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[stamped: RECORD & PENSION OFFICE|1897|2240|Department]

DuBois, Pa
March 13, 1897

John Kelly 
Eve. Jan 1776
and Saml Kelly
Pa. Rev. Mar

[stamped: pension G MAR 19 1897 OFFICE U. S.] 

L. M. Truxal

Asks for the records of above named men

[stamped:  OLD WAR & NAVY, Apr. 6 1897]
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Record and Pension Office,
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Washington March 15, 1897.

Respectfully returned to

Mr. L. M. Truxal,
Du Bois, Pennsylvania.
It is shown by the records that there were several men named John Kelly in service in various Pennsylvania military organizations, during the Revolutionary war,  but name of them served in the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment.

The name Samuel Kelly has not been found on the rolls, on file in this office, of any Pennsylvania military organization in service during the war of the Revolution.

It is proper to add, however, that the collection of Revolutionary war records in this office is far from complete, and that the absence therefrom of any name is by no means conclusive evidence that the person who bore the name did not serve in the Revolutionary army.

In view of the statement made by you that pensions were granted these men for services rendered, it is suggested that a statement of their services can be obtained from the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C., an official of the Interior Department, whose office is separate and distinct from the Record and Pension Office of the War Department, and in whose offices are filed the pension records of all wars.   

The two-cent postage stamp inclosed by you is herewith returned. 

By authority of the Secretary of War:  
FL [ILLEGIBLE]
Colonel, U.S. Army,
Chief of Office.
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HEADQUARTERS
DEPARTMENT PENNSYLVANIA
GRAND ARMY REPUBLIC
OFFICE OF CHIEF MUSTERING OFFICER
W. H. H. MACKEY SENIOR VICE COMMANDER
FRANK H. BUTTON JUNIOR VICE COMMANDER
JAS. O. SLOAN, M.D. MEDICAL DIRECTOR
CHAS. A. SUYDAM, INSPECTOR
L.M. TRUXAL, CHIEF MUSTERING OFFICER
REV. J.W. SAYERS, CHAPLAIN
A.C. FRANK, CHIEF OF STAFF
B.J. REID, JUDGE ADVOCATE
Du Bois, Pa., March 13, 1897. 189

Hon. F. C. Ainsworth,
Pension Department,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir,
I applied to Hon. Frank Reeder, our Secretary of the Commonwealth, recently for information concerning the record of John and Sam'l.
Kelly, who enlisted in 1778.
The only information attainable at Harrisburg seems to be this: John Kelly enlisted January 18, 1776 in the 6th Penna. Battalion,
commanded by Col. W. Irvine."
"Sam'l  Kelly was a soldier of the Penna. line of Revolution, and a pensioner, residing in Indiana Co., Pa. in 1822. His name appears upon the list of those who received Depreciation pay from the State of Penna.
neither date of enlistment, rank, company or regiment is given."
"As Saml. Kelly was a pensioner, no doubt Col. J. C. Ainsworth of the Pension Department will give you a copy of the application for the same
, setting forth his services."
If, however, you will furnish anything on file pertaining to the records of these two men I will greatly appreciate your kindness.
[L.M. Truxal?]
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JOHN E.  DUBOIS
MANUFACTURER OF LUMBER
DU BOIS, PA
MAR 17, 1897
Washington, DC postage mark
Dear Sir,

[The material before will explain the ?]
I am however, particularly anxious to obtain the [facts?] respecting Samuel Kelly, as to John 
Kelly I don't care, and as I am referred to your Dept. any information to that end will be greatly appreciated.
Your servant,
L M. Truxal
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Apl. 7th 1897.
Hon, H
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington
Dear Sir,
On 17th [[?] 
I wrote your Department respecting Saml Kelly. John Kelly who were Soldiers of the Revolution but up to this time am without reply.
I had previously written some other Department, for information as to record of Saml. Kelly in particular, and was referred to the Dept. over which you preside.
Any information you can give me to the desired end will be appreciated.
Your Obd. servant,
L.M. Truxal
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7720 Emerald Avene
Chicago, Illinois
Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen,
I am very desirous of obtaining a copy of any
papers referring to the following soldier of the Revolution Samuel Kelly, of Conemaugh Township, Penna. pensioned 1832.
[illegible sentence]
date of pension unknown.
Will you be kind enough to advise ma the proper procedure to obtain this information, and greatly oblige
Yours very truly
Willis Freeman

Oct 25th 1922,
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Hoz    
COPY.
L. M. H.   April 30, 1906.
Hon. George F. Huff,
House of Representatives,
Washington, D.C.


My dear Mr. Huff:
In response to your letter of April 26, 1906, received April 30, 1906, requesting the military history of Samuel Kelly, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, for Mr. J. Howard Kelly,
Cashier First National Bank of Monesson, Pennsylvania, I have the honor to advise you that the papers in claim Sur. File No. 2686
, show that Samuel Kelly was born November 27, 1759 in Pequea, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, and enlisted from Letterkenny Township, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania, June 1, 1776, as a Private in Capt. James McConnell's company; they marched to
Elizabethtown where they were under the command of Col. Thomas McKean for a few days until placed in Col. Frederick Watt's
regiment of the Flying Camp and served until November 16, 1776 when he was taken prisoner at Fort Washington, carried to New
York City and confined there in the New Bridewell Prison until March 1777, when he was released on parole. He enlisted in
August 1780, and served two months in Capt. John Johnson's company
of Light Horse; also enlisted in May or June 1781 and served two weeks in a company commanded by Major James McCalmont
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His pension was allowed on an application executed December 24, 1832, at which date he was a resident of Conemaugh Township, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania.
Soldier's brother John Kelly referred to as living in 1777.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.