Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29943, for Parley Kinney, Connecticut
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SERVICE   Conn.
Kinney, Parley
or Parly
or Paley
NUMBER  S. 29943
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21263  
Massachusetts 
Paley Kinney of Berkshire in the State of Mass who was a private in the Comp commanded by Captain Curtis of the Regt. commanded by Col. Hinman in the Connt line for 
8 mo pri $26.66  
2 mo Serg 10.00 
$36.66 
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Aug 1833 and sent H. W. Bishop Lenox
Arrears to the 4th of Mar ‘33 $73.32 
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sep 18 ‘33 $18.33 
$91.66  
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Geo C. Stiles Clerk.
Book E Vol 3 Page 45
Died [unreadable]
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22752 
Parley Kenney 
Mass 
Private 8 Mos
Sergt 2 mos
H W Bishop Lenox Mass
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WAR DEPARTMENT 
Pension Office, 
183
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 what is necessary to be done. Those 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 with this request greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
A Statement, showing the Service of   Paley Kinney  Berkshire Co. Mass
Period when the service was rendered.  Elist 1775   Duration of Claimant’s Service. 7 Months  Rank of the claimant.  Pri Names and rank of the Company Officers under whom he served.  Capt Curtis   Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.  Col Hindman  Battles in which the applicant was engaged.  None   Country through which he marched.  New York   Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.   79 yrs New Milford Connecticut   Evidence by which the declaration is supported.  Traditionary, & Living Witness
Period when the service was rendered.  Draft 1778  Duration of Claimant’s Service.  2 months  Rank of the claimant.   Sargt  Names and rank of the Company Officers under whom he served.  Chapman   Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.  -  Battles in which the applicant was engaged.  None   Country through which he marched.  New York
I am respectfully 
Your obedient servant 
JAMES 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 officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first in stance, 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 A.B. a resident (b) of personally appeared (a) before in the county of and State, Territory or District years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the in 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) 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 that of Agency in the State of    
Sworn to and subscribed the day 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 hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter 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 hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be and C.D. residing in (the same) who has 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 day 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 contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. 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 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  alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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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, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, 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 Town officer 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 he 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 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. 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 enquiry 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 Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed 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 declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can cure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the person 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.        
[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.    
[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, 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 - months and --- days, I served as 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 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 in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a 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 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.    
[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 officer, 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. 
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]  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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Parley Kinney 
Sheffield Ms 
Application for Pension 
22752 
To remain on file for present
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
County of Berkshire, ss. 
On this fifteenth day of August A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable WILLIAM P. WALKER, Judge of the Court of Probate, within and for said County of Berkshire, now sitting, Parly Kinney a resident of the town of Sheffield in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy nine 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 7, 1832. 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated,   He enlisted into a company commanded by Eleazer Curtis Capt of the Connecticut troops at New  Milford Conn about the first of May AD 1775 marched from New Milford about the last of the month, we passed thru Mass to Lenox then to [unreadable] in New York & from then to Ticonderoga in N. York here we joined Col Hinmans Regiment 7th Conn Troops.  I enlisted for a period of seven months & served it out & was discharged at Ticonderoga.   I returned to Connecticut. I had a written discharge but have lost it. After this I was drafted to go to West Point for three months.  I hired Peter Barton as a substitute who marched on the duty after the time had expired I saw him with a written discharge.  Four years ago John Barlow,  Silas Bronson of Kent in Conn. & Samuel Hawes of Warren Conn were living  by these are the only persons by whom I can prove my inlistment & service as above stated & these persons I do not know are now living.  The deponent could not proves the testimony by reason of his own infirmity of body & the expense attending the same.  Barlow & Bronson were my messmates during the service above stated. The first Lieut was Josiah Swift,  the second Lieut or Ensign was Morgan Noble.  The Deponent further says that in Jany 1778 was again drafted to go a place called the Sawpit in New York, and then served as an orderly sergeant in a company commanded by Capt Nathan Chapman.  I do not know of any person living by whom I can prove this service.
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The Deponent was born at New Milford aforesaid. 7. April 1753 
He lived at New Milford at the time of the above service.  
He has a record of his age in his family Bible in possession of his sisters living at Kent in Conn.  Has lived in Sheffield the last five years & nine months
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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.  
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.   Parley Kinney
W. P. Walker J.. Probate 
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 James Bradford who signed the annexed certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Sheffield in the County of Berkshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
and is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.
W. P. Walker J. Probate 
I HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Berkshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Parley Kinney for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office of said Court of Probate, this fifth day of February  the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty three 
Henry W Bishop Register of Probate
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Parley Kinney
Case
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I James Bradford of Sheffield in Berkshire County and Commonwealth of Massachusetts settled Clergyman of the First Congregational society in said town, do depose and say, that I have been acquainted with Parly Kinney now resident in this town for some three or four years past, that he appears to be an aged man nearly or quite seventy years of age. That during my acquaintance with him he has sustained so far as I know or have been informed a reputable standing for truth and is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have at some time during the Revolutionary was engaged as a soldier of the revolution.   
James Bradford 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.  
Berkshire, SS. I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate for said County, do hereby certify that Robert F. Barnard Esquire before whom the annexed deposition was taken is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the signature annexed to said deposition is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this fifth day of February A. D. 1833 
Henry W Bishop Register of Probate
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I James Bradford of Sheffield in Berkshire County and Commonwealth of Massachusetts settled Clergyman of the First Congregational society in said town, do depose and say, that I have been acquainted with Parly Kinney now resident in this town for some three or four years past, that he appears to be an aged man nearly or quite seventy years of age. That during my acquaintance with him he has sustained so far as I know or have been informed a reputable standing for truth and is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have at some time during the Revolutionary was engaged as a soldier of the revolution
James Bradford
Berkshire Jany. 2d 1833 
Personally appeared before me Revd James Bradford and known to me as the Clergyman of the County above described and made oath to the truth of the affadavit by him signed & who is a person of veracity 
R. F. Barnard Jus of the Peace
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Deposition of Stephen Cogswell & others
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Deposition of  John Barlow
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I John Barlow of [unreadable] Litchfield County and State of Connecticut, do testify and say that in the year A.D. one thousand seven hundred and seventy five Parley Kinney formerly of Washington Litchfield County and State of Connecticut, enlisted under Captain Eleazer Curtiss into the Connecticut State Troops and pretty soon after his said enlistment, marched in company with me to Greenbush State of New York where we made a short halt, and then proceeded on to Gye landing where the said Kinney and myself joined Colonel Hinmans Regiment and furthermon that the said Kinney served the whole term of his enlistments, which was seven months, and that he the said Kinney was detaind considerable to when he was honourably discharged and further the Deponent saith not.   
John Barlow 
Litchfield County ss 
Personally appeared John Barlow subscriber to the foregoing Deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me Ensign Bushnell, Justice Peace 
I further certify that John Barlow the aforesd Deponent is to me well known to be a man of truth and his declaration entitled to full credit 
Ensign Bushnell Justice of Peace
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I Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the County Court within & for the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut certify that Ensign Bushnell Esq is a Justice of the Peace within for said County & that the signature to the within certificate which purports to his is genuine & his proper hand writing. 
Witness my hand & the seal of said Court at Litchfield in in County this 29 day of August AD. 1832. – 
Frederick Wolcott Clerk 
Deposition of John Barlow
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Deposition Saml  Hawes
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I Samuel Hawes of Warren Litchfield County and State of Connecticut do testify and say that in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy five, Parley Kinney formerly of Washington Litchfield County and State of Connections, joined a company of enlisted Soldiers of which company I was one, in Kent in said County, and pretty soon after marched together to Fort George, from thence to Ticonderoga and there joined Col Hinmans Regiment, and that the said Kinney there and in that region of country served in the Connecticut State Troops at least seven months and I think was more time than seven months. I and the said Kinney both served under Capt Eleazer Curtiss and further the Deponent saith not. 
Samuel Hawes 
Litchfield County ss Washington Augt 29th 1832 
Personally appeared Samuel Hawes subscriber to the foregoing Deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me 
Ensign Bushnell Justice of Peace 
I furthermore certify that Samuel Hawes the aforesaid Deponent is to me well known to be a man of truth, and his declaration entitled to full credit. 
Ensign Bushnell, Justice of Peace
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I Frederick Wolcott Clerk of the County of Court within & for the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut certify that Ensign Bushnell is a Justice of the Peace within for said County of Litchfield & that the signature to the within Certificate which purports to be his is genuine & his proper hand writing. 
Witness my hand & the seal of said Court at Litchfield in said County this 29th day of August AD. 1832 
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk
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We Stephen Cogswell, Noble Day and Johnson C. Hatch all of Washington Litchfield County and State of Connecticut do testify and say that we have been personally acquainted with Parley Kinney formerly of said Town of Washington and now residing in Sheffield, Berkshire County and State of Massachusetts, many years and have always considered him the said Kinney a man of truth and veracity.   
Stephen Cogswell 
Noble Day 
Johnson C. Hatch 
Litchfield County ss Washington August 29th 1832 
Personally appeared Stephen Cogswell, Noble Day and Johnson C. Hatch subscribers to the foregoing Deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me 
Ensign Bushnell Justice of Peace 
I furthermore certify that I am personally acquainted with Stephen Cogswell, Noble Day and Johnson C Hatch subscribers to the above instrument and that their declaration is entitled to full credit 
Ensign Bushnell Justice of Peace
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I Frederick Wolcott Clerk of the County Court within for the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut certify that Ensign Bushnell Esq is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County that the signature to the within Certificate which purports to be his is genuine. 
Witness my hand the seal of said Court at Litchfield in said County this 29th day of August AD. 1832 
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk
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December 12, 1930 
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section 
MCS
Mr. W. Franklin Kinney 
24 Salem St. 
Naugatuck, Connecticut 
Dear Sir: 
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 29943, that Parly Kinney (pensioned Paley Kinney) was born April 7, 1753, in New Milford, Connecticut. 
While a resident of said place he enlisted about May 1, 1775, and served seven months as private in Captain Eleazer Curtis' company in Colonel Hinman's Connecticut regiment. He enlisted in January, 1778. and served two months as orderly sergeant in Captain Nathan Chapman's Connecticut company. 
Pension was allowed on his application executed August 15, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts . 
The names of wife and children are not on record. 
This soldier died March 15, 1833, leaving no widow. 
The above noted is the history of the only soldier named Parly Kinney, searched under all spellings of the name, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau. 
Very truly yours, 
E. W. Morgan 
Acting Commissioner
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29943 
Revy INVALID  
File No. 29,943
Paley Kinney 
Pri Rev War  
Act: June 7th 32
Index: Vol 9 Page 222 
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1925 Nov 1 hist to Hon E. Hart [unreadable] MCS
1930 Dec 12 hist to Mr. W. Franklin Kinney MCS
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W. Franklin Kinney 
24 Salem St., 
Naugatuck, Conn. 
November 21, 1930
[stamp] REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS SECTION NOV 22 1930 BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Department of the Interior 
Bureau of Pensions 
Rev. & 1812 War Section 
Washington, D.C. 
Gentlemen:  
I would appreciate any information , such as the filing of a pension claim, if any, which might have a bearing upon the history, more especially regarding the date and place of death of one PARLEY KINNEY (various spellings Party, Pearle, Pearly)  a member of Col. John Mead's regiment of drafted men of the State of Connecticut in the Revolutionary War. Enlisted December 28, 1777, discharged Mar. 1, 1778 - company commanded by Capt. Nathan Chapman and Lt. Elijah Hazen, drafted to cooperate with the Continental Army at Fishkill on the Hudson.   
Parley Kinney was the son of Jacob Kinni and Judith Cogswell, born in 1743 in Preston, Connecticut. The family in 1746-7 settled and founded the village of New Preston, town of Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, from which town he was drafted. He married March 20, 1776 in Washington, Conn. Sarah Hine. They had issue:  
Polly b. 1777 
Abigail b. 1779 
Elisha b. 1780 
Gilbert b. 1782 
Jonathan b 1784 
Lemon b 1788 
Austin b 1788 
Sheldon b 1790 
Burr 1794 
Thanking you for former courtesies  and much valued information.  
Very truly yours, 
W Frankin Kinney
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SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. 
FREDERIOR W. DALLINGER, MASS. CHAIRMAN. 
DANIEL A. REED  N.Y. 
JOHN M ROBSION, KY. 
W. P. HOLADAY, ILL. 
FREDERICK G FLEETWOOD, VT. 
GEORGE A. WELSH, PA. 
ROBERT L BACON, N.Y. 
E. C. LOWREY, MISS. 
HENRY ST. GEORGE TUCKER, VA. 
ROBERT DOUGHTON, N.C. 
WILLIAM W. HASTINGS, OKLA. 
R. LEE MOORE, GA
R. E L. ALLEN  W. VA. 
LORING M. BLACK, N. Y. 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES U.S. 
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
183 Ann St.
Hartford Conn, 
Nov 10 1925.
Hon. Winfield Scott, 
Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C. 
My dear Mr. Commissioner:-  
I enclose herewith letter from Mrs. William H. Lewis, of 30 Everett St., New Britain, Connecticut, asking for the pension record of one Paley Kinney who served in the Revolutionary War, coming from Washington, Connecticut, She gives a number, S29,943. You will note that this information is desired so that his descendants may join certain Patriotic societies. If it is possible to furnish this information for Mrs. Lewis will you please do so, and oblige, 
Yours very truly, 
E. Hart Fern
EHF/G.
Enc. 1.
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29943
R. F. Barnard Esq
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Brother Barnard 
I enclose you the papers of Mr Parley Kinney In regard to them the Secretary at War writes thus
“ The documents in support of the claims of Parley Kinney have been examined  & they are herewith returned in order that he may amend his declaration by stating how long he served as a Sergeant in Capt. Chapman's Company.”
Yours Bishop
 1 July 1. 1833
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Dear Sir Parley Kinney whose papers have been returned to me for a further declaration as to the term of service as Sargent in Capt Chapman Company, died in April last. There is no means of ascertaining the time above alluded to that I know of nor do I know whether if the fact was proved. Mr Kinney heirs (He has no widow) could now claim the bounty of the Govt up to his decease. I return the papers however for your further consideration, hoping the pension may be granted for the heirs who are poor. I do not [unreadable] I am respectfully yours 
R. F. Barnard 
Sheffied July 23 1833
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November 12, 1925
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section 
Honorable E. Hart Fenn 
183 Ann St. 
Hartford, Conn. 
My dear Mr. Fenn: 
In response to your letter of the tenth instant, enclosing a letter from Mrs. William H. Lewin of 30 Everett St., New Britain, Connecticut, I have the honor to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 29943, it appears that PARLY KINNEY (pensioned PALEY KINNEY ) was born April 7, 1753, in New Milford, Connecticut. 
While a resident of said place he enlisted about May 1, 1775, and served seven months as private in Captain Eleazer Curtis Company, Colonel Hinman's Connecticut Regiment. He enlisted in January, 1778, and served two months as Orderly Sergeant in Captain Nathan Chapman's Connecticut Company. 
Pension was allowed on his application executed August 18, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts . 
The names of wife and children are not on record. He died March 15, 1833, leaving no widow.  Very truly yours,  
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner
I made no reference to heirs being mentioned in case as their relationship to soldier could not be confirmed & no names given