Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,342, for James Kean, Pennsylvania
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SERVICE

  Penn                   Kean, James            S. 22.342
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No. 18854
Pittsburgh
James Kean
of Westin Co. in the State of Penn.
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Jack of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Brodhead in the Penn Troops
for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh at the rate of 
80 dollars _______cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March,1831.


 Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of October 1833 and sent to Hon. R. Coulter, Greensburg, PA   

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833                 200.00
Semi-an. allowance ending in March '36      40.00 
                                                                   ________  
                                                                  $240.00  

                                         Revolutionary Claim
                                          Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by  D. Brown                       Clerk
Book    E.        Vol. 5              Page 82
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29122

James Kean

Adv

2 Years


Hon. Re. Coulter

Greensburg
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State of Pennsylvania
Westmoreland County

On the twenty fourth day of November Eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said county now letting James Kean a resident of Derry Township as the County of Westmoreland aforesaid and State of Pennsylvania 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 Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following names offices and served therein as hereinafter stated.

That in the Spring of the year 1779 he enlisted at Houhahstown? in the said county of Westmoreland as a common soldier in a company of riflemen commanded by Captain Mathew Jack first Lieutenant William Guthrie, for the term of six months. During the early part of this term deponent deponent was at Wallain fort on the water of Covewaugh, a frontier post.  In the summer of 1779 Deponent marched to Fort Pitt (now Pittsburgh) and there joined Colonel Brodhead's regiment. From Pittsburgh deponent accompanied Colonel Brodhead on his expedition up the Allegheny River against the Indians. During this
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expedition Fort Bayard was built near Kittanning
by the Army & the Mancy Towns destroyed
Declarant Recollects of but one skirmish that took
place with the Indians during that campaign.
In the fall of 1779 the army returned to Pittsburgh
where after his term of six was expired
declarant was discharged. of the officers
attached to that expedition, in addition to those
already mentioned declarant remembers the names
of Major Bayard & Colonel Gibson - & Captain
Samuel Brady -
In the month of June 1781 declarant enlisted
in Captain Stokely's Company of Rangers for &
During the war (as he thinks) Colonel
Loghrey commanded
the Detachment. Soon
after his enlistment declarant marched to Wheeling
on the Ohio, where Colonel Loghrey expected
to be joined by Genl Clark's troops. On
finding
that Clark's detachment had gone on
down
the River, with orders to being to follow
Colonel Loghrey's detachment immediately
embarked & paped down the Ohio. On the
26. Aug. 1781, being
then below the mouth of
the Big Miami,
they were fired on by a large
party of Indians commanded by Guty & Brandt
by whom the whole party were either killed or
taken prisoners. Declarant was among the
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prisoners. He was taken by the Indians first to
Wapatougka, now Chilicothe, thence to the mouth
of Upper Sandusky, thence to Lower Sandusky.
Afterward to the mouth of Buffaloe Creek from
whence declarant made his escape in the year
1784 & descended the Allegheny River to Pittsburgh
whence he returned home-
He was near three years a prisoner among the
Indians-
He has no documentary evidence of his
Services  - that he knows of Captain
Mathew Jack
under whom he first enlisted, & Captain Robert
On who commanded a company at Loghery's
one still living and can certify to declarants services.
That he served in all during the Revolutionary war for the term of three years & six months including his captivity for which he claims pay
And I do hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present
and declare that my name is not on the pension Roll of
the agency of any State

1. Where & in what year were you born?
Answer - in the county Donegal in Ireland & I believe,
in the year 1760.
2. Have you any record of your age & if so where is it?
Answer - I have no record of my age.
3. Where were you living when called into service,
where have you lived since the Revolutionary War,
and where do you now live?
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Answer: I lived in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania
when called into service. And have lived in the same
County & State ever since my return from the Indians in 1784 & now live there -
4. How were you called into service? Were you drafted,
did you volunteer, or were you a substitute & if a
substitute, for whom?
Answer: The answer to this Interrogatory is contained
in the foregoing declaration.
5. State the names of some of the Regular officers
who were with the troops where you served-
Such Continental & Militia Regiments as you
can recollect - the general circumstances of your service.
Answer: I don't recollect the names of any
other officers than those mentioned in the foregoing
Declaration. I believe that the 8th Pennsylvania
& 9th Virginia Regiments were in Broadhead campaign.
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from
the Service and if so by whom was it signed &
what has become of it?
Answer: I received a discharge in writing from
Captain Jack after the war, which I have
since lost. I did not receive any other
discharge.
7. State the names of persons to whom you
are known in your present neighborhood
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& who can testify as to your character for veracity & good behaviour & your services as a soldier of the Revolution-
Answer: James Long, Col. James Guthrie
Sworn to &
Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
in open Court.
Randal M Laughlin Prob
James Kean
Mark
We hereby certify that we are all acquainted with
James Kean who has subscibed & sworn to the
above declaration;
that we believe him to be
Seventy two years of age
that he is reputed & believed in this neighbourhood
where he resides to have been a soldier
of the Revolution & that we concur in
that opinion.
Sworn to subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
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Westmoreland County ss
Mathew Jack a credible witness
on his solemn Oath declares, that he
knows James Kean the declarant-
That in the winter or spring of 1779 this deponent
enlisted the said James Kean in a company which 
this deponent raised in pursuance of orders received
from General McIntosh for the time of six months.
This deponent knows that said James Kean served as a
common soldier in this deponents Company during
the whole period of Brodhead's Campaign as stated in
the foregoing
declaration, and that the said
declarant served faithfully during said Term of
six months.
& this deponent gave him as
he believes a discharge honourably -
Sworn & subscribed 22 Nov. 1832. In open
Court
Attest
Randal McLaughlin, Prob
&
Mathew Jack
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Rev. Rihue 25 cents fee paid by M.F. Johnston.
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 State of Pennsylvania
Armstrong County ss

     Personally appeared before me the subscriber an acting Justice of the Peace of said Commonwealth in and for the said county of Armstrong Robert Orr (??) Esqr. who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say as follows.  To wit that he is well acquainted with James Kean ever since he came to this country and that in the campaign against the Indians in the year 1781 said James Kean was a member of Capt. Thomas Stokely's Company of Rangers.  That in the spring or summer of 1781.  Colonel Soughey and requested by Gen. Clark to raise a few companies of the best riflemen and accompanying him (Clark) in an expedition against the Indians. That Col. Soughey agreeing to do so, mentioned the matter to several of his acquaintances and the this deponent together with Capt. Campbell Stokely and Anderson raised companies and went with said Col. Soughey  to Wheeling expecting there to find Genl. Clark but (??) there that Genl Clark had gone on, they pursued him down the river in boats and when within a few miles of him as they supposed and fifteen or twenty - miles below the mouth of the Big Miami, they were fired upon..
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by a large party of Indians under the command of Brandt. The Mohawk chief
and the whole party about one hundred
and six in number was killed or taken
prisoners. That James Kean was among
the number of those who were taken
prisoners. That after some time, the prisoners
were divided among the several Indian
Tribes. This Deponent falling to the Lot
of a Wyandot was taken to Detroit
and afterwards exchanged. That some
few days after said division of the prisoners we separated and this deponent
hand or knew nothing of James Kean
until some years afterwards he returned
home
to Westmorland County Penna
Deponent further states that
he saw Girty (Simon Girty) who was
joined by Brandt and went to the
Kentucky, this was shortly after
their capture. And further saith not
Sworn & Subscribed
before me this 23
of February 1833
J.E. Brown
Robert Orr
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Armstrong County Set
I James E. Brown before whom the
within deposition was taken and subscribed
Do hereby certify that I am personally well
acquainted with Robt. Orr the within
Deponent. That he is one of the associate
Judges of said County and that he is a
man of truth upon whose statements
full reliance may be placed.
That he is the same Robert Orr who
lately obtained a pension under the act
of Congress of 1832 for services rendered
to the County in the Campaign within
mentioned
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal this 23d
day of February AD. 1833-
J. E. Brown
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Armstrong County, at
I, Frederick Rohrer, Prothonotary of the Court of
Common Pleas in and for said County, do
hereby certify, that James E. Brown, Esquire,
before whom the foregoing deposition was taken,
and who makes the above certificate, is an
acting Justice of the Peace in and for said
County, duly commissioned by the proper authority
of the Commonwealth aforesaid, and qualified to act as such
and to whose acts as such due faith and credit is and
ought to be given; and I do further certify that the signatures aforesaid are the genuine signatures of the said
James E. Brown, Esquire
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said office, at Kittanning
this 25th day of February, A.D. 1833
Fredk. Rohrer, Pro.
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after pulling the Interrogatories prescribed by the
War department that the above named James Kean the applicant was a
revolutionary soldier and served as he states- and the Court further Certify
that Capt Mathew Jack who signed the preceding certificate is a resident
of Salem Township in said County of Westmoreland and that Robert Orr
Esquire one of the associate Judges of the Courts of Armstrong County, whose
deposition is also annexed, is well known to this Court, and that they are
credible persons, and their statement is entitled to Credit
I, Randal McLaughlin Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas of Westmoreland County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter
of the application of James Kean for a Pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of office at Greensburgh the Twenty seventh day of April in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and thirty three -
Randal McLaughlin Prot.
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Revolutionary

22342

INVALID.

File No.  22342

James Kean

Priv Rev War

Act June 7th 32

Index:-Vol. 2, Page 217

{Arrangement of 1870}
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME Kean, Michael
GRADE Private
LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 9725
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED December 29, 1791
to Mary Kean, Adm

The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.