Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1230, for John Mc Gee, New Jersey
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(3-1776)

SERVICE                                                   NUMBER   
New Jersey        McGee, John                    S. 1230

Carded

CONTENTS
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19397
Kentucky

John McGee
of Fayett [Fayette} Co. in the State of Kentucky who was a pr [private] in the Co commanded by Captain Chambers of the regt commanded by  Bob Scudder in the N. J.  line for 6 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Kent at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of Sept 1833 and Leslie
Combs Lexington

Arrears to the 4th of March                   40.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending  4 Sept       10.00
                                                                ------
                                                              $50.00

[Revolutionary Claim, ]
[Act June 7, 1832.]

Recorded by Danl [Daniel} Boyd      Clerk, 
Book E    Vol.: 7   Page 19

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[illegible] 31  Col John McGee history 
not sent     Prier
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24766.

John McGee
Fayette Co.
Kentucky

from 1776 private
6 months
$20.

Lexington

Leslie Combs
Fayette Co.
Kentucky.
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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 complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the service of John McGee, Fayette Co
Kentucky
claimant's service.

Period when the services were rendered
Duration of the Claimant's services
Years, Months, Days.
Rank of the claimant
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service
Proof by which the declaration is supported.

1776  " 1 " Priv  Col. W. Scudder 72 years                                                  
                          Maj. Nixon
                          Col. Chambers Middlesex  Co.                         Traditional
1777  " 1 " Wagoner
  "  "  1  "    Priv      Lieu Voorhies   N. Jersey
  "  "  1  "    Cap Chambers
  "  "  1  "    Cap. Smock
                   Lt. Schank
1778  "  1  "  "  Gen Scott
                        Cap Chambers
   "     "  1  "  "   Cap Chambers
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.







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Rank of
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Names and rank of the Field
ficers under whom he served.
of -
Col. W. Scudder
Maj. Nixon
Cap Chambers
Lieu Voorhies
Cap Chambers
Cap Smock
┃ 2t Schank
Gen Scott
Cap Chambers
┃ Cap Chambers
Age at present,
and place of abode
┃ when he entered
the service.
┃ 72 years
┃ Middle
┃ six Co
┃ N. Jersey
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary
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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 officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians 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]ss.
County of]

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 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.                                     of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) 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 (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 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
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 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 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 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
[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 that recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and is the following grades:  For ______ year ________ months, _________________ and ___________________days, I served as a _____________  ___________  For  ____________ months, and __________days, I served as a _____________; and for such services I claim a pension,"
It is importance, 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 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 years 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 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
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 The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, the seal Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indiepensale 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.
Joseph Rowen
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John McGee
24766



To be returned to Mrg
Leslie Combs
Lex. Ky.
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State of Kentucky
Fayette County JS

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7 June 1832.

On this 18 day of February 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Judge now sitting John McGee a resident near the corner of of Fayette Woodford & Jessamine Counties, in the Jessamine Line and state afsd [aforesaid] aged 72 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare as follows, viz.  That he entered the Service of the United States & served as follows.
He was living in Middlesex County, New Jersey where he was born & raised. - & entered there first [1st tour 7 months] into service for one tour in 1776 while the British were on Staten Island & marched to Amboy & delaying sta under Captr David Chambers, Wm Scudder Col & Robert Nixon Major & remained one month & was then discharged-- in 1777 the British were in New Brunswick New Jersey.  While the British were in Phila [Philadelphia} & employed a substitute to go to Redbank fort in the  Deleware, the Jersey LIne as I was not able to go myself.  I was then [2nd tour 1 month] Quest as a waggoner for ten days or two weeks to move boat sails from Bordentown to Easton ^ again for about two weeks moving the  Hospital & other public stores from Princeton New Jersey to Bethlehem in Penna [Pennsylvania] crossing the Delaware at Easton.
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[3rd tour 1 month] The next time he served under Lr. Voorhies & we marched to Newark to guard the shor & look out for the British- one month.
[4th tour 1 month] The next time he served under Capt Chambers again & we marched to Springfield, when the enemy was at Elizabethtown one month.
[5th tour  month] The next time he served under Capt B. Smocks of Monmouth & Joseph Schank Lieutenant & we marched to Mount pleasant-as a guard of the country shores & -one month.
[5th tour 1 month] The next tour of one month he served under Capt David Chambers & we marched to the field of Monmouth, during the Battle of Monmouth & aided in piloting Genl Scotts men to the action. there were about 30 us remaining & the next had been diminished to get their property out of the way of the enemy.  Genl Lee was principal commander there under Genl Washington & Genl Scott was under him & heard then that Genl Lee had not behaved very well.  Some of the Artillery men told me that Genl Lee was then under arrest. but I so not know this to be true.  I think this was in 1778 but my memory is failing me very much.
[6th tour] The next time he served under Capt
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[i month] David Chambers & marched down to guard the bay & the roads first to Spostwood [Spotswood] & then to Amboy ferry & bay. one month.  This was about the time the Pennsylvania line revolted-as I understood, but I was not present-or perhaps it was while I was on the town at Mount Pleasant, that this revolt took place'  My whole service was between seven & nine months including the time I was pressed into service [7 to 9 months] as a waggoner & about seven months.  Certainly not less than six months, encluding my services as waggoner.  He recollects the names of Genl Putnam from New England at that time & one Genl Schuyler.  He recollects when Genl Washington whipped the Hessians at Trenton, but he was not there.  The British before that were overrunning the State & we thought the war was nearly over as Genl Washington was retreating & this men going home.
This applicant states that he has no discharge or other written evidence in his possession to show his services as & never recollects to
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4 to have had any & he has not record of his age but recollects he was told by his father & mother that he was born on the 20 March 1761 six miles east of Princeton New Jersey.  & he knows of no one by whom he cam prove any of his services except perhaps Martin Fayette Cou ty Ky. who possibly recollects something of them as he was living within 6 or 7 miles of my father at the time I was out sometimes. ( See balance of applicants statement before Clerks certificate.*)
Mr. Spencer Cooper a clergyman of  Fayette & Martin Hoagland residing in same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John McGee who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be from 70 to 75 years years of age;  that ]he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & we concur in that opinion.  
Sworn * subscribed the day & year afsd [aforesaid]
Spence Cooper
Martin Hoagland
Witnesses living in Fayette County, Ky.
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And the said court do herby declare their opinion after the investigations of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & serves as he states.  And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Spencer Cooper who has signed the preceedings  certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of Fayette that Martin Hoagland who has also signed the same is a resident in Fayette Ky and is a credible person  Their statement is entitled to credit.
T. M. Hickey.

*Applicants statement continued-
And this applicant further states that he is well known to may respectebele [respectable] gentlemen in Fayette, Woodford , Jessamine counties & who will vouch
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vouch for his good character.  Among others he names Peter Higbee, Lewis Liglelon & Mason Singletonof Jessamine.  Lewis Beadman & John Parker & Wm Standhope of Fayette.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declare that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
John McGee

The commonwealth of Kentucky
                         Fayette Circuit Sep

I Thomas Bodley Clerk of the Court for the Circuit aforesaid; do Certify that the foregoing six judges contain the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the appreciation of John McGee for a pension.  And that Thomas M Hickey is sole judge of said Fayette Circuit Court.
In testimony whereof has & herewith set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 18th day of February 1833
Thos. ]Thomas} Bodley CHCC
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I now give the reason why McGees application was made in Fayette county.  You will perceive by his declaration that he lives at the junction of three counties, and the only witness to prove his services, Martin Hoagland lives in Fayette county & could not, without much risk & difficulty, if at all, be got to another county.  His nearest clergyman also lives in Fayette county.
I know both the witnesses to be credible & highly respectable men.
Leslie Combs
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.  John McGee Sur. File 1220

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
RANK.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
COLONEL.
STATE.

1776 Served at various times between 7 and 9 mos.
Pvt.
Daniel Chambers  Wm Scudder     N. J.
B. Smock

Battles engaged in, Monmouth
Residence of soldier at enlistment,  Middlesex Co. N. J.
Date of application for pension, Feby 18. 1833 cl al
Residence at date of application northern corner of Fayette, Woodford and Jessamine in the Jessamine town 6 miles East of Princeton
Age at date of application, born in Middlesex Co. N. J. Mch. 20. 1761
Remarks:
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[Left side]
1909 June 30 Hist. to John D. McGee. V. L. M. au
1909 Oct. 15. Hist to Ida Ludlow

[Right side}

INVALID.

Rev. War
File No. 1230
John McGee.
Rev. N. J. Line.

Act:  June 7, 1832
Index: -Vol.  A, Page 242

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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A or
3-871.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.

Briefed by A. wued. 18/3'/11
Claim No.
Certificate No.
Claimant
Soldier John [Magee
                      McGee
                       Mcgee
Service         N. J.
Additional Service    Rev.
married Martha Ellison born 1761

No   claim, State records______, 191____
No claim, combination records ___, 191__

                        REMARKS:
No Wid. as above from 14000
  "   Rej,   "      "         "   -----------
There is
Wed. F. 18, 465{ N. Y.
 wife's name Rachel  N. Y.

No Rev. as above, below W. Hon copy
b. 1761
S. 1230.  Prob this V.L. M.      
6-1914                              Chief Division
M. 1045 res. N. J. wid Martha Craven
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"The Arthur"
6th Greenup St.
Covington, Ky.
March 15 1911

Commissioner of Pensions.
Dear Sir.
I wrote to the War & Record Office about one John Magee who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution and drew a pension.  They could furnish no information about him which seems strange.  My great grandfather John Magee was born in New Jersey near Newark at Trenton Jan 15 1761.   Married Martha Celeaver of New Jersey about 1790-removed to Kentucky about 1795-96.  He fought in the battle of Trenton as  my mother remembers of hearing him talk of it.  The older members of my Grandfather Denis Magee's family are dead.  Who might have been able to tell more of him.  He drew a pension of twelve dollars a month every three months.  I find it
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collins [illegible]  of Ky Vol 1 page seven his name John Magee-(79 yrs Jessamine Co. Ky.)  In the Census of pensioners (under the th census, his name spelled McGee page  In Stryker's Jersey men in the Revolution. I see the names of three John Magees-surely one of these was my great  grandfather.  Stryker's page 675  
John Magee-Middlesex
John Magee-Essex
John Magee Lieut-Ticis contal reg monmouth
There is also mention made of 
Thomas Magee
James Magee          more data
Joseph Magee
I think probably James Magee is a relative- My great grandfather certainly drew a pension the last two years before his death which was Jan 13 1843-he being 82 years old.  I do not know how long
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he had drawn the pensions- & we'd be so grateful to you if you can give me any information regarding this John Magee of N. J. who moved to Jessamine Ky and died there.  I would like to know something of service in the War of the Revolution.  In a book the "Record of Pensioners", I could not find his name at all  The McGees are not related to our family of  Magees at all.  Could I find out in any way of any of the Magees herein mentioned were related to this one John Magee & think it likely his father served in the war also.  If you can give me any information whatever or tell me how I can secure any & will be very grateful.
Very truly yours, 
Mattie A. Carpenter
Mrs. O. J. Carpenter The Arthur Covington Ky
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Blue Island, Oct., 2nd, 1909

Office of Military Sec.
Gentlemen:

Will you kindly send me copy of Pension record of John Megee, when receiving his pension he was living in Kentucky probably in Jessamine County.  Record is wished for eligibility in D. A. R.
Very sincerely.
( Miss ) Ida Ludlow.
Blue Island.
Illinois.

[Stamp]  Pension  
O
U OCT S
     5 
   1909 
Office.

[Stamp}

RECORD
OCT
   5
1909
DIVISION
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JOHN D. MEGEE                          JOHN KIPLINGER

                    MEGEE * KIPLINGER
                    ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Sur. File 1230

RUSHVILLE, INDIANA.  6/19-1909

To the Chief of Pension Dept.
Dear Sir

I desire some information in regard to one JOhn Megee, who was a pensioner of the Revolutionary War, he lived the latter part aof his life in Jasamine County Ky, and his P. O. Address was with Lexington or Nicholasville Ky.  H went with the Continental Army from New Jersey, he was in the Cavalry service, I am a Great Grand son of said John Megee and would like such information as may be in the War and Pension Dept regarding his service,   If I am sending this Communication to the wrong department you will greatly oblige me by informing me when I can get such information
Respectfully 
John D. Megee

[Stamp]

PENSION 
       0
     JUN
   U. 21 S. 
     1909
    OFFICE.