Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6757, for Thomas Mc Kiddy, South Carolina
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( 3- 1776 ) SERVICE S.C. McKiddy , Thomas or McKedy  Catharine NUMBER R. 6757
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( left page )  26508 East Tennessee Thomas McKiddy of  Rhea Co. in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the compy. commanded by Captain Dorson of the regt commanded by Col. Anderson in the S. Carolina line for 3 years. Inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee at the rate of 80 Dollars __ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th of March 1831. Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of March  1834  and Hon. Johnny Standifer  HR. Arrears to the 4th of Sept. $ 200.00 Semi-anl. allowance ending  4 March  $ 40.00 ( total $ 240.00 )  { Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832 } Recorded by Dan. Boyd Clerk Book E Vol. 7 Page 53  ( right page ) Letter to M. P. McEwen  and  3 Auditor  27 April 1839  Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the  6th April 1838  from 4 March  1837 to 4 Sept. 1838 . Agt notified 10 June 1839
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Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th  July 1838  entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 3rd March  1843  granting one years  pay and pensions to certain widows. [ State of Tennessee Rhea County ] On this  24th day of February  1844 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace Catherine McKedy a resident of the County  and State aforesaid aged eighty six years who being first duly sworn according to law  doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress  passed July 7, 1838  entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows and in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 3rd March  1843 granting one years pay and pension to certain widows. That she is the widow of Thomas McKedy  who was a soldier in the South Carolina Militia in the War of the Revolution that the aforesaid Thomas McKedy  drew a pension under the act of Congress of 7th June  1832 of eighty dollars for his said service . She further declares that she was married to the said Thomas McKedy  on the 25th day of August 1793  that her husband the aforesaid Thomas McKedy died on the 17th day of Oct. 1840  that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January  seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated and she as remained a widow ever since. Catherine McKedy ( her mark X ) Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
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a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid and I further certify the  said Catherine McKedy is from bodily infirmity unable to attend Court and that  she has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband Thomas McKedy  . In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of February  eighteen hundred and forty four A.D. Paul ( signed ) Justice of the peace for Rhea County Tenn. [ State of Tennessee Rhea County ] March Term  1844 County Court . The declaration of Catherine McKedy  certified on the 24th day of February 1844  by A.D. Paul  a Justice of the peace for said County being submitted to the Court the said Court doth approve his proceeding and acts in said cause and hereby directs the Clerk  to endorse the approval on the papers. [ State of Tennessee Rhea County ] I, Joseph A. Evens Clerk of the County of Rhea do hereby certify that the foregoing proceedings on the original proceeding  had and approved of by the County Court of Rhea Count  at its March term  1844  relative to the declaration of Catherine McKedy  to obtain the benefit of the acts of Congress relative to Revolutionary pensioners and I further certify that the  aforesaid A.D. Paul is and was a Justice of the peace for said Count duly commissioned and qualified according to law  and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and  affixed my seal of office in Washington tis 7th day of March 1844. Joseph A. Evens (  signed / sealed )
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Know all men by these presents that I Elanor Hornsby  of the County of Roane  and State of Tennessee  do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint  Taze W. Newman of the Town of Knoxville and same State my true and lawful attorney for me irrevocably in my  name place and stead , to prosecute the General Government of the United States for all Pension  arrearages of pension , due my Mother at her death, on account of the services of my late Father Thomas Mc Kiddy  for services in the war of the Revolution, giving my attorney power  to ask and receive all communications from the department at Washington City, and have examined all papers file by  my late Mother Catherine McKiddy  filed under the act of Congress of July 7th 1838, and to prosecute  under any and all act, or acts  that I might as could do  were I personally present at the  doing thereof . In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my   hand and affixed my seal this 31st day of January  A.D. 1852. Eleanor Hornsby ( her mark X ) Seal Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of  attest  Wm Deatherage ( signed ) T.J. Hornsby ( signed ) [ State f Tennessee County of Roane ] SS. On this 31st day of January one thousand eight hundred and fifty two personally appeared before me an acting Justice in and for the County above stated Mrs. Eleanor Hornsby and acknowledged the above Power of Attorney  to be her act and deed. Wm. Deatherage ( signed ) JP
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[ State of Tennessee Rhea County ] Circuit Court  September term 1833  On this  24th day of September  1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable  Judge of the Circuit Court  for Rhea County  now sitting  Thomas McKiddy  a resident of Rhea County and State of Tennessee  of 73 years of age who being first duly sworn according to law  doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That  he entered the service of the United states  under the following named officers and served as herein after stated to wit, That he was drafted he thinks in fall of the year 1779 in Abbeville County in the State of  South Carolina his officers were Capt. Joseph Dorson and Lieut. Samuel  Wilson   joined General Andrew Pickens army  and was put under Col. Robt. Anderson - joined the aforesaid army at Ninety Six  and  raised the siege of Ninety Six , at Ninety Six  he was put under the command of Capt. James Cowen and  was sent by  General Pickens order to a place called the Golden Grove  on Saluda river to suppress the Tories and Indians from thence marched back to Abbeville County  was dismissed by his Captain at Norids mill after having served three months  the time for which he was drafted but got no discharge. Some time in he thinks in the fall of the year 1780 he volunteered  in Abbeville County  in the State of South Carolina  his officers were Capt. Robert  Caruthers  & Lieut.  William Caruthers  marched to a place called Magill's Station on the frontiers of South Carolina and was stationed at the said Magill's  Station to keep   garrison and guard the frontiers ranged from Savannah river to Saluda river . In ranging
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back and forwards on the frontiers was in several skirmishes with the Indians he constantly  remained  in garrison at the above named Station as a volunteer and guarding the frontier settlements of South Carolina  under Captain Caruthers until peace was made - when he was dismissed by his Captain Caruthers after having been in service  at least two years but he thinks more but is certain it was two years but got no written discharge. He states that he is old and his memory has failed him much , but he well recollects that he was drafted for three months and  that he served out the tour as he has stated. He also well recollects that he volunteered as stated above until peace was made. He thinks the time more than two years but is certain that it was two years without being dismissed, discharged or his officers changed. He was in a volunteer company  that was  raised to keep the garrison and guard the frontier. He was acquainted with General Green  and Pickens  - he was acquainted with none other of the regular line never having  served with the regulars he was acquainted with the officers he has stated above. He has never seen a record of his age , but  from the best information on the subject  he was born on the 12th day of June 1760
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in North Carolina the name of the County  he cannot recollect from there he moved  with his Father  when he was about three years old to Abbeville County South Carolina  where he lived during the revolutionary war. from there removed to Jefferson County   Tennessee , from there removed to Rhea County  in the State of Tennessee where he has resided for the last 14 years. He never received a  discharge but was dismissed by his officers as h has stated above. He never received a commission  never being anything but a private soldier. He is acquainted in his present neighborhood with  Charles Mitchell and John Pardo two clergymen and John Preston  the deputy sheriff Esquire Arthur Fulton , Col. George Gillespie who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution/ He herby 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 and subscribed the day and year aforesaid . Thomas McKiddy ( his mark )
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We Charles Mitchell clergyman residing in the County of Rhea Tennessee and George Gillespie  , Arthur Fulton and John Preston residing in the same County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas McKiddy  who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration , that we believe him to be 73 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. C. Mitchell ( signed ) Geo. Gillespie ( signed ) Arthur Fulton ( signed ) John Preston ( signed )   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  C. Mitchell who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in Rhea Count Tennessee that George Gillespie, Arthur Fulton and John Preston  who also signed the same are residents of the same County and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit. Charles T Keith ( signed ) Judge Presiding .  I, John Locke Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rhea County in the  State of Tennessee  certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said  Court in the matter of the application of Thomas McKiddy for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my  hand  and private seal  not having no official seal at office this 27th day of September 1833. John Locke ( signed / sealed ) Clerk  I do certify that John Locke is Clerk of the Circuit Court  and that his signature is genuine and that  there is no seal of office for said Court. October the 8th 1833 . James Standifer ( signed ) MC
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27.884 Thomas McKiddy Rhea County  Tennessee from 1779 pr 2 yrs $80  Hon. James Standifer Tennessee
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office

May  7th 1833

Sir:

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and 
the subjoined notes you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show 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, showing the service of Thomas McKiddy
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Period when the service was rendered.
_______________________________
1779

1780

Duration service.
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1779   3 months

1780

Rank of claimant.
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Pr.


Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
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1779.  Capt  Dorson
           Col Anderson

1780.  Capt Cauthen

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
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73
S. C.
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
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Traditionary
and one witness
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As the applicant was of militia man
it cannot be considered that he was in constant
and actual service under one engagement for two years
He could have resided at the station which was very [illegible]
without belonging to a regularly organized corps and [illegible]
if he did he can only be allowed for the time that he
was engaged in this ranges.

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 constructed to extent, 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 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, etc., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefit 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 the Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians 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 applicants reside. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

                                                                   DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
                                            State Territory, or District of
                                             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 offices:

(Here set forth the names and ranks of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service ; (and if he server under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particlar 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 was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                                                                                     of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of 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 name 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 the 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 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. 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 Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the orginal proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for pension.

 In testimony whereof, I 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 orginal 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 hid personal knowledge of the service oh the applicant, and such circumstance connected therewith as may have a tendency to throw lightupon 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 material facts, which can be used in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person                                                                                                
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, it 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 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 nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, fromtheir 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 certity to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deened very important, in the absence of any direct proof except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general or 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 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 ofice, 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 genine signature.

No payments can be made upon 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 theopinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

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(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so , he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldiers 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 depots and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positive as to the precise length of his service; but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the period mentioned below, and in the following grades: ---For____year_____month____days, I served as a ______ for _______ months and ______ days, I served as a ________; and for such service I claim a Pension "It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant. served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  ome persons who apply for pensions mere state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  

It must begin every case, be clearly shown under what officer the applicant severed; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corp 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 n 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 fix 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 certified officer, should accompany the papers.                                                   
                                                                  
                                                                    Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certifing officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certiicate 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 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 verify 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 note
 from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is 
The 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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March 18, 1933.
BA-J/ILL
Thomas McKiddy
R. 6757

Mrs. J. W. Richardson
P. O. Box 395
Signal Mountain
Tennessee.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
record of Thomas McKeddy, a pensioner of Rhea County, Tennessee, in
1840.

The record of Thomas McKiddy, which name appears also as
McKeddy and McKedy, is given below; the data are obtained from the
papers on file in pension claim, R. 6757, based upon his military service
in the Revolutionary War.

Thomas McKiddy was born June 12, 1760 in North Carolina, the
county not stated; he moved at the age of about three years with his
father to Abbeville District, South Carolina. The names of his parents
are not given, his mother, however, is referred to as deceased at the
time Thomas McKiddy served in the war.

While a resident of Abbeville District, South Carolina, Thomas
McKiddy enlisted and served as a private from sometime in 1779 until
the time "peace was made, amounting in all to about two years, on various
tours in the South Carolina troops, specific dates not shown during these
periods of service, he was in Captains Joseph Corson's, James Cowan's and
Robert Caruthers' Companies, a part of the time under Colonel Robert Anderson,
was in the Siege of Ninety-Six, and in several skirmishes with the Indians
while guarding the frontier.

After the war, he moved from Abbeville District, South Carolina,
to Jefferson County, Tennessee, thence to the County in that same state.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 24,
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1833, at which time he resided in Rhea County, Tennessee; he had
resided in that county then about fourteen years.

The soldier died October 17, 1840.

Thomas McKiddy married August 25, 1790, 1791 or 1793, (all
three dates are shown in the papers in this claim), in Abbeville District,
South Carolina, Catharine, whose maiden name is not stated. In 1844,
his widow, Catharine, was a resident of Rhea County, Tennessee, then
eighty-six years of age. She died December 3, 1847, at the home of JamesHornsby.

William McKedy, as his signature appears, the soldier's son,
was a resident of said Rhea County in 1847, aged then forty-four years.
In 1852, Elinor Hornsby, the daughter of the soldier and Catharine
McKiddy, was a resident of Roane County, Tennessee; she stated then that
she was fifty-two years of age, and that she and William McKey were the
only surviving children of the soldier and his wife, Catharine.

In 1852, James Hornsby, aged fifty-nine years, was a resident
of Roane County, Tennessee, no relationship to Elanor, above noted stated.

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator.
2.
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(126 ) Hon Wm. M. Churchwell Aug 24/52
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(330)  Pension Office Aug 24 1832 Sir, I herewith return the letter of  Mr. J.W. Newton  and have the honor to inform you that there is  a power of atty in Mr. Newman's favor in the case of Catherine McKidy dec'd of Ten. In the examination of the paper, the examining clerk overlooked it. The case is not made out . This necessary to establish the date of the marriage clearly Application should be made to the Clerk of the County  in which she was married for such evidence of the date of that event as he may possess , or there may be a church registry of it. If there is no family record of the marriage, there may be a record of the births of their children. If evidence of this grade cannot be obtained , .. ( illegible ) testimony will be received, but it is
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(331 ) not sufficient that witnesses will swear they were present and knew the marriage took place in  ' 91 or '93  they must state how they  recollect  so distinctly the date of an event that took place so many years ago. This all important  that the date of the marriage should be established for the date of commencement of the pension depends  upon it. A certificate of writ must be furnished  showing the date of the death of the pensioner and of Catherine McKidy and the number and names of the children  surviving her death.  Hon Wm M. Churchwell H of Reps
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Hon W.M. Churchwell June 18, 1852
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( 265 ) Pension Office June 18 1832 Sir, I herewith enclose the letter of Taze W Newman and have the honor to inform you  that before he can be recognized as an Agent in the case, he must produce a Power of Attorney  from the party interested. The addition evidence is filed with the original papers of Catherine McKidy.  Hon. Wm. M. Churchwell H of Reps
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10.775 Catherine McKidy Tenn. suspended  Letter to Hon W. Blackwell  28 May  Letter to Jacob Newman Oct 29 Honbl H Grogier Apl 16 184 _    Act 7th July '38
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6757 Catherine Mc Kidy REJECTED  Printed - Rejected  & suspended Pension  claims - page 403 Tenn. Suspended - Proof of service required from the So. Carolina records  JLL  ( vertical margin notes ) ( 1933 March 17 - Hist. to Mrs. J. W. Richardson  JLL )
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[ State of Tennessee County  of Roane ] SS. I, Austin L. Greene Clerk of the County Court for the County and State above mentioned do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been produced to show that  Catherine McKiddy died on the third day of December  eighteen hundred and forty seven . I further certify that William Deatherage Esq . before whom  the foregoing papers was taken is an  acting, and was at the time an acting Justice of the Peace , in and for the County and State aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn , and the signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office in Kingston this 9th day of February  A. D. 1852.  Austin L Greene ( signed / sealed ) Clk
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TREASURY DEPARTMENTS
Second Comptroller's Office
May 28th 1839

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States, Thomas McKiddy,
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Knoxville, Ten. Agency, at
the rate of Eighty - Dollars 
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March, 1837
to the 4th Sept. 1838,
Respectfully yours
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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10775 Mrs. McKedys Ten. Act July 7th '38 husband died Octr. 18th 40 6757
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I, J.W. Blackwell Representative in the 28th Congress of the U.S. from Tennessee , do certify that Jos. S. Evans whose name appears the foregoing certificate is and was at the time it bears date , clerk of the County Court of Rhea County  Tennessee, and that he has no seal of office, and that the signature appears to be genuine. Mr. Evans was duly elected Clerk of said Court on the second day of March last and afterwards commissioned  and qualified according to law . Given under my hand this 8th day of April 1844. J.W. Blackwell ( signed )
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[ State of Tennessee Rhea County ] On this 2nd day of March 1844 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace  Mr. Wm. McKedy  a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged  thirty one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following affidavit that he was well acquainted with Thomas McKedy   and was also acquainted with his wife Catherine McKedy  and knew them to live together as husband and wife from affiant's first recollection   as to the time of Mr. Thomas McKedy's death which took place on the 17th day of Oxt 1840  affiant further declares that Mrs. Catherine McKedy  has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband Thomas McKedy. Wm. McKedy ( signed ) Sworn to and subscribed before me a Justice of the peace for said County on the day and year above written. I further certify that  full faith and credit may be given to his Wm. McKedy statements . In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and date above written. A.D. Paul ( signed ) A Justice of the Peace for Rhea County Tenn.
s
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[ State of Alabama Jackson County ] On  11th day of July 1844 personally appeared before the subscriber  for the County aforesaid William Moore in his seventieth year of his age and after first being duly sworn according to law  doth on his oath make the following affidavit . That he is well acquainted with  Mrs. Catherine McKedy at this time a resident of Rhea County  Tennessee and was also well acquainted with  her husband  Thomas McKedy up to the day  of his death and knew them the aforesaid Thomas and Catherine McKedy  to live together as man and wife , affiant do further declare that in the year seventeen hundred and ninety three affiant was at the  infore of the aforesaid Thomas and Catherine McKedy  and saw them bedded as man and wife and that the aforesaid Thomas and Catherine McKedy  was recognized  from the above date as man and wife in  the neighborhood where they lived up to the day of his Thomas McKedy's death , and that the marriage never was disputed. William Moore ( his mark X ) Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written  before me  a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid and I do further certify that I am well acquainted with Mr. William Moore  and that  full faith and credit is given to his William Moore's statements . In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 11th day of July 1844.  W H Christian ( signed / sealed ) Justice of the peace Jackson County
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[ State of Alabama Jackson County ] On this 11th day of July 1844  personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid Mrs. Rebecca Moore in her sixty  seventh year of her age being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following affidavit . That she is well acquainted with  Mrs. Catherine McKedy  at this time  a resident of Rhea County Tennessee  and was also well acquainted with  her husband Thomas McKedy  up to the day of hs Thomas McKedy's death  and knew them the aforesaid Thomas  and Catherine McKedy  to live together as man and wife. affiant further declares that she was present and saw the aforesaid Thomas and Catherine McKedy joined together by the  Holy words of Matrimony in the year seventeen hundred and ninety three  affiant is positive that the aforesaid Thomas and Catherine McKedy  was married before the first of January  seventeen hundred and ninety four and that they was always recognized in the neighborhood  where they lived as man and wife  up to the day of the aforesaid Thomas McKedy's death  and that he marriage never was disputed the entering took place before signed. Rebecca Moore ( her mark X ) Sworn to  and subscribed on the day and year above written before me a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid and I do further certify that I am well acquainted with Mrs. Rebecca Moore and that full faith and credit is given to her Rebecca Moore's statements . In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 11th day of July 1844. W H Christian ( signed / sealed ) Justice of the peace  Jackson County
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[ State of Alabama Jackson County ] I, Moses Jones clerk of the County Court Jackson County do hereby certify that William H Christian  whose name appears to the foregoing certificate is and was an acting Justice of the peace for said County duly commissioned and qualified  according to law and that the signature purporting to be his  is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office in Bell Font  this 20th day of July  1844.  Moses Jones ( signed / sealed ) Clerk C.C.
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( post stamp ) [ KNOXVILLE TEN. AUG 13 ] FREE Com. of Pensions   J. L. Edwards Esq. Washington City D C ( vertical notes ) ( Aug 21 '46 Tenn. Addl pff. Cath M. Keedy )
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Knoxville Aug 10th  1844 Sir, I enclose you  additional  testimony  McKeedy's  claim & note to the Comp Genl. of S. Carolina who informed me that the  Rolls of the Militia of S Carolina was   .. ( illegible ) imperfect  and that  Mr. Mc Keedy's was not on the rolls and it will be hard case to  understand under the  circumstances. Your with res. Jacob Newman ( signed )  J L Evans Esq.
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[ State of Tennessee County of Roane ] SS. On this 31st day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two personally appeared before the subscriber an acting Justice of the Peace  in  aforesaid County  and State  aforesaid  Mr. James Hornsby  aged fifty nine years past and being first duly sworn according to law doth  on his oath make the following affidavit. That he was well acquainted with Thomas Mc Kiddy , who was a pensioner of the United States  and lived in  Rhea County Tennessee, and was acquainted with him for many years and up to the time of his death, that he died on the seventeenth day of October eighteen hundred and forty, that he was at the  burying and saw him interred, that he  remembers it well from the fact of it being but a few days previous to the election for President of that year. That he was also well acquainted with  his wife Catherine McKiddy , and was well acquainted with her for many years, and was well acquainted with the oldest children of Thomas & Catherine McKiddy and comparing his own age with theirs , that they were about the same age he knows from the fact that they were together as graduates . That, she Mrs. McKiddy  died on the third day of December eighteen hundred and forty seven  that  she died at my house and I attended the burying and  am confident that it occurred on the day stated, that she was  the widow of Thomas McKiddy  , above stated and continued a widow up to the time of her death. That she was a very old woman.  James Hornsby ( signed )
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Sworn to and subscribed before me an  acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and state aforesaid and I certify that Mr. James Hornsby  who makes the foregoing affidavit is a resident of this Roane County and that he is a man in whom full faith and credit may be placed and that his oath should be taken in any Court where he is known. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand  this day of January  A.D.  1852. Wm. Deatherage ( signed ) Justice of the peace for Roane County
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[ State of Tennessee Jefferson County ] On this 2oth day of March  1844 personally appeared before the subscriber  a Justice of the peace for said County  Mrs. Sarah  Tibbett a resident of said County and state aforesaid aged sixty one years in April  next who being duly sworn  according to law , doth on her oath make the following affidavit . That she was well acquainted with  Thomas McKedy  and his wife Catherine McKedy  and this affiant further declares that the said Thomas McKedy  and Catherine McKedy  was married on the 25th day of August seventeen hundred and ninety three, and has been recognized as  husband and wife  and lived together as such from that time up to the death of the said Thomas McKedy and their marriage has never been disputed. The aforesaid marriage took place in the Abbeville  District in the State of South Carolina at the time aforesaid . Sarah Tibbett ( her mark X ) Sworn & subscribed to before me a Justice of the peace for said County and State above written , I further  certify that  full fait hand credit is given to the said Mrs. Sarah Tibbett who has sworn and subscribed to the above affidavit statements.  Vrenderburgh Thompson ( signed ) Justice of the Peace for said County  In witness whereof I have
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hereunto set my hand and seal this 20th day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty four. Vrendenburgh Thompson ( signed / sealed ) Justice of the peace for said County  [ State of Tennessee Jefferson County ] I Joseph Hamilton Clerk of the County Court of Jefferson County  do hereby certify that the aforesaid  Vrendenburgh Thompson Esq. is and was a Justice of the peace for said County and State duly commissioned and qualified according to law and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand  and affixed my seal of office at office in  Dandridge  this 22nd day of December  A.D. 1844 . Joseph Hamilton Clerk  of Jefferson County   by his Deputy James Fuller ( signed/ sealed  )
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[ State of Tennessee Roane County ] SS. On this 31st day of January  in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two personally appeared before me an acting Justice of the peace  in and for the County and State aforesaid Mrs. Elanor Hornsby  a resident of Roane County Tennessee  and being first duly sworn according to law  doth on her oath make the following declaration . That she is the daughter and  heir at law of Catherine McKiddy  who was the wife of Thomas McKiddy  , who was a pensioner of the United States  and on the pension Roll of agency at Knoxville Tennessee ,at the rate of eight dollars per annum, that he served in the war of the Revolution in the South Carolina troops; further that he died on the  third day of December  one thousand eight hundred and forty., leaving a widow affiant's Mother  before mentioned, who died on the third day of December one thousand eight hundred and forty seven . Affiant further declares that  her Mother was married prior to the first day of January  one thousand seven hundred and ninety four , as affiant has often  heard her say , that she has no documentary evidence by which she can  establish the marriage, but would refer the department  to the papers filed by her mother and the proof accompanying . Affiant further declares that she is fifty two years of age past. Affiant further declares that her Mother died leaving the following named children  as her  only heirs at Law  William McKiddy and affiant Elanor Hornsby. Affiant makes this declaration in order to obtain the arrearages of pension
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due her Mother under the following acts of Congress , July 7th  1838 , March 3rd 1843 and June 17th  1844 , and  reference is made to the act of May 6th 1844. Elanor Hornsby ( her mark X ) Sworn and subscribed before me an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid and I certify  that Thomas McKiddy  dec'd the Father of Elanor Hornsby who makes the foregoing declaration  and that he died on the seventeenth day of October eighteen hundred and forty , and that he was the identical Thomas McKiddy  who drew a pension  from the United States under the act of Congress of June 7th 1832. I further certify that Catherine McKiddy  was the wife of Thomas McKiddy  and Mother of William McKiddy and Elanor Hornsby  , that she died on the third day of December one thousand eight hundred and forty seven. I further certify that Mrs. Elanor Hornsby  is a person in whom full faith and credit may be  placed and that her oath   would be taken in any Court  where she is known. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of January  A.D. 1852. Wm. Deatherage ( signed ) Justice of the peace for Roane County  I, Wm. Deatherage  Justice of the Peace  for Roane do certify that the words "seven " on page first was interlined previous to signing. William Deatherage  signed )
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State of Tennessee} Ss
Roane County          }
on this 1st day of January 1847
appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace for
Roane County William McKiddy aged forty four years
who made oath in due form of Law- that he is the
the Reputed Son of Thomas Mc Kidyd (who was a Revolution
Pensioner) and Katherine McKiddy and that he has
often seen the Record of the marriage of the said Thomas
Mc Kiddy and Catherine Mc Keddy in the Family
Bible which was burned together with his father house in
the spring of 1830, that said Record was in his Father
Thomas Mc Kiddys hand write and an ancient record
and recorded the marriage of the said Thomas
McKiddy & Catherine to have been on the 25th day of
August in the year 1790 or 1791 he is not - certain
which, [illegible] Abbeville District South Carolina
he furthermore states that from his first recollection
until his fathers death in October 1840 they allways
lived together and was recognised as husband and
wife and that his father the said Thomas drew
a Pension of Eighty dollars a years up to the time of
his death for Revolutionary services and that his
mother the said Katherine is now in her ninety
first year so he beleives and has remained a widow ever since
the death of her husband Thos Mc Kiddy

                                                                 Wm Mc Kedy
Sworn to and subscribed
before me the date above.

John W. Montgomery
Justice of the peace for
Roane County
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and I the said Justice do hereby certify that I
am well acquainted with Wm Mc Kiddy who has
subscribed and sworn to the forgoing statement I believe
him to be forty four years of age that he is a
Resident citizen of Rhea County, and that he is a
credible person and that his statement are entitled
to full credit Given under my hand & seal
this day of January 1848

John W. Montgomery
Justice of the peace for
Roane County

State of Tennessee} 
Roane County         }
I Austin S Greene Clerk of the County Court of the County of
Roane aforesaid do hereby certify that John W Montgomery
Esquire whose name appears to the foregoing certificate
and affidavit of William Mc Kiddly is now and
was at the date of signing thereof an acting Justice
of the peace in and for said County of Roane duly
Elected Commissioned and sworn for that
purpose and that full faith and credit is
given and due to his official acts as such
and that the signature of said Justice appears to
be in his own proper hand writing

In testimony whereof I have
hereunto subscribed my name and
affixed the seal of said Court at
office in Kingston this 26th day of
February 1847 
Austin Greene Clerk
of Roane County Court
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Kingston ,Te. Feb . 26th  Free FREE (post mark ) [ Illegible 8 Mar ] Hon John H Crozier MC Knoxville Tenn.
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Kingston 27th Feby 47 Dear Sir, Enclosed is some additional proof in Katherine McKiddy's application for a Pension ( from Rhea County )  please file it with the departments if anything else is anting in her case please get the Department to report & oblige. Your Friend Saml. L Childers ( signed )  Hon John H Crozier
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[ State of Tennessee Rhea Count ] Personally appeared before me  James McCanse an acting  Justice of the peace in and for said county Thomas Hamilton  a resident of said County and made oath in due form of law that he was and is acquainted with Thomas McKiddy who has sworn and subscribed a declaration in order to obtain the the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th  1832. That he served with him in the  Revolutionary war at a garrison called McGill's Station and knows that he served under Capt. Robert Caruthers as he has stated. That he served with him at the said garrison or station for nine months or more and Captained it . That he knows that he is the same man he served with at the said garrison. Sworn to  and subscribed before me this 3rd day of October 1833. James McCanse ( signed ) An acting Justice of the peace for  said County Tho. Hamilton ( signed )
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[ State of Tennessee Rhea County ] I James McCanse an acting Justice of the peace for said  County do certify that Thomas Hamilton  who has signed the within certificate di subscribe and swear to the same before me and I do further certify that it appears to me that the said Thomas Hamilton  is a resident of  Rhea County  aforesaid and that he is a person entitled to credit and that his statement are entitled to full credit this 5th day of October 1833 . James McCanse ( signed ) Justice of the peace for said County  [ State of Tennessee Rhea County ] I James Berry  clerk of the County  Court of Rhea County aforesaid do certify  that James McCanse Esq. whose name appears to the above  certificates is now and was at the time of signing the same  an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County of Rhea  and that his signature  appears to bein his own proper hand writing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private seal ( not having an official seal ) at office in  Washington  this 5th day of October 1833. James Berry ( signed / sealed ) Clerk  I  certify that James Berry is clerk of the Rhea County Court  and this his signature is in his own hand writing  and that  there is no seal of office for said Court . October the 5th  1833. James Standifer ( signed ) MC
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Thomas McKiddy Tennessee  Hon James Standifer HR ( vertical notes ) free ( Washington T Feb 18th ) ( Hon James Standifer Washington  City D.C. )
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Washington  Feb 10th 1834 Dear Sir, Enclosed you will find the pension papers of Thomas McKiddy . I have amended them and have obtained all the certificates required except  yours which you will please come and present the claim to the Pension agent and after the action of that office upon the claim please let me know the results. And in so doing you will oblige your friend Samuel Frazier ( signed )  The old man is very honest  old man and I think certainly he served as he states . He is in high  repute for veracity in the  neighborhood where he resides. S.F.
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[ State of Tennessee Rhea County ] Personally appeared before me  Jesse Thompson an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County Thomas McKiddy  after being sworn according to law state by way of  amendment to his declaration made in  order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United S. as he has stated in his declaration  at the time and places mention in his declaration and under the officers therein mention and   served three months as stated. He also states that he entered the service as a volunteer n the fall of the year 1780 in Abbeville County  South Carolina under Capt. Caruthers  all which he has stated in his declaration  and went to the station mentioned in his declaration and there remained  in said station  near the frontier guarding the frontier against the Indians. When his term of service had expired and the men or some of them went home and recruits had come in  and he immediately volunteered again under the same officers without returning home and remained at the said station guarding the frontier as aforesaid n active service for nine months which term of service  Thomas Hamilton , the man whose certificate is annexed served with him . The term for which the  troop was  called out having expired .Thomas Hamilton  together after went home and it still being troublesome times other recruits were called out and had arrived again immediately volunteered again under the same officers and remained guarding the station  and frontier as before until the peace was made which he knows was not less than six months. The reason that he so remained was dangerous to stay at home on account of the Indians and Tories and the Whigs  were not safe any distance from the station and that the troop to which he belonged was regularly called out
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That he believes he served much longer than in the first  six month tour  he believes he served much longer but from old age and the consequent loss of memory  he may be mistaken but knows that it was not less than six months, and the nine months tur he thinks was longer  but for the reasons above he may be mistaken, but he knows it was not less than six months  . He is very old and his memory has failed  him much . The reason  that he stated  in his declaration  that he had not served less than  two years at the said station was  that he had served at the same place and under the same  Captain without returning home and for further particulars he refers to his first declaration . Sworn to and subscribed this 1st day of February  1834 before me. Jesse Thompson ( signed ) a Justice of the peace for said County  Thomas McKiddy ( his mark X ) [ State of Tennessee Rhea County ] I Jesse Thompson  an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County do certify that Thomas McKiddy  who has subscribed and sworn to the above amendment did subscribe and swear to the above amendment  before me and I do further certify that he is believed and understood  to be a man of veracity  in the neighborhood where he resides  after an acquaintance of upwards of fifteen years. February  1st  1834. Jesse Thompson ( signed) Justice of the peace for said County [ State of Tennessee Rhea County ] I James Berry clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the County and State aforesaid  do certify that Jess Thompson Esq.  whose name appears to the within amendment to a declaration made in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County and that his signature  appears to be in his own  proper hand writing. Given under my hand and private seal ( not having an official seal )  at office in Washington this 7th day of February 1834. James Berry ( signed / sealed ) Clerk
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March 2, 1933 Veterans Administration  Washington D.C. Dear Sir, Will you kindly send me the pension record of Thomas McKiddy of Rhea County Tennessee - He was a pensioner of 1840. Yours truly Mrs. J.W. Richardson  ( signed ) P.O. Box 395 Signal Mtn. Tenn. ( post stamp ) [ RECEIVED MAR 6, 1933 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS. ADM HEADER # 17 ]