Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2812, for David Mc Kinley, Pennsylvania
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Penn McKinley, David S.2812
Carded
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Head
Paid at the Treasury under the
act of the 6th April 1838 from
4 Sep 1839 to 8 Aug 1840. Agt
notified 21 Dec 1841

3375
Ohio Pittsburgh Agency
David McKinley
of Columbiana in the State of Ohio
who was a Private in the Compy commanded
by Captain Ross of the Regl commanded
by Col. Kennedy in the Penna
line for 21 months from 1776

Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh Agency
at the rate of 70 Dollars -- Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of Decr 32
and sent to Hon John
Thompson, House of Rept
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832                 105.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar: 33  35.00
                                                            $140

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Nathan Rice - Clerk
Book D Vol. 2 Page 137
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Dec. 6th 1841

Sir:
Under the date 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, The Exec'or of David McKinley, decd.
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Pittsburg, Pa. Agency, at
the rate of Seventy Dollars and [crossed out]-- Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1839,
to the 8th August 1840.

Respectfully, yours,
Albion H. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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1807
David McKinley
Ohio

Ret
from 1776 private
21 months
$70.

4.5.
[illegible]
[???] Hon Jn [superscript]o Thompson
HR
Dec 15 183[?]

P. bo.[?]
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BRIEF in the case of David McKinley
of Columbiana in the State of Ohio
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 73 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period. [column header]
In the year of the battle 
Long Island __ served
on his [???] __ 11 mo
next [??] ---

Duration of Service [column header]
Years, Months, Days. [column header]
Claim is ca 21 mo's
2 [months] -- [days]
2 [months] -- [days]
2 [months] -- [days]
2 [months] -- [days]
2 [months] -- [days]
2 [months] -- [days]
2 [months] -- [days]

Rank. [column header]
As a [column header]
Pr.

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. [column header]
Cap Wm McCasky
" Ross
" Laird
" Reed
" Holderbaum
" Stoymacher
" Robe
" Harnahan

5. In what battles was he engaged? 
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? York County, Penn.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Court

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Examining Clerk.
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State of Ohio
Columbiana County

On the fifteenth day of
August AD 1832 came
personally into open Court before the Court of Comman
Please in and for said Columbiana County Ohio
now sitting David McKinley a resident of New
Lisbon in said county, aged seventy seven years
the sixteenth day of May last, who being first
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 stated. He entered the
army of the United States as a volunteer in the
summer (he thinks in June) the year he does not
recollect but says it was the year in which
the battle of Long Island occured, he volunteered
in York County Pennsylvania, Chanceford township
township. The captains name was William McCasky
1st Lieutenant named Kicklow second lieutenant
William Young, Ensign John Smith in a regiment
commanded by Coln McCollaster Lieutenent 
Coln Kennedy, Majr Clark, that he resided
in the said Chanceford township at the time
of his entering the service - that he was marched
thence to Philadelphia Penna thence
they went in a vessel up the Delaware river
to Burlington, from thence on foot to Trenton;
from there through different small towns until
we came to Hackensack river in New Jersey;
from thence to Bargaintown opposite New York;
From thence to Paulus hook where we lay a long
time, the fort was taken by the British while
we were there; there were no small arms fired
that he can recollect - thinks it was then
entirely by cannon; from thence we went back to a
town he think called Amboy near a small river.
there were some British on the other side, we crossed
over after dark and had a skirmish with them
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After crossing the river we marched several
miles to the place where we had the skirmish.
the skirmish was in the morning; we took some
British and Hessian prisoners and marched back to
where we crossed the river. From thence we
marched to Fort Lee opposite to Fort Washington
where we built cabbins to stay all winter, twenty
men out of our company was ordered to Fort
Washington under Lieutenant Young. I was one of the
twenty. Fort Washington was taken. I had been sent
the evening before by Lieut. Young the evening
before to Fort Lee and was the only one of the nineteen
that escaped being taken. The British crossed the
river above Fort Lee and we left the fort and
retreated. We marched through Trenton; on the
retreat the time of the company expired. Genl
Washington was with us and we volunteered
for one month more and served out the time
which expired at that time before the Battle of
Trenton when I had returned home. He was then
drafted for two months the next spring (the year
he does not recollect) and marched to Philadelphia
under Captain Ross. Coln Smith, Lieut.
Coln Gibson, Major Finley, we were chief part
of the time employed in constructing a work
in the Delaware [crossed out]in the river to prevent the British 
shipping coming up. He served out the two months
and returned home. He was again drafted
in the same year for two months and marched under Capt Laird.
He thinks the name of Lieut was Morris, the names
of the other officers he cannot recollect. He was marched
he thinks towards Philadelphia but does not
remember any particular service performed. He
served out his time and returned home. He was drafted
again for two months more at the time the
British landed at the Head of Elk and marched
under Captain Reed, Lieut Collins. We were first in
Genl Potters Brigade. Genl Armstrong was with
us often and I understood him to be Genl of [Division?]
[illegible] marched from York county when he was drafted
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to near Schoolkill where he was put into Genl
Potters Brigade where we spent our time principally
in marching and counter-marching until the
two months expired. When he left the service and went to ??ding
and from thence to the upper end of Lancaster County
Penna where shortly after he got there he was drafted
again for two months. He was in a company commanded
by Capt Holderbaum, Coln Elder - Genl
Erwin. he was marched to a place called Barnhill
church some miles from Philadelphia. He here
served out his time and returned to Lancaster
Penna. He was heredrafted again and served under
Capt John Sloymaker, Lieutenant Holbert,
Coln John Boyd, marched to a place near Chesnut
Hill. He was in skirmish on Chesnut hill
where Genl Erwin was taken prisoner and
Lieutenant Holbert was killed. His term expired
while at or in the neighborhood of Chesnut Hill.
He then went home to York county, staid a few
days and then crossed the mountains to Pittsburgh
and went from thence to the Forks of Youghiogheny 
and was drafted for two months more and served
under Capt Andrew Robe. Coln's name Bar
marched to Bais fort and served out the time
there and at Wallace fort four miles distant
from Bais fort. This was the year that Genl
McIntosh crossed the mountains to build fort
McIntosh and a fort on the Tuscarawas. When
he got home from his service at Bais and Wallace
forts he found a notice that he was drafted for
two months more. He served under Capt Harnahan,
marched to Pittsburg, thence up the Allegheny
to the mouth of Puckett, to a station he thinks
called Fort Crawford. He returned to Pittsburg as
a guard to a company of pack horse that carried
provisions to the station, marched from thence
to Beaverton and helped build a fort called Fort
McIntosh, marched from thence to Tuscarawas
and assisted in building a fort there until
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His two months expired. Having served in all
twenty one months; that he cannot recollect that
he ever received any discharge and that he has
no documentary evidence and that he knows of
person whose testimony he can procure who can
testify to his service. He hereby relinquishes
every claim whatever to a pension or annuity
except the present and declares that his name
is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any
State.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
C. D. Coffin Clk
David McKinley

Mr[?] Clement Vallandigham, a clergyman residing
New Lisbon in Columbiana County, Ohio, and Dr.
John Thomson and Fisher A. Blackson residing in
said New Lisbon severally certify that we are
well acquainted with David McKinley who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that
we believe him to be seventy four years of age on
the 16th May 1832, 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
Charles D  Coffin Clk
Clement Vallandigham
John Sherman
Fisher A. Blackson
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Interrogatories propounded by said Court and
the answers given by said applicant

1 Where were you born and in what year?
Answer   In York County Penna in the year 1755
May 16th
2 Have you any record of your age & if so where
is it?
Answer   It was set down in a bible by my father
from which I transcribed it into a bible of my own
from which I transcribed into a bible which I
have now
3 Where were you living when you went into
service, where have you lived since the
revolutionary war and where do you now live?
Answer  I was living in York County Penna when
I entered the service, after my services were over
when I settled in Westmoreland County Penna
where I lived about fifteen years, then moved to
Mercer County Penna and lived there until
the year 1819 and removed from thence to Columbiana
County Ohio where now lives and has lived
ever since
4 How were you called into service? were you
drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute
and if a substitute, for whom?
Answer   I first volunteered for six months and then one month and
was afterwards drafted seven times for two months
each time
5 State the names of some of the regular officers who
were with the troops when you served, [???] continental
and [within?] regiments you can recollect and the
general circumstance of your service.
Answer  Genl Washington, Genls Putnam, Genl Morris
Genl Lea[?] Genl Green; Genls Erwin Potter Armstrong
McIntosh Colns Holder Smith Clark
Boyd Brodhead Capts Laird, Read, McCasky
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6 Did you ever receive a [word crossed out] discharge and if so
by whom was it signed and what became of it?
Answer:  [sentence crossed out] I do not know that I did. If I did it is lost.

7 state the names of persons in your present neighborhood 
and who can testify as to your character
for veracity and their belief of your service as
a soldier of the Revolution.
Answer  Genl John Thomson member of Congress
William D Erwin Esqr William A[?] Lester William
Helman, William McKay Esqr George Graham
and Fisher A. Blockman

And the said Court do hereby declare their
opinion after the investigation of the matter
and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by
the ??? that the above applicant
was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states
And the Court further certifies that it appears
to them that the R. H. Vallandighan Thomson Fisher A Blackson
who have signed the preceding certificate are
resident of the County of Columbiana, and are
credible persons and that their statement is entitled
to credit.
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I Charles D. Coffin, Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said
Court in the matter of the application of
David Mckinley for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
seal of office this sixteenth
day of August AD 1832
Charles D Coffin Clk
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3 -- 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
S.F. 2812
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C. ...., 19....

In reply to your request of _____, received _____
for a statement of the military history of David Kinley
soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.

[Table]
[column 1]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. 
June 1776
Next spring
same year
[checkmark]
[checkmark]
[checkmark]

[column 2]
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
7 mos
2 mos
2 mos
2 mos
2 mos
2 mos
2 mos
2 mos

RANK. [column head]
Pvt

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. [column 3]
CAPTAIN. 
William McCasky
Ross
Laird
Reed
Holderbaum
John Sloymaker
Andrew Robe
Harnahan

[column 4]
COLONEL.
McAllister
Smith
[blank row]
Elder
John Boyd
Bar

[column 5]
STATE. 
Penn

Battles engaged in: Dec. 6 1777 Chestnut Hill
Residence of soldier at enlistment: Chanceford, York Co Penn
Date of application for pension: Aug. 16, 1832. His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application: New Lisbon Columbiana Co. Ohio
Age at date of application: born May 16, 1755 in York Co. Penn.
Remarks: No data as to family

Respectfully,
Commissioner.

6-2856
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[left page and right page belong together]
1893 June 23 - Hist to
W. L. Curry
Columbus,
O.
F.S.

[horizontal line]
Apr. 6/95 Mil Hist to Gov. McKinley,
Columbus, Ohio.  M.E.I.
1914 June 22 Hist to Leona
G. Salisbury V.L.M.
1914 Oct. 2. Hist. to Mrs.
Perry L. Hobbs

[horizontal line]
1912 May 21. Check for one dollar
returned to James McKinley
Rose, & history also furnished
him. AWD
1925. July 23 - Hist to Rachel E
Givens. see letter in Robert
Givens S. 13168 AWS
1926 Nov. 9 - Hist to Mrs Mary N Cotton

[middle page]
[marginal note] Rev War
2812
INVALID

File No. 2812
David Mc Kinley
Privt Rev War

Act: June 7. 1832
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 244
Arrangement of 1870.
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Washington Dec 18th 1832

Mr Edmonds
Sir

On a close examination
of the papers of David McKinley I find he has
set forth most clearly the whole of his services
showing particularly what he was engaged
in during the time of each draft.

This statement will I hope remove the first
objection, and the next and last I am
satisfied is entirely done away when he
states particularly at the last that he served
in all twenty one months.

As I am personally acquainted with this
old man and have been for many years,
and know him to be a man of strict truth,
and as all those who know him well believe
he served as he states - I have no doubt
he is entitled to Pension for the time he
sets forth, viz. 21 months.

James &
John Thomson [signature in different hand]
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David McKinley

ADW
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[printed form with handwritten responses]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
[signature] David McKinley  which require
further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason
assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? 
No
V. *Has he mentioned 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 amout of pension
he is entitled?
No
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832?
Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished
from any other seal? 
Yes
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[printed form with handwritten responses]
[page] 2

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary
service?
Yes
XIII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? 
Yes
Traditionary endence
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who
administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Yes
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under
his seal of office?
Yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? 
Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered? [flourished line]
[horizontal line]
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how
long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For [blank] year
[blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]. For [blank] months
and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]. For [blank] months
and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]; for such service I claim a pension."
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[page] 3

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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.
+QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which be belonged. The magistrate who may administer
the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature
of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
++QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the
certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.

[crossed-out handwriting] The applicant must
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[dark scan, perhaps an envelope, mostly illegible]

BUREAU OF PENSIONS

[postmark?]

WASHINGTON
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[dark background, perhaps an envelope, barely legible]

RETURN RECEIPT

James McKinley [???]

[postmark - May 25, ????]

Date of [???] May 24 19[??]
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Roundup Mont
Sept. 9 1926

Adjutant General
Wash. D.C.

Dear Sir:
I wish to know the service
record of David McKinley
born in 1763. whose home
was around York Penn.
My great grand mother Esther McKinley Foulks was
the daughter of David McKinley.
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she had a brother James McKinley,
who married Mary Rose. Their
son Wm McKinley was the father
of the late Pres. Wm. McKinley.

Yours truly
Mrs. Mary Notton [illegible]
app
805 1st West
Roundup,
Montana

[stamp]
U.S. Pension Office
G
Sep 13 1926
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[letterhead]
JOHN L. WILKIE
WILLIAM S. GOODWIN
GEORGE J. THOMSON
MASON H. BIGELOW
R. L. VON BERNUTH

GOULD & WILKIE
COUNSELLORS AT LAW
NO 2 WALL STREET
NEW YORK

CHARLES G. KEUTGEN
FREDERICK H. KOSCHWITZ
DOUGLAS M. BLACK
JAMES McK. ROSE
---
CABLE ADDRESS
GOLDKEY

[handwritten letter]
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

May 19 1920

Dear Sir,
Enclosed please find check for $1.00
for which please send me the record of
services in the Revolutionary War of
DAVID McKINLEY born May 16 1755
died Aug 8 1840. He is the great
grandfather of Pres. William McKinley.
He applied for a pension Aug 15 1832.

very truly yours
James McKinley Rose
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May 21, 1920.

James McKinley Rose,
2 Wall St.
New York City, N. Y.

Sir:

In reply to your letter of the 19th instant, herewith is
furnished the record of the Revolutionary War pensioner, David
McKinley, Survivor File 2812, for which no fee is charged.
Please find enclosed your check for one dollar on the
Equitable Trust Company of New York.

Very respectfully,

[signature] GM[???]

Commissioner.
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3
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
May 20 1920

Chief of Rev. War Section

Sir:
I have this day received from
James McKinley Rose check
No. 254 for $1.00
requesting ['post-office addresses' crossed out] copy
as per letter herewith

Finance Div.
noif[?] of return of
check.

Very respectfully,
A W N[?] Campbell
Chief of Division.

J J C
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[letterhead]
PERRY L. HOBBS, PH.D.    PAGE

[handwritten letter]
Sept. 22d, 1914

Bureau of Pensions

Dear Sir:-
It is respectfully requested that
information regarding the service in the
War of the Revolution, if such be available
in your office be furnished in the following
cases

David McKinley b. 1755, d. 1840; in 1780 -
Sarah Gray
David McKinley b. Chanceford Pa. removed
Ohio, 1814 - where he died -
Private Westmoreland County Militia

Andrew Rose. New Jersey
After the Revolutionary War, removed-
1796, Grove City, Mercer Co. Pa.
War 1812
Clement Pearson (wid Elizabeth Pearson)
private Capt. J. Robinson War 1812; lived
in Pa.
[margin] F. W.

Respectfully
Mrs. Perry L Hobbs
6508 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, O.
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Room 1333 #30 N. LaSalle St.
Chicago, Il. June 16- 1914

U.S. Pension Bureau
Washington, DC

Gentlemen:

Please furnish at earliest moment
possible pension certificate for my
ancestor, David McKinley born York
Co. Pa. and died Crawford Co. Pa. Aug
8-1840, Service in Revolution 1776 and
other years.

Thanking you for prompt
attention, as I am awaiting this information
for the D.A.R. So., I am,

Sincerely
Mrs. Leona G. Salisbury
1333 - #30 No LaSalle St.
Chicago
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[pencil] McK

[stamp]
US PENSION OFFICE
D.
May 24 18[??]
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[letterhead]
STATE OF OHIO.
Adjutant General's Department.
Columbus May 23 1893

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
[marginal note] Governor McKinley

Dear Sir:

Gov Wm McKinley of
Ohio desires to get the military record
of his Great Grandfather who was
a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
His name was David McKinley
and he enlisted from the State of
Penn and is supposed to have
drawn a pension.

Will you please furnish this department
with a certificate of his service
at your earliest convenience.

Yours very truly W. L. Curry
Asst Adj Gen
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[letterhead]
STATE OF OHIO.
OFFICE OF THE
ADJUTANT GENERAL

COLUMBUS, March 19 - 1895.

Officer in Charge of Record & Pension Division,
War Department,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:-
Will you please furnish this Department with a record of the
service of David Mc Kinley, who served during the War of the Revolution
from Pennsylvania and was a prisoner? The number of his regimont
is not known.
I write for this record by request of Governor William McKinley
of Ohio, as David Mc Kinley was his great grandfather.

Respectfully,
W. L. Curry.
Asst. Adjutant General.

[initial] D
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[stamp]
RECORD & PENSION OFFICE
WAR DEPARTMENT
MAR 21
1895
411186

[handwritten]
Columbus, Ohio.
March 19, 1895.

[stamp]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
L.
Apr 2 1895

[handwritten]
David McKinley
Penna.
(War of the Revolution)

Asst Adjt Genl of Ohio
requests record of service

[stamp]
OLD WAR & NAVY
FILES
[???] 5 1895

[handwritten]
With[?] 366056
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[left page]
[stamp]
RECORD & PENSION OFFICE
WAR DEPARTMENT
MAR 21
1895
411186

[handwritten]
Columbus, Ohio.
March 19, 1895.

[stamp]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
L.
Apr 2 1895

[handwritten]
David McKinley
Penna.
(War of the Revolution)

Asst Adjt Genl of Ohio
requests record of service

[stamp]
OLD WAR & NAVY
FILES
[???] 5 1895

[handwritten]
With 366056

[right page]
Address: Chief of the Record and Pension Office, War Department
Washington, D. C.

Record and Pension Office,
WAR DEPARTMENT.

Washington, March 21, 1895.
Respectfully returned to

Mr. W. L. Curry,
Assistant Adjutant General,
Columbus, Ohio.

The records of the Revolutionary War
have but recently been transferred
to this Department, and it will be
several months before they can be
indexed and arranged so that satisfactory
reports can be made from them
If Governor McKinley will renew his
request at a later date such information
as the records may afford in this
case will be cheerfully and promptly
furnished to him.
If a pension was ever granted on
account of the service of David McKinley
it is probable that a statement
of his service can be obtained without
delay by applying to the Commissioner
of Pensions, who is the custodian
of the pension records of all wa[rs].

By authority of the
Secretary of War:
[signature] F? L? A?
Colonel, U. S. Army,
Chief of Office
[handwritten annotation] T.

[stamp]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
L
APR 2 1895
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STATE OF OHIO
OFFICE OF THE 
ADJUTANT GENERAL.

[annotation in pencil] S. 2812

COLUMBUS, March 27-1895

Hon. Commissioner of Pensios,
Washington, D.C.

Sir:- 
David Mc Kinley, great grand-father of William Mc Kinley, Governor
of Ohio, served during the Revolutionary War in a Pennsylvania regiment
and was a pensioner.
Will you please send me a record of his service?

Yours respectfully,
W. L. Curry
Asst. Adjutant General.
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1755

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ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
COLUMBUS,

REC'D MAY 22 1893 By [blank]
STATE OF OHIO.
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[letterhead]
Address: " Chief of the Record and Pension Office, War Department, Washington, D. C."
B.
Subject: Revolutionary War service.
366,056.

[marginal annotation] O W & N

Record and Pension Office,
War Department,
Washington City

May 20th, 1893.

The Adjutant General,
State of Ohio,
Columbus, Ohio.

Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 18th instant, in which you
state that Governor McKinley desires to be furnished with a certificate
of service of his grandfather, David McKinley, a soldier
of the Revolutionary War, I am directed by the Secretary of War to
inform you that the records of that war are not on file in this
office, but that those of volunteers - enlisted men - of said war,
are filed in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, 
D.C., with whom correspondence concerning the service of the subject
of inquiry should be conducted.

Very respectfully,
[signature] H. L. [???]
Colonel, U. S. Army,
Chief, Record and Pension Office.
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O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
F. S.   Bureau of Pensions,   M. E. C.
Washington, D. C.,

April 6, 1893.

Sir:-
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history
of --- David McKinley --- a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR,
you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his
widow's ) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

[table]
[column 1]
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT. 
June 1776
1777
1777
1777
1772
1779
1778
1772

[column 2]
LENGTH
OF SERVICE.
7 mos.
2 mos.
2 mos.
2 mos.
2 mos.
2 mos.
2 mos.
2 mos.

[column 3]
RANK.
Pvt.
Pvt.
Pvt.
Pvt.
Pvt.
Pvt.
Pvt.
Pvt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
[column 4]
CAPTAIN.
William McCasky
Ross
Laird
Reed
Holderbaim
Sloymaker
Robe
Harnahan

[column 5]
COLONEL.
McCollister
Smith
Not stated.
Gen. Potter
Elder
Boyd
Barr
Not stated.

[column 6]
STATE.
Pa.
Pa.
Pa.
Pa.
Pa.
Pa.
Pa.
Pa.
[end of table]

Battles engaged in, Defence of Fort at Paulis Hook, & skirmishes at Amboy and Chestnut Hill. 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Chanceford, Pa.
Date of application for pension, August 15, 1832.
Residence at date of application, New Lisbon, Pa.
Age at date of application, Born May 16, 1755, in York Co., Pa.

Remarks: After the war lived in Westmoreland Co., Pa., fifteen
years, then removed to Mercer Co., and in 1814 settled in Columbiana
Co., Ohio.

Very respectfully,
Gov. William McKinley,
Columbus,
Ohio.

Commissioner,
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Rev. and 1812
War Section.

July 23, 1925

Rachael E. Givens
909 W. Wood
Bloomington, Ill.

Madam:

I have to advise you from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 3812, it appears
that David McKinley was born May 16, 1755
in York County, Pennsylvania.
While residing at Chanceford, York County,
Pennsylvania, he enlisted and served as a private
in the Pennsylvania Troops as follows-
From in June 1776, seven months in Captain
William McCasky's Company, Colonel McAllister's
Regiment.
From in the spring of 1777, he served seven
tours of [handwritten correction] two months each under Captains Ross, Laird,
Reed, Holderbaum, John Slaymaker, Andrew Robe and
Harnahan, and Colonels Smith, Elder, John Boyd and
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Bar, and was in the battle of Chestnut Hills.
He was allowed pension on his application
executed August 16, 1832, while a resident of New
Lisbon, Columbiana County, Ohio.
It is not stated whether soldier was married.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.

[handwritten note]
I did not give date of death as it
was not G.B. - [??]