Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7050, for Robert Mc Connell, Pennsylvania
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SERVICE
Continental
Penn.

McConnell, Robert
Dunn, Jane 
(former widow)

W.7050
B.L.Wt 276-300
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Sct Andrew Johnson 27 Dec 1850
  & same    6 Jany 1851


Richmond Virginia 1029
===============
Jane Dunn formerly
widow of Robert McConnell
Pena
who died in 1786
of Henrico in the State of Va
he was a Capt. Lt. in the Company commanded
Captain Bryne of the Ret commanded
Col Proctor in the Pa
line for 2 yrs
================
Inscribed on the Roll of Richmond Va
at the rate of 400 -- Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
================
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of June
1837 and sent John G Mosby
Richmond Va
================
Arrears to the 4th of March 1857 $2400.00
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept "
200.00
---
$2600.00

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836,
Section the 3d 
& Act 3 march 1837}

Recorded by D.D. Addison Clerk,
book A  Vol 1 Page 189
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20 Dec 1850
And Johnston
--------

[  unclear  ]
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Richmond, Va 20 Dec 1850

Dear Sir

Mrs Jane Dunn, a widow of Robert McConnell was a pensioner under the act of 4 July 1836, until the 4th September 1844, between which time of the next semi-annual payment she died.  The pension received by her was $400 per annum, and it was paid at the the agency in this city.  My nephew, William F Johnston, who married her grand-daughter, Julia L Dunn, has been informed that, under a current law or regulation of some kind, Mrs Jane Dunn's representatives are entitled to an additional pension, a arrears of pension, up to the time of her death.  His wife is entitled to one fourth part of the amount if there be any such] fund to receive.

May I ask the favor of you to inform me if there be any such arrears due, and, if so, what steps are necessary in order to recover the same. The has been applied to by one or two persons in authority to make application, but prefers that I should act in his behalf. 

I am loth to trespass when you, knowing how  many demands there are upon your time: but I hope my want of acquaintance in Washington, and my ignorance of such himself, will be accepted as an apology.

I am sir very respectfully
you friend
Andrew Johnston

Hon. James E Heath
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Robt McConnell

No. 276

Dunn
to
Randolph
Letter of [ unclear ]


[ unclear ] W. No. 276
& forwarded to
Mr Thos. M. Randolph
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Know all men by these presents that I John Dunn
as Guardian for Mary Reding McConnell, & Ann Maria
McConnell, Daughter of Robert McConnell [deceased]: do hereby
constitute & appoint the Honble Thomas M. Randolph my
true & lawful attorney for me & in my name as aforesaid
to receive from the War Office, the Land Warrant to which
the said Robt McConnell, as an officer in the Pensylvania
Line, was entitled. Hereby ratifying & confirming whatever
my said Atty may do in effecting the above mentioned object.
as witness my hand & seal this 11th day of Jany
John Dunn (Guard) {SEAL}

Fluvanna  (to wit) 
The above letter of Attorney was this
day duly acknowledged before me Ro. Quarles a Justice
for the aforesd County as Witness my hand & seal 12 Jany 7 1805
R0. Quarles {SEAL}

Fluvanna  (to wit)
I Jane Dunn, at present of the State of
Virginia, but formerly of the State of Pensylvania
do hereby make oath that my two Daughter Mary
Reding McConnell, & Ann Maria McConnell, are
my only surviving children by my former husband
Robert McConnell, who was an officer in the
Pensylvania Line during the Revolutionary War.
as Witness my hand this 28 day of December 1804.
Jane Dunn

Sworn to before me a Justice of the Peace for the
aforesaid County of Fluvanna this 28th day of Dec 1804
Robt Quarles {SEAL}



State of Virginia Fluvanna County to wit:
I John Timberlake Clerk of the County
aforesaid do hereby Certify that Robert Quarles esquire whose hand and seal is annexed to the foregoing
Certificate relative to the acknowledgement of the foregoing Letter of Attorney and also to the other
Certificate relative to the affidavit thereunto subjoined is a Magistrate of the said County of Fluvanna
and that full faith and credit ought to be paid to all his acts and deeds as such
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the
Seal of my Office to be hereunto affixed this Sixteenth day of February
in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight Hundred and five and
of Independance the Twenty ninth
John Timberlake,  G.F.C.

I do hereby certify that John Dunn is the
guardian of Mary Reding & Ann Maria McConnell
above named having  [     ] among the papers
in the Clerks office of Fluvanna the bond executed
by him for the security of their property as such &
the record of Court.
the Mandseph
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State of Virginia, County of Henrico ss

On this 14th day of June 1837 personally appeared
before me a Justice of the peace in & for said County
Jane Dunn a resident of the County aforesaid
who being duly sworn according to Law doth on
her oath make the following declaration in order
to obtain the benefit of the provision made by act
of Congress passed July 4, 1836 & the act explanatory
of said act passed March 3 1837 - That she was
married to Capt Robert McConnell who was a
Lieutenant & Captain Lieutenant of the Pennsylvania
line in the Revolutionary War - that he
was in the Artillery first under Col Proctor, and
afterwards under other officers served till the
war ended -- that he was in the battle of
Brandywine & other engagements-- that he was a
portion of his time at Philadelphia, &
also at Lancaster = that when this deponent
was married to him he was stationed at Philadelphia - 
that she believes he had been before
that time under Col or Genl Sullivan -  that
she believes he was in service with Captain
Bryce, & a Capt Lt Crossley: but she does
not recollect the names of other Officers. - 
She further declares that she was married to
the said Robert McConnell on the 20 day of
February 1781 in Philadelphia by the Revd Geo
Dufficed of the Pine St Presbyterian Church =
that she had two children born during her
first marriage [  unclear ] Mary McConnell
who was born the 8thday of April 1782 & was
married to Wm Weaver his now dead &
Ann Maria McConnell who was born
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in July 1783 & married Benjamin Seay &
is now dead & that her said husband
Robert McConnell died on the--- day of
1786 having been lost at sea (she is
not able to state the month) and that
she was afterwards married to John Dunn
in the year 1787 who died in 1820 & that
she has ever since that time been a
widow  I was a widow on the 4th of July
1836 & still remain a widow as will
more fully appear by reference to the proof
hereto annexed = that she married
the said John Dunn in Philadelphia &
removed to Richmond Virginia & now
resides in said place.
Jane Dunn {signature}

Sworn to & subscribed on
the 14th day of June 1837 as
above, before me

Jesse Mead  J.P.

I further certify that the above in named Jane
Dunn cannot by reason of her bodily
infirmities attend the Court of said
County - I further certify that I have
been personally acquainted with
Mrs Jane Dunn about sixteen years & that she
is a lady of unblemished character
& reputation & well worthy of full
credit & confidence- Witness my hand
& seal this 14th June 1837

Jesse Mead J.P.
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D

State of Virginia
Henrico County
Sct.

Be it remembered that on
this 14th day of June 1837, personally appeared
before me Jesse Mead a Justice of the peace in and
for said County, Elizabeth Forbes of the City of
Richmond, in the County aforesaid, who being
duly sworn according to Law says:  That she is the
widow of the late John Forbes Esqr late of the City of
Richmond, who was an Attorney at Law; that
she was born on the 19th day of March 1782, and
is now in her fifty sixth year, that she has
been intimately acquainted with, and the associate
of Mrs Jane Dunn now living in the
City of Richmond, and all her family, for
upwards of Thirty five years, having lived
many years a near neighbour to her in the County 
of Fluvanna Va, previous to her removal to
the City of Richmond - That, being girls together
she was the intimate associate and friend, of
Mary McConnell, and her sister Ann Maria McConnell, 
both of whom, were daughters of Mrs
Jane Dunn, by her first husband Captain
Robert McConnell, who this affiant always
understood and believed, was a Captain in the
war of the Revolution. That being cotemporary
with, and on habits of the greatest intimacy
with the said Mary and Ann Maria McConnell,
she became well acquainted with their respective 
ages, not only from a frequent companion
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of ages with them, whilst they were girls together
but from her long intercourse with the family, and
from Mrs Jane Dunn their mother - That Mary-
McConnell the eldest, who married Mr William
Weaver, was born in the year 1782, and as
this affiant verily believes in the month of March
of that year, for she has the most perfect recollection, 
that between her own age, and that of the
said Mary, there was only a difference of a week
or two at fartherest- That Ann Maria McConnell
the youngest, and who married Mr Benjamin Seay
of Fluvanna, was not more than fourteen or
fifteen months younger than her sister Mary,
and this affiant believes must have been born
in 1783, that, both these ladies are now dead, and that
1in her recollections of the ages of these two Ladies
(derived as above stated), she has the most implicit
confidence, and verily believes - - And this affiant
further says, that her husband Mr John Forbes
being an Attorney at Law, was entrusted with
the management of a large business, for the said
Mary and Ann Maria McConnell, by which
they obtained some 12 or $14.000, from the estate of
their deceased uncle James M. Connell who was
the brother of Capt. Robert McConnell, and that
this business was transacted by Mr Forbes, through
Cadwalader D. Colden Esqr formerly of
New York, and that this circumstance which took a
long time to complete, added much to her information
in regard to the family, and the concerns of Mrs
Dunn -- And this affiant further says, that
from her long intimacy, and close connexion
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with Mrs Jane Dunn, with her sister Miss Ann
McClure, (who lived with this affiant for a long time)
and also with her son-in-law Mr Benjamin Seay,
and who are all members of the Presbyterian Church
with herself) she can safely bear the strongest
testimony, as she now does, to their great piety,
integrity, and strict regard for truth - that
Mrs Dunn after the death of her first husband
Capt. Robt McConnell, married a Mr John Dunn
who died about seventeen years since, that she
has never married again, but is now a widow
old and infirm, living in the City of Richmond,
that by Mr Dunn she had many children, all
now dead except one, and further this affiant saith
not-- The word "dead" in the fifteenth line, on the second page
interlined before signed-
Elizabeth Forbes {signature}

Henrico County To wit.
Sworn and subscribed before
me a justice of the peace in & for the said
County of Henrico aforesaid on the day & year
first above written - and further I do certify
that Mrs Elizabeth Forbes is a lady of great
respectability and truth and so regarded by
all who know her. Given under my
hand and seal this 14th day June 1837
Jesse Mead [signature}
{SEAL}
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2036
Jane Dunn
formerly widow of
Robert McConnell

original no deduction

Admd
2 yrs Cpt Lieut of
Artillery

John G. Mosby Esq
Richmond Va
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(E.)
State of Virginia
Henrico County-
Sct.

Be it remembered that on
this 15th day of June 1837, personally appeared before
me John A. Pilcher a Justice of the peace in and
for said County, Gideon A. Strange Esq a Delegate
now serving in the Legislature of Va from the County
of Fluvanna, who being first duly sworn according
said says: That he has been long and intimately
acquainted with Mr Elizabeth Forbes, now living in
the City of Richmond, that she is a Lady of the most
reproachable character and truth, and that the
fullest credit is due to any statements she may
make - That he is also well acquainted with Mr.
Benjamin Seay of Fluvanna County Va, and that
he is one of the most conscientious, and strictly truth
- telling man, he ever knew, and is universally so
regarded by all who know him-- And this affiant
further says, that although he is not personally
acquainted with Mrs Jane Dunn now living in
the City of Richmond, and Miss Ann McClure now
living in the County of Fluvanna, yet he is
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acquainted with the estimation in which they are
held by those who do know them and that from all
the information he is possessed of in regard to these two
Ladies he does not for one moment doubt their
respectability, and of their being entitled to full credit
in any statements they may make, and further
this affiant saith not-

Given under my hand and seal
the day and year first above
written-
John A. Pilcher
{ seal }
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Virginia, Henrico County to wit:

I Loftin N. Ellett, Clerk of the County Court for the
said County of Henrico in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify that Jesse Snead
and John A. Pilcher, whose names are subscribed to the annexed documents, were
prior to the date thereof and are now, acting Justices of the peace in and for the
aforesaid County of Henrico, duly commissioned and qualified according to law, and that
due faith and full credit ought to be given to all their official acts as such
In Testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name and
annex the Seal of the said Court this 15" day of June
one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, and in the
sixty first year of the Commonwealth.

Loftin N. Ellett C.H.C.

{  SEAL: HENRICO COUNTY VIRGINIA  }
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April 30, 1940.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/ADY
Robert McConnell
W. 7050

Mrs. Henry C. Morris
3006 Albermarle Street
Washington, D. C.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to Robert
McConnell, who served in the Revolutionary War.

The data contained herein were obtained from the papers
on file in the Revolutionary War claims for pension and
bounty land, based upon the military service in that war of
of Robert McConnell.

The date and place of birth and the names of the parents
of Robert McConnell are not shown.

Robert McConnell of Pennsylvania, entered the service
March 14, 1777, served as Lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment of
Artillery; was appointed Captain Lieutenant January 3, 1779,
served under Colonel Procter; was in the battle of Brandywine
and other engagements, not named, and served to November 4, 1783.

He died at sea in 1786, day, month, and his age are not
shown.

Robert McConnell married February 20, 1781, in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, Jane, of Philadelphia. She was born in Pennsylvania,
place, date, and the names of her parents are not given. She
married in 1787, in Philadelphia, John Dunn, of Philadelphia, her
second husband. He died in 1820, day, month, and his age are
not shown.

Jane Dunn was allowed pension, on account of the Revolutionary 
War service of her former husband, Robert McConnell, on her
application executed June 14, 1837, at which time she was about
seventy-nine years old, and a resident of Richmond, Henrico
County, Virginia. She had formerly lived in Fluvanna County, Virginia.

Robert McConnell and Jane had two children; Mary Reding
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McConnell, born April 8, 1782, and Ann Maria McConnell, born
July 17, 1783.

Bounty land warrant No. 276, for three hundred acres of
bounty land was issued May 20, 1806. The warrant was issued in
behalf of this officer's children, Mary Reding and Ann Maria
McConnell, for his service in the Rev. War. {Add last phrase 'next time' note}

Mary Reding McConnell married, date and place not shown,
William Weaver. She died July 22, 1822.  Ann Maria McConnell
married February 15, 1810, place not given, Benjamin Seay, a
resident of Fluvanna County, Virginia, in 1837, his age not
stated. Ann Maria was dead in 1837, date and place of her
death are not stated.

John Dunn and Jane had eight children, all of whom were
dead in 1837, except one, their names and ages were not shown.

In 1837, Miss Ann McClure, a sister of said Jane, was
residing in Fluvanna County, Virginia, her age not given.

James McConnell, a brother of Robert McConnell, was dead
in 1837, date and place of his death and his age were not stated.

Julia L. Dunn, a granddaughter of the widow, Jane, was the
wife of William F. Johnston, in 1850. His uncle, Andrew Johnston,
was of Richmond, Virginia, in 1850. There are no further family
data.

For information in regard to the location of the land, you
should address the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Washington, D. C., and furnish that official the number of the warrant,
acreage, and the date of issuance.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension,
the name of person paid and possibly the death date of widow, you
should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office,
Records Division, Washington, D. C., and cite the following data:
"Jane Dunn, former widow of Robert McConnell, Certificate No. 1029.
issued June 20, 1837, rate $400.00 per annum, commenced March 4
1831, Act of July 4, 1836 and March 3, 1837, Richmond, Virginia
Agency".

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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1940 Apr. 30. Hist Mrs Henry C 
Morris A.D.Y.

Revy
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 7050

1
Jane Dunn for
& Wid of 
Robt McConnell 
Capt, Pa. line

Act July 4/36, sec, 3d, Mch 3/ 37
Index: -- Vol. A Page 19
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McCole
Jan 31 1837
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The papers of Jane Dunn of Virginia,
a pensioner under the act of July 1836    1029

Ex by/for R Randolph

C.C room Jan 31-51
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Benjn Seays Affot.
C.
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State of Virginia
Fluvanna County ⎬ to wit

Be it remembered that on this
fifth day of June Eighteen hundred and thirty seven, personally
appeared before me John G. Hughes a Justice of the peace in and for
the County aforesaid Benjamin Seay, who being duly sworn according 
to law, says, that he is well acquainted with Mrs. Jane Dunn 
now living in the City of Richmond, Virginia. That she was as this 
affiant has always understood and believes the widow of Captain
Robert McConnell, who affiant has always understood and believes
was an officer in the Revolutionary war.  That said Jane Dunn intermarried, 
as affiant has been informed and believes, with the second 
and last husband John Dunn:, some three or four years after the 
death of the first Sd {said} McConnell - That she has only had the two husbands- That the said Jane Dunn had by the said McConnell, two 
children, which affiant has been informed and believes were her
only two children by her first marrige; to wit, Mary McConnell
the Elder and Ann Maria McConnell the younger, - That on the
15th day of February 1810, affiant intermarried with the said Ann
Maria - That said Ann Maria, as affiant is informed & verily believes
(but whether from information of the family or from McConnell family 
bible register transferred to affiants) he cannot now positively say) 
was born on the 17th day of July 1783, and was at the time of his 
Marriage to her in her twenty seventh year, and would be if now
living in her fifty fourth year. That as this affiant has always
understood, said Ann Maria, was born during the revolutionary 
War. That she was as affiant has been informed a seven months
child. That said Mary the Elder child of the said Jane
by the said McConnell was as affiant always understood, about
twelve or fifteen months older than said Ann Maria- That
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upon the tombstone erected over the grave of the said Mary
affiant finds the inscription, that she died in the year 1822
aged forty years. That she died 22d day of July. -- That she
would be at this time fifty five years old. -- And further the
affiant saith not.
Benjamin Seay

The above affidavit was taken by me in my County aforesaid
and sworn to before me the day and year first above written; and
I do further certify, that the said affiant Benjamin Seay is a
most respectable gentleman, and of great truth and fully entitled
to credit in any statement he may make. Given under my hand
and seal the day and year first before written.
John G Hughes J.P.

State of
Virginia Fluvanna County to wit
I Abraham Shepard, Clerk of the County
Court of the said County, or hereby certify, that John G. Hughes
whose name is affixed to the above certificate, is an acting
Justice of the peace in and for the said County, and that the
above signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal
of the said County Court this fifth
day of June in the year 1837.
Abra: Shepherd Clk

{SEAL}
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State of Virginia
Fluvanna County 
to wit

I Barrett G Payne presiding Justice,
of the County Court of said County, do hereby certify
that Abraham Shepherd Jr whose name is affixed to the 
foregoing certificate, is Clerk of the said Court, & that the
signature purporting to be his, is genuine. Given under
my hand and seal this fifth day of June one thousand 
eight hundred & thirty seven
Bar G. Payne
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A synopsis of Mrs Jane Dunn's application
for a Pension, on account of the Revolutionary services
of her first husband, Capt Robt McConnell of the
Pennsylvania Artillery ---

Declaration (marked A) sets
forth, that Mrs. Jane Dunn was married to Captain
Robert McConnell, who was a Captain Lieutenant
in the Penna Line in the Artillery, in the War of
the Revolution, on the 20th day of February 1781, and
whilst he was stationed at Philadelphia in service.

That she was married by the Revd Geo: Duffield
a Presbyterian Clergyman, of the Pine Street Church
in Phila. That her husband Capt Robt McConnell,
served the whole war, that he was in the battle of
Brandywine & other engagements, that he
served under Colo: or Genl Sullivan, and with
Capt Bryce, & a Capt. Lieut Crossley- That
she had two children born during her first
marriage, viz Mary McConnell and Ann
Maria McConnell, the first born on the 8th of
April 1782 (who was married to William Weaver)
and who is now dead, and that the second, was
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{page} 2

born in July 1783, that she was married to Benjamin
Seay, and is now dead. That her husband
Capt Mc Connell was lost at sea in 1786. That
she married again in 1787, a Mr John Dunn,
who died in 1820, and that she has remained a
widow from that time. That she married in
Phila removed to Virginia, and now resides in
the City of Richmond -  The high character of
the applicant Mrs Dunn, is most completely sustained 
by the Justice, Jesse Snead, and also by the
affidavits of Mrs Elizabeth Forbes & Gideon A
Strange esqr. see those affidavits marked D& E

In support of the Marriage of Mrs Dunn
to Capt Robt McConnell, see the affidavit of Miss
Ann McClure (marked B) -  She says she is the
sister of Mrs Jane Dunn, now living in the City of
Richmond, that she was wife of Capt. Robert.
McConnell of the Pennsylvania line, in the war
of the Revolution, and for whose services she is now
asking a Pension. That she is 79 years of age, and
a native of Penna. That she lived in Philad during the
war of the Revolution,  That she perfectly well
remembers, that her sister Jane was married to the said
Capt. Robt McConnell, who was an officer in the Artillery
in the Penna line, and while he was 'serving in the War' and
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3

and that he continued to serve in the Army, she
thinks, to the end of the war. "That she was married
by the Revd Geo: Duffield a Presbyterian Minister,
who preached in Pine Street Church". "That she had by
Capt. Robt McConnell her husband, two children".
"That her first child Mary, was born about a year
after her marriage, and while the said Capt. McConnell
was in service", that both said children are dead. That
after Capt McConnell was out of service, he was lost.
at sea, in coming around to Virginia in 1784 or 1785.

That some 3 or 4 years afterwards, Mrs Dunn was
married to Mr. John Dunn of Philad and removed to
Virginia. That in the second husband has
been dead some 17 or 18 years, that she is now a
widow living in Richmond & the " respectability"
"soundness of mind & memory", and great truth of this
witness is vouched for by the Justice J. G. Hughes esqr
and also fully sustained by the affidavit of E. Forbes,
G. A. Strange esqr. - see their affidavits marked D & E.

The affidavit of Benjamin Seay, (marked C) &
who married Ann Maria McConnell, is in support
of the ages of Mrs Dunns two children, by Capt.
Robert McConnell. He says he is well acquainted with
Mrs Jane Dunn now living in the City of
Richmond, that he always understood & believed that
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4)

she was the widow of Capt. Robt McConnell,
who he understood and believed was an officer in the
Revolutionary war.  " That she married as he believes
a second and last husband John Dunn, some 3 or 4
years after the death of her first, said McConnell", "that
she has had only two husbands". That she had only two
children by her first marriage, viz Mary McConnell
the elder & Ann Maria McConnell the younger.
That he married Ann Maria the 15th day of Feby
1810 - That Ann Maria "as he is informed" and "verily
belives", ("but whether from information of the family,
or from McConnell family bible register, transferred
to affiants, he cannot now possitively say) was born
on the 17th day of July 1783", and that she was born
as he understood during the Revolutionary war.  That
Mary the elder child of said Jane by the said McConnell 
was some 12 or 15 months older than Ann Maria
that on the Tombstone over the grave of said Mary
he finds "that she died in the year 1822 aged 40 "years"
"that she died 22nd day of July", & that she would be now
55 & - The respectability of this affiant is fully
vouched for by the Justice J. G. Hughes esqr, as also by Mr
E. Forbes & G. A. Strange Esqr, who says "he is the
most conscientious and truth telling man he ever knew".
see these marked D. & E

the affidavit of Mrs Elizabeth Forbes sustains
the age of Mary & Ann Maria the children of
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5

Mrs Dunn by her first husband Capt McConnell
she deduces by a course of reasoning, and by
circumstances, & by information long since received
from the family, that Mary the eldest child, was
born in 1782, as she believes in March, of that year,
& that Ann and her sister was some 14 or 15
months younger than Mary. The great respectability
of Mrs Forbes is amply sustained by the Justice
who took her evidence, & by the affidavit - Colo G.A.
Strange, a member of the Legislature of Va (now in
session) from the County of Fluvanna which see
marked E.

The Letter of Mr Hagner the 3d Auditor, will
shew the Record evidence of Capt Robt. McConnells
services from the 14th day of March 1777 to the 4th day
of November 1783,see it marked F.

The Letter of the Commissioner of the Genl
Land office, will shew the receipt of the United States
Land bounty, by Mary & Ann Maria McConnell, the
children of Capt Robt McConnell and which
all the proofs go to shew were also the children of the 
applicant Mrs Jane Dunn - Marked G.

The paper endorsed "Jane McConnell Administratrix
Robt McConnell 1786" - is the letter of
---
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administration granted by the Register of Wills &
in and for the County & City of Philadelphia to
Mrs Jane McConnell, (now Mrs Jane Dunn,) and
which she has had among her papers ever since
she administered on her husbands estate, and which
she now exhibits as strong collateral proof of the
truth of her statements & case- marked H.

The Letter of the Revd James Patterson a
Presbyterian Clergyman living in Philadelphia
written in answer to one addressed to him, requiring
that the Records of Pine Street Church should be
Searched for proof of the marriage of Mr. Dunn,
will shew that the Records of that church do not
extend as far back as 1781, the year of the mange. 
marked I.

From the foregoing statement, fully sustained, by
the most irreproachable testimony, it is most respectfully
prayed, that Mrs. Jane Dunn may be allowed such pension
as may be found due her under the Laws of the U. States, and
by her directions I am desired to ask, that if allowed her
Pension Certificate may be forwarded to me by mail--
very respectfully
Jno G  Mosby for
Mrs Jane Dunn
Richmond, Va

Jun 17th 1837
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Synopsis
Mrs Jane Dunn
Va
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F.
Treasury Department
Third Auditor's Office
P Hager

John G. Mosby Esquire
Richmond
Va

{stamped}
Washington
Apr 10
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Treasury Department
3d Auditors Office
10th April 1837

Sir
I received this morning from Mrs Jane Dunn
a letter her dated the 8th instant; and in which she requests me to communicate to you all the information that the records may furnish
in relation to the revolutionary services of her former husband Robert
McConnell, who, she says was a Captain of Artillery in the Pennsylvania 
line - I have accordingly to state, that it appears
from the revolutionary records, on file in this Office, that Robert
McConnell was appointed a Lieutenant of Artillery, in the 
Pennsylvania line, on the 14th of March 1777 - and a Captain 
Lieutenant, on the 3d of January 1779 - and that he served in the last
mentioned capacity to the 4th of November 1783 (the end of the
War) the records show that he received his commutation of
five years full pay in lien of Half pay for life, as a Captain
Lieutenant, in the 4th Regiment of Artillery, in the Pennsylvania
line.
I  am very Respectfully
Your most Obt St
Peter Hagner Aud

John G. Mosley Esq
Richmond
Virginia-
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G

General Land Office-
Jas Whitcomb

Jno G. Mosby
Esqr
Richmond
Virginia

{ stamped WASHINGTON CITY DC MAY 4}
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Sir
General Land Office
May 4th 1837

Sir,
In reply to your letter dated the 30th Ultimo
I have to state, that a warrant No 276 for 300 acres,
was granted by the United States on the 20th of May
1806, to Mary McConnell and Ann Maria McConnell,
heirs at law of Capt. Robert McConnell of the
Pennsylvania line. The said heirs assigned that Warrant
for 'value received' to William Weaver on the
18th of May 1808, and to whom, & to one - Taylor,
a patent issued for the same, the 12th of September
following.

I am not able to advise you with certainty
where to address a letter, as to any claim
the said McConnell may have had on the State of
Pennsylvania, but presume a letter addressed
to the Governor of that State, will receive the
proper reference

I am Sir
Very Respectfully
[ unclear ]
Jas Whitcomb,
Commisioner

Jno G Mosby Esqr
Richmond 
Va
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Richmond, Virginia Agency

Act 4 July 1836. Section 3d
Jane Dunn, widow of Robert M Connell
Captain & Lieutenant, Byrnes Co, Penn Line
To what date, last paid?
Pension Office
January 6, 1850 { Part to 4th Sept 1844
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Jno G Mosby
Richmond 
Va
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Philada April 26. 1837

Dear Sir

Being unsure myself, unable to
attend to 'it', I had the friends of the 3rd
Presb. Ch. on Pine St. Church of which the
Rev Geo. Duffield was Paster search by
one of the elders; & as far as any records were
kept it couldn't be found, not a [    ] of the thing
you wished could be found.  Mr Nassaw was the
Gentleman who search them & he told me
that there were no reads that reached so
far back as 1781 the time you say in your
letter she was married.

Rev. Mr Duffield has promised
me that he will do what he can &
if he can through any other source
get hold of his grandfathers records
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which he may have kept & if he does find
anything we will  instantly apprise you of it.
Very Respectfully
yours
Jas Patterson

My indisposition is my excuse for not [ unclear  ]
attending to this thing
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Jane M. Connell

Admoc

Robert McConnell
1786

H
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Philadelphia, City and County,

GEORGE CAMPBELL, Esquire,
Regiter for the Probate of Wills and granting
Letters of Adminstration in and for the City
and County of Philadelphia, in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania,
To Jane McConnell Adms.
of all and Singular the Goods Chattels &
Credits of Robert McConnell Decd Greeting.

{SEAL}

WHEREAS the said Robert McConnell
lately died intestate, as is as sworn having, whilst
he lived, and at the time of his Decease, divers Goods and
Chattels, Rights and Credits within the said County, by means whereof
the full Disposition and Power of granting Letters of Administration thereof
is manifestly known to belong to me: I therefore, desiring that the Goods
and Chattels, Rights and Credits, which were of the said Deceased, may be
well and truly administered, converted and disposed of, according 19 Law,
Do hereby grant unto you, the said Jane McConnell
(in whose fidelity in this Behalf I very much confide) full power, by the
Tenor of these Presents, to administer the Goods and Chattels, Rights and
Credits, which were of the said Deceased, within the said County; as
also to ask, collect, levy, recover and receive, the Credits whatsoever of
the said Deceased, which at the time of his death were owing, or did
in any way belong to him and to pay the debts in which the said Deceased
stood obliged to far forth as the said Goods and Chattels, Rights and credits, 
will extend, according to their rate and Order of Law, especially
of well and truly administering the Goods and Chattels, Rights and credits, 
which were of the said Deceased, and making a true and perfect Inventory
and conscionable Appraisement thereof, and exhibiting the fame
into the Register's Office at Philadephia, on or before the Eleventh
Day of January next ensuing; and also a true and just Account
Calculation and reckoning of your Administration, upon your solemn
Oath to render at or before the Eleventh Day of
Decemb in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and
Eighty seven or when legally thereunto required, and I do by
these Presents ordain, constitute and depute you, the said Jane
McConnell  Administratrix of all and singular the Goods and
Chattels, Rights and Credits, which were of the said Deceased, within the
Limits aforesaid, having harmless, and for ever indemnifying me, and all
other Officers, against all persons, by Reason of your Administration aforesaid, 
and saving all other their rights, &c. IN TESTIMONY whereof,
I have caused the Seal of the said Office to be hereunto affixed. Dated at
Philadelphia aforesaid, the eleventh Day of December
in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-Six-

Geo Campbell {unclear}
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Ann M Clures
Affot

B.
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State of Virginia
Fluvanna County to wit

Be it remembered that on
this twenty nineth day of April in the year one thousand
eight hundred and thirty seven personally appeared before
me a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid,
Ann McClure of said County, who being first duly sworn
according to law, deposeth and saith, That she the
affiant is sister of Mrs Jane Dunn, now living in the
City of Richmond in the State of Virginia, who was
the wife of Captain Robert McConnell of the Pensylvania
line in the Revolutionary war and for whose services
in the said war, the said Jane Dunn is now about to
prefer her claim to a pension from the United States.
That affiant is about seventy nine years of age - a native
of Pennsylvania, and previously to her removal to Virginia
resided in Philadelphia, during the war of the Revolution
That she perfectly well remembers that her said Sister
Jane was married to the said Captain Robert McConnell
who was an Officer in the Artillery in the Pensylvania
line, and while he was serving in the war, and that he
continued to serve in the Army, affiant thinks to the
end of the war. That the said Jane was married by
the Reverd George Duffield a Presbyterian minister, who
preached in Pine Street Church. That affiants said sister
Jane had by the said Capt Robert McConnell her husband
two children. That her first child, Mary, was born
about a year after her marriage and while the said
Capt McConnell was in service; and that the said two
children are both dead. That after the conclusion of
the war and capt McConnell was out of service, he
was lost it sea in coming round to Virginia, as will
as affiant recollects, some time in the year seventeen
hundred and eighty four or seventeen hundred and eighty
five. That some three or four years afterwards her said
Sister Jane the widow of the said Capt. McConnell
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married a second husband John Dunn of
Philadelphia, and removed to Virginia; and had by him
eight children; all of whom are now dead but one. That
her said sisters second husband has been dead some 
seventeen or eighteen years; and that the said Jane has been
married since to no other husband, but is now a
widow living as aforesaid in the City of Richmond, Virginia.
And further affiant saith not-
Signed & acknowledged by the said
Ann McClure in our presence as
witnesses
Benjamin Seay
John Forbes
}testes

Ann McClure  X her mark

The foregoing affidavit was sworn to
before me in my County aforesaid on the day and year
first before written; and I do further certify that the
affiant Ann McClure is a most respectable lady
of sound mind and memory and of great truth, and
fully entitled to credit in any statement she may make
Given under my hand and seal the day and year first
before written
John G Hughes J.P.

State of Virginia Fluvanna County to wit

I Abraham Shepherd Jr Clerk of the County
Court of Fluvanna in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that
John G. Hughes is an acting Justice of the peace in
and for the said County, and that the above
signature purporting to be his is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand and affixed the
seal of the said County Court this
2nd day of May in the year of
our Lord 1837 and of the Commonwealth 
the sixty first

Aba: Shepherd Jr Clk

{SEAL}
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State of Virginia,
Fluvanna County 
}to wit


I Barrett G. Payne presiding Justice
of the County Court of Fluvanna County aforesaid do
hereby certify that Abraham Shepherd Jr whose name
is subscribed to the foregoing certificate, is clerk of
the said County Court of Fluvanna County aforesaid
in the State of Virginia aforesaid, and that the signature
so purporting to be his is genuine. Given under
my hand and seal this third day of May one thousand
eight hundred and thirty seven

Bar. G Payne
J. P.
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March 23 1940
GHM
Commissioner  of Pensions
Dear Sir:

Will you kindly send me
Revolutionary record
of my ancestor Robert McConnell
who served in the  Penna
militia, as lieutenant or captain, in Artillery.
What I need and want is his  pension record.
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Thanking you
your trouble - 
Sincerely

(Mrs.) Henry C. Morris

3006 Albemarle St
Washington
-
{stamped}
RECIEVED 
MAR 25 1940
VETS ADMIN