Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,993, for William Kelley, Virginia
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(3-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Contiental (va.) 
Kelley, William
Kelly,
Whitmond, Lucenda
or Whitman (Former Widow)
W. 25,993
B.L.Wt. 43.528-160-55
CONTENTS
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K-27
253.246 Act Mar 3 [illegible]
Aug 1 '16
Lucinda Whitman for. wid.
William Kelly. pri,
43328 [illegible] 20/56
Revy. war
Pens ACt 1818 [illegible]
Geo [illegible] 53-5886
Av: 16 [illegible] Sept: 18/56
Boynton
C.W. Bennett
K Present
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19841
Georgia
William Kelley of Elbert County in the State of Georgia who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Pearce of the regiment commanded by Colonel Harrison in the Virginia line, for the term of three years from June 1778 to June 1781
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 22d day of August 1827
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 of December 1827 and sent to the Hon W. Thompson House of Representatives
Arrears to the 4th of September 1827 $3.46
Semi-anl. al'ce ending 4 Mar 1888 "48.
$51-46
{Revolutionary Claim Acts March, 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820}
March 1820

Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6th April 1838 [illegible] 4 March 1839 to 4 Sep 1839 agent Notified 10th June 1840
see letter to Hon Wiley Thompson Aug: 2d 1828
Duplicate Pension certificate issued 13 September 1828 and sent to Hon [illegible] Thompson [illegible] Georgia
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No .5886
Georgia
Lucinda Whitmond widow of William Kelly Va who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Washington City agency. Rate [illegible] Dollars [illegible] cents per annum.
Commencing Sept 4, 1860
Certificate dated [illegible] 13 [illegible
and sent to B D Hyes
Recorded on Roll of Pensionsers under act February 3, 1853, Page Vol.

1887 Aug Pen Agt report paid to June 4 1889 living in Marietta, Cobb County Ga (than 81 yrs old)
Date of widows death not in AB
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19.800
William Kelly 18 March 1818
Recd 11 Dec 1827
Admitted
hon W Thompson H.R
recd Dec. 11. 1827
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Original Claim
Declaration in Order to be placed on the pension List under the Act of the 18th March 1818
Georgia Elbert County} On this seventeenth day of July 1827 personally appeared in open court being a court of record for the county aforesaid William Kelley resident in said county aged sixty seven years & some months who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the 1st May 1820 that he the said William Kelley enlisted for the term of three years on the 19th day of January in the year 1778 in the state of Virginia in the company commanded by Captain William Pearce in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Charles Harrison in the line of the State of Virginia on the continental establishment that he continued to serve in said corps until he was taken prisoner at Gates defeat in the Battle at Campden
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in the state of South Carolina and was detained a prisoner of war untill after the termination of his term of enlistment That he hereby relinguishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present that his name is not on the roll of any state as a Pensioner and that the following are the reasons for not making an earlier application for a Pension to wit that untill within the last few years he has been able by manual labor to support himself & family which he is now reduced incapable of doing by reason of Rheumatic pains Age [illegible] attendant infirmity and in pursuance of the act of the 1st of May 1820 I do solemely swear that I was a resident Citizen of the listed state on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any way or manner disposed of my property or any part there of with intent hereby to so deminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged
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in the land & naval service of the united states in the Revolutionary War possed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in truth for me any property or [illegible] contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
viz 100 acres of Land 3rd quatity $150
1 stove 40
1 cow & calf 10
8 Hoggs 8
Part of sett knives & forts 1
Plates & Dishes 1
Coffee Pot & cup 50
5 old chairs 1.25
$211.75
1 Old shovel  75
1 old ax matlock [illegible]  1-00
1 old plow & [illegible] 1-00
1 old drawing knife 25
$214.25
Test Francis W. King Clk }
William Kelley his W mark
I further swear that I am by occupation a foarmer that I am rendered unable to support myself (in pursuit of my occupation) by Rheumatic Pains age &
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infirmity I have three in family bsides mysef to wit my wife Philidelphia aged about sixty years barly able to support herself by labor my sone William in his fourteenth year of his age in good health Ruthea my daughter in the eleventh year of her age in good health I further swear that their has been no material change in my property since teh 18th of March 1818 nor my bargain sale or gift the only change has been induced by casualty in my little stock of cattle & Hoggs
Sworn to and declared, on the 17th day of July 1827 in open court before
Beverly Allen J.J. C
William Kelly his W mark
Henry White JI C
Josph Blackwell J J L
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Georgia Elbert County } I Francis W King Clerk of the Inferior Court of Said County do hereby certify that it appears to the Satisfaction of the court that the said William Kelly did Serve in the Revolutionary war stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, for the term of nine months under one Engagement on the Continental establishement I also certify that the foregoing oath (or affirmation) and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said court and I do further certify that it is the opion of the Said Court that the totel amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforsaid Schedule is two hundred and fourteen dollars & twenty five cents In testimonty whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affexed the Seal of the Said Court on the 23 day of August 1827
Francis W. King Clk
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State o fGoergia County of Cobb } ss.
On this [illegible] day of [illegible] A. D. 1856 before me, the undersigned , a 1 Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths within and for teh County and State aforsiad, personally appeared 2 Lucinda Whitmond aged 40 years, a resident of 3 Marrcella that she is the former widow of 4 Wiliam Kelly deceased, who was a 5 Private in teh company (not recollected) commanded by Captain 6 (name not recollected) in the regiment  Virgina Cout Line commanded by Gen Gates in teh War of the Revolution and who was a pensioner on the Georgia roll act 18th March 1818 at the rate of $96 per year
That her husband entereed the service at 10 place not recolected about the no recoltion day of not recolection A.D. 17 not recolation for the term of three years or longer had continued in actual service in said War, for the term of three years and was honorably discharged at (plce not recollected) on the [illegible] day of : That she was married to the said William Kelly on the first Sunday of February 1833, that her name before her marriage was LLucinda Harris. That her husband the said William Kelly died at Colbert County in said state on the 27th day of June A.D. 1847 she thinks leaving her his widow.
And further that she intermarried with one Jesse Whitmond as hereinafter stated viz:
She further staes that she was married to the said Jesse Whitmond in Elbert County State of Georgia on the 7th day of November A. D. 1848; by one James V Richardson Justice of the Peace and that her name before her said marriage was Lucinda Kelly that her husband died at [illegible] on the 8th day of October A. D. 1855, and that she is still his widow and former widow of William Kelly [illegible] decd.
And she further states that there is no public record of her marriage and that there is no private record of her marriage to the said William Kelly [illegible]
In addition to the above described actual service she claims for miles from at which he was enlisted to where he was mustered into service, and for miles, from at which he was discharged to the said place of his enrolment
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtainin the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled on account of said service and mileage under teh Act passed 3d March 1855 & 14 May 1856 She also declares that she has not received a Warrant for Bounty Land under this or any other Act of Congress no made any other application therefor
James W Muphy witness T H Highsmith
Lucinda Whitmond her x mark
She hereby appoints C. W. BENNETT,  of Washington, D.C. her true and lawful Attorney, with power of substitution, to prosecute this her claim for land, to receive the Certificate or Warrant when issued, and to do all other acts necessary and proper in the premises.
Witness: T. H. Highsmith James W. Muphy JP Lucinda Whitman her x mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year first above mentioned, and I hereby certify thatI know the said deponent Lucuida Whitmond her to be as is above stated, and that she is of the age above stated; and further, that I am not interested in this her claim as Attorney or otherwise. James W. Murphy JP
State of County of }SS
On this day of A.D 185 , personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid, duly authorized to administer oaths, a resident of said County, to me well known as a credible witness, and who, being by me first duly sworn, doth on his oath state that he is acquainted with Mrs. , the above named applicant for Bounty Land-that he has known her for years last past, that he has examined her family record-that he believes the same to be genuine-that it is contained in a book purporting to be the""and printed in the year; and that the said record, as far as re-
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lates to the marriage of the said applicant and the soldier above named, and of his death, is as follows, which is an exact copy of the same: and that the said deponent is not interested in the claim.
Subscribed and Sworn to, the day and year first above written, before me, and I certify that I am in no manner interested. Justice of the Peace. }
State of Georgia County of Cobb } ss. On this 28th day of June A. D. 1856, personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, Thos H Highsmith and Richard Frickett who are to me well known, and who are credible witnesses, and who being by me duly sworn, depose and say, that they are each well acquainted with Mrs. Lucinda Whitmond the above applicant for a Bounty Land-that they have kown her for 14 years las past. That they were acquainted with Jesse Whitmond her late husband, having known him for 6 years previous to his death; that they, the said Jesse Whitmond and Lucinda Whitmond lived together as husband and wife, and were reputed so to be, that deponets never heard the fact of their marriage disputed or questioned. That the said Jesse Whitmond died on the 8th day of October 1855 and the said Lucinda Whitmond has been since that day, and still is reputed to be his widow, which deponents believe to be the fact. That she has never married since her said husband's death, and still is his widow, and that her former husband William Kelly was the identical man mentioned as a soldier & pensioner in her declaration above, and further, that they were present and saw Lucinda Whitmond execute the foregoing affidavid by signing her name to the foregoing declaration and making oath thereto in due form of law and further, that they, deponents, do reside in the tehhe County aforesaid and further that at the time of her intermarriage with said Whitmond she wsa the widow of William Kellly who was dead and whom deponents knew to have been a pensioner
Witness, James W. Muphy JP T. H. Highsmith Richard Frickett
Sworn to and Subscribed before me, this day of A. D. 18
State of Georgia County of Cobb } ss.
I hereby Certify, that James W Murphy Esq., before whom the foregoing Affidavits and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice ofthe Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signatures thereto are genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Superior Court, for the county aforesaid, this 28th day of June 1855 J M Barnwell Clerk of Superior Court

[illegible]
BOUNTY LAND ACT OF 3d March 1844. Claim (No. ) OF Lucinda Whitmond former widow of William Kelly Revy Pen act  1818.
C.W. BENNETT, ATTORNEY, H, CORNER OF 11th street, WASHINGTON, D. C.
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State of Georgia }
County of_______ } Ss

On this seventh day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty six, before the Court of Ordinary held within and for the said County and State, in Open Court, personally appeared Lucinda Whitmond, aged Forty years, a resident of Marietta in the County of Cobb and State of Georgia, 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 the Act of Congress, approved the 3d of February 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war, and of the Act of 5th August 1854 renewing the same: That she is the former widow of William Kelly deceased, who was a private in the Virginia Continental Line in the war of the Revolution, and a pensioner of the United State under the Act of March 18, 1818 at the rate of [illegible] 9 6 per year, upon the roll of the State of Georgia and for Evidence of her said husbands service she refers to the papers on file forming his claim to said pension  
She further states that she was married to the 
said William Kelly, in Anderson District in the State of South Carolina on the first Sunday of February A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty three by one William Berry, who was a Justice of the Peace: and that her name before her said  marriage was Lucinda Harris. That she was not married to him prior to the second day of January, Eighteen
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hundred, but at the time above stated . and she further states that there is no Public record of her said marriage, 
The laws of South Carolina not requiring such record:
[previous statement inserted between sentences in a different hand]
and that there is no private record of her said marriage. And deponent further states that her said husband William Kelly, died at Elbert Co. Ga on the twenty ninth day of June Eighteen hundred and forty seven as will more fully appear by reference to the papers on file in the 3d Auditor's office forming the claim upon which the balance of pension due her said husband at the time of his death was allowed and paid to deponent.
And the deponent further states, that after the death of her husband William Kelly, she intermarried on the
seventh day of November Eighteen hundred and forty eighth with one Jesse Whitmond, and remained his wife until the Eighth day of October Eighteen hundred and fifty-five, upon which day her said husband Jesse Whitmond died.
And deponent further states that she is now a widow and has remained a widow since the death of the said Jesse Whitmond.
She hereby appoints C.W.Bennett of Washington, D.C. her true and lawful Attorney, with power of substitution, to prosecute this her claim, and to receive the certificate when issued
Witness,              { Lucinda her X mark Whitman
David Dobbs       {
E A Dobbs           {
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Sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year first above mentioned, and I hereby certify that I know the said deponent Lucinda Whitmond to be as is above stated, and that she is of the age above stated, and further, that I am not interested in this her claim as attorney or otherwise.    Witness my hand and the seal of said court affixed by order of said Court now in session. Dated this Seventh of July 1856.
N.B. Green, Ordinary & Ex office, Clerk   JP.                                                  his own Court
[Large circular seal]

2. State of Georgia}
    County of          } Ss.
On this         day of         A.D. 1856.
personally appeared before the subscriber , a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly authorized to administer
 oaths,                      a resident of said County, to me well known as a credible witness, and who being by me first duly sworn, doth on his oath state, that he is aquainted with Mrs.Lucinda Whitmond the former widow of William Kelly, and the above named applicant for a pension that he has know her for                years last past, that he has examined her family record - that he
believes the same to be genuine- that it is contained in a book purporting to be the 
"                   " and to have been
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State of Georgia }
County of           }  Ss

On this Seventh day of July Eighteen hundred and fifty six, personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, Ellison H. Dobbs aged thirty years, a resident of the county and state aforesaid, and David Dobbs aged Sixty five years, a resident of the county and state aforesaid, who are to me well known and who are credible witnesses, and who being by me duly sworn, depose and say, that they are each well acquainted with Mrs. Lucinda Whitmond, the above applicant for a Pension- that they have known her for Twenty three years last past. That they were acquainted with her first husband William Kelly deceased, having known him for Fifteen years previous to his death; That they the said William Kelly and Lucinda Whitmond (then Lucinda Kelly) lived together as husband and wife, and were reputed so to be; that deponents never heard the fact of their marriage disputed or questioned. That the said William Kelly was a pensioner of the United States; and was in receipt of a pension at the rate of 7.96 per year as they have been informed and believe: That the said William Kelly died on the twenty ninth day of June 
Eighteen hundred and forty seven And deponents further state that after the death of her husband William Kelly as aforesaid the said
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Lucinda then his widow, married on the Seventh day of November A.D. 1848, one Jesse Whitmond, with whom deponents were also aquainted. That the said Jesse Whitmond died on the 8th day of October 1855, leaving the said Lucinda his widow. And deponents further state that the said Lucinda Whitmond has been since the said 8th day of October 1855 and now is a widow.
And deponents further state that they were present and saw the said Lucinda Whitmond execute the foregoing declaration, by signing her Mark thereto, and making oath to the service in due form of law and that they, deponents are not interested, and that they reside in the county aforesaid.  
                                          E.A. Dobbs
                                          David Dobbs
Sworn and subscribed }
before me, this Seventh day of July A.D. 1856, and I Certify that I am not interested in this claim as atty. or otherwise.  
John G. Campbell
Justice of the Peace

State of Georgia }
County of__________} .Ss.
I hereby certify that John G. Campbell Esquire, 
before whom the fore
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going affidavits were made and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signatures thereto are genuine.

[Large circular seal ]  In testimony whereof I have 
                                  unto set my hand and   
                                  affixed the seal of the Court
                                  of Ordinary this Seventh day
                                  of July A.D. 1856.  
                            N.B Green Ex office & Clerks
                             of Said Court of  Ordinary
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December 31, 1937

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William Kelly
W. 25995
BA-J/MLB [ illegible hand written word]

Miss Maud McClure Kelly
1436 South 10th Place
Birmingham, Alabama

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of William Kelly, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, who lived in Georgia, but probably came there from some other state.
You are furnished herein the record of William Kelly as found in pension claim, W. 25995, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of William Kelly are not shown.
William Kelly enlisted in the State of Virginia, January 19, 1778, for the term of three years, served as matross in Captain William Pierce's company, Colonel Charles Harrison's Continental Regiment of Artillery, was in the battle of Camden in which he was taken prisoner and held until after the termination of the period for which he enlisted.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed August 22, 1827, at which time he was "aged sixty-seven years and some months" and a resident of Elbert County, Georgia, where he died June 29, 1847.
He signed by mark William Kelly.
In 1827, William Kelly referred to his wife, Philadelphia, then aged about sixty years, his son, William, aged thirteen years, and to a daughter, Rutha, aged ten years. The date of death of soldier's wife, Philadelphia, 
was not stated.
William Kelly married the first Sunday of February, 1835, in Anderson District,  South Carolina, Lucinda Harris. The date and place of her birth and names of parents were not given.
Lucinda Kelly, soldier's widow, married November 7, 1848, in Elbert County, Georgia, Jesse Whitmond or Whitman, who died October 8, 1855, in Marietta, Georgia.
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Lucinda Whitmond or Whitman, while residing in Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, aged forty years, applied June 26, 1856, for pension due her as the former widow of the soldier, William Kelly. Her claim was allowed. In 1868, she was still living in Marietta, Georgia, and then gave her age as forty-nine years, with no explanation of the discrepancy.
In 1869, it was stated that Lucinda Whitmond had "no sons large enough to engage in the War of the Rebellion". No other reference was made to her children by either husband.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of soldier's widow, Lucinda, you should write to the Comptroller 
General, General Accounting Office, Records Division , this city, and cite the following data.
Lucinda Whitman
Widow of William Kelly
Certificate No. 5886
Issued July 13, 1869
Rate $96 per annum
Commenced
September 4, 1860
Act February 3, 1853
Georgia Agency


Very truly yours, 
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Dept of War Bounty Land Office
September 4th 1832

Sir
Yours of the 28th ult. on the subject of the claim to land bounty in right of William Kelly, is received and duly considered
 In pursuing the investigation of this claim, it is ascertained from the Rolls of the Virg. Continental line, on file in the Pension office, that there were two soldiers by the name of Wm. Kelley in service in that line. One of whom, belonged to the Artillery, and the other to the Infty On the records in this office, showing the surnames of these soldiers of the Virginia line who inlisted for the term of "during the War" and who  actually served to the close thereof in 1783, [2 words crossed out] but one soldier [3 words crossed out] by the name of Wm. Kelley is found, and he is distinctly designated as a Matross of Artillery - & that Wm. Kelley, designated in several instances on the Rolls in the Pension Office as a  Soldier of Infantry, is not returned on the Records in this office, among those who inlisted for "during the War", hence it must be inferred [ 3 words crossed out ]  that his last inlistment was for the limited term of 3 years, and that in completing this term [ 2 words crossed out] was necessarily retained in service to the end of the War, but did not thereby acquire the right to land bounty from the U. States this belief is confirmed by the fact that, all the officers mentioned in your letter as belonging to Accomac County, whose names are returned on the Records of this office, except Blair, who was Killed in battle, are designated as officers of Infantry - namely, Joynes, Gilchrist, Parker, Coverly, Paulson, Kendall, and Snead; Cropper and Parramore, but being returned on the list of officers either as Supernumerary or as being in service at the close of the War.
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The [ 2 words crossed out ] obvious conclusions to be drawn from the foregoing facts are, that 
[ 3 words crossed out ] the individual in whose right you prove claim, was a soldier of Infantry, and cannot therefore [ crossed out] be identified as the soldier of the same name, who is returned as a Matross Artillery - If [crossed out] it was a fact that the Infantry soldier served to the close of the War under an inlistment for "during the War" his name ought , & doubtless would have been, returned as having so inlisted and served, such not being the case, it cannot be otherwise inferred, than that his last inlistment was for three years only [crossed out] consequently that he did not [2 words crossed out] acquire the right to the bounty in question - The Rolls in the Pension Office show that two payments on account of Wm. Kelly of Infantry were made to Col. Cropper in 1785. [3 words crossed out] and 
that the last payment made on his life was to 
S.Caball, in decemr. of the same year
It further appears from the same source that
 Wm Kelly Soldier of Artillery, received, (himself) his last payment [crossed out] of £ 70.1.7. in Novemr. 1787. 
Considering the claim in right of Wm Kelley Soldier of Infantry in the Virginia line, as inadmissible, I herewith return the papers received in the case
Yr Obt 
Wm. Gordon
Vespasian Ellis Esqr
Accomack Ct. House Virg.
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  Dep of War, Bounty Land office Aug. 20 1832
Sir
Your two letters of the 10th inst, one of which enclosed the application for bounty land by the heirs of Wm. Kelley, who is stated to have been a soldier of the Virg. line, are received - In reply I have to
state that, neither the certificate of kinship, nor the certificate of of the Register of the Law office of Virg. afford the requisite evidence to prove that the Ancestor or Relative ( the degree of relationship not being stated) of the present applicants, was in reality, that Wm. Kelley whose name is returned on the records of the Va line as being entitled to bounty lands from the U. States  - The Registers
 certificate merely shows that land bounty was granted by the State of Virg to a soldier by the name of Wm Kelly, but it affords no evidence that the present applicants are the lawful heirs of that Wm. Kelley, nor does it appear at what period the grant was made
So many fictitious claims are presented to this
Department by persons professing to be the heirs of Revolutionary soldiers, that it has become indispensably necessary to require such proof as will satisfactorily identify the individual in whose
right a party claims, as the soldier who actually performed the service
In the present case the identity and services of the soldier must be established by more explicit 
testimony than what has yet been addresed, also that the names of some of the officers under whom he served, and the name or number of the Regt. from which he was discharged, be stated;
also whether he belonged to the Infantry, Artillery or Dragoons - when & where he died - the period at which he received land bounty from the State of Virg. and whether he was a Pensioner at the time of his death, or prior thereto, and if so, where paid
In reply to your inquiry in behalf of Chal. Booth I have to acquaint you that, it appears by the records of the Virg line on file in this office, that the name of Alexander Harrison is returned as entitled to land bounty from the U. States and that no warrant has yet issued in satisfaction of his claim
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June 17, 1936

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William Kelley, W. 25995
Richard B. Hooper, S. 16418
BA-/MLB 

Mrs. Z.W. Copeland
"Birdwood"
Elberton, Georgia 

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War pension records of Richard Hooper and William Kelly (Kelley), of Elbert County, Georgia, also of John Green.
The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claim for pension or bounty land found for a John Green, under any spelling, who served from the State of Georgia or applied for pension while living in that state. Such claims are the source of Revolutionary War data furnished by this office. Records have been found of a Richard B. Hooper of Georgia, the only one of that name found in the Revolutionary War records of this office, and of  William Kelley or Kelly and they are furnished you herewith.

Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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June 17, 1936

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William Kelly
W. 25993
BA-J/ML[last letter illegible]

Mrs. Z. W. Copeland
"Birdwood"
Elberton, Georgia
Dear Madam:

The record of William Kelley or Kelly follows as shown in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 25993, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth and names of parents of William Kelley are not given.
William Kelley enlisted in the State of Virginia January 19, 1778, for three years, served as matross in Captain William Pierce's company, Colonel Charles Harrison's Continental Regiment of Artillery, was in the battle of Camden in which he was taken prisoner and held until after the termination of the period for which he enlisted.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed August 22, 1827, at which time he was aged "sixty-seven years and some months" and a resident of Elbert County, Georgia, where he died June 29, 1847.
In 1827, William Kelley referred to his wife, 
Philadelphia, then aged about sixty years, his son, William, aged thirteen years, and to a daughter, Rutha, aged ten years. The date of death of soldier's wife, Philadelphia, was not shown.
William Kelley married the first Sunday of February, 183 [last numeral illegible], in Anderson District, South Carolina, Lucinda Harris. The date and place of her birth and names of parents were not given.
William Kelley's widow Lucinda, married November 7, 1848, in Elbert County, Georgia, Jesse Whitmond or Whitman, who died October 8, 1855, in Marietta, Georgia.
Lucinda Whitmond or Whitman, while residing in Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, aged forty years, applied June 26, 1856, for
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pension due her as former widow of the soldier, William Kelley. Her claim was allowed. In 18 [last 2 numbers illegible] 
she was still living in Marietta, Georgia, and then gave her age as forty-nine years, with no explanation of the discrepancy.
In 1869, it was stated that Lucinda Whitmond had "no sons large enough to engage in the War of the Rebellion". No other reference was made to her children by either husband.
Very truly yours
A.D.Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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                   [American Legion Emblem]
                AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY
                  DEPARTMENT OF ALABAMA
                     1436 SOUTH 10TH PLACE
                           BIRMINGHAM, ALA.
MISS MAUD McLURE KELLY.
[DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT crossed out]
December 20, 1937.

 Dear Sir:
I am trying to prove, for D.A.R membership purposes, the line of my paternal great-great
grandfather, William Kelly, who lived in Georgia, but may have come there from somewhere else. I will deeply appreciate your giving me such facts
as appear on file for Wm Kelly, in Georgia, in your files
Thanking you , I am, 
Sincerely yours, 
Maud McLure Kelly.
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Lucinda Whitmond
former Widow of Wm Kelly
Georgia
Adm; 3 Feby 1853
$96 a year from the 
passage of the Act.

Cert to
C.W. Bennett Esq
Present
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No. 6 437
Lucinda Whitmond
widow of W Kelly
Geo
3 Feby 1853
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Accomack C.H. August 28, 1832
Sir. Your favor of the 20th instant was duly recd
I duly appreciate the course your duty requires you to pursue in regard to Wm Kelleys claim for Bounty Land and I have no hesitation in saying that I wish fair scrutiny into all the claims which I may present - that at the same time I cannot but regret that you find so many obstacles in the way
of William Kelleys claim The Registrar informed me when he made out some certificate for me that they would be satisfactory & my
 in experience in these matters led me to rely implicitly on the information derived from others. I do not regard the trouble I am or may be sent to in such claims so much as the expense of Clerks fees, County Seals to certificate depositions [Illegible, Illegible]     my compensation in all soldiers [sentence Illegible due to page crease]  & I pay all expenses myself consequently the [ Illegible] will be considerable in proportion to the pay to obtain additional testimony. However I will say to you this the warrant for Bounty Land issued by the Registra of the land office of Virginia was issued to Col. Th. M. Bayly of this County and the balance of depreciated pay one W Kelley was recd. by Col.
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John Copper late of this County & I here enclose
you a certificate of the Clerk of our County showing that William Kelley of this County was in service in 1783. It is impossible for the heirs of 
Revolutionary Claimants in this County to say, so long after the end of the War, under what officers their ancestor served. There were two Regiments
raised in the County & Northampton the 9th & 11th. The 9th was raised I understand for two years & the 11th was enlisted for 18 mos - 3 yrs of the War, some enlisted for one period &  some for another. The 9th was cut to pieces in Oct. 1777 = their term of service expired early in 1778 and a very large portion of them reinlisted.
In what companies or Regiments they reinlisted cannot be ascertained by the heirs but the fact of reinlistment is proved incontestibly by a variety of testimony to which I will hereafter refer when I 
call yr. attention again to Lewis [illegible]         claim. If you will look at 9th Volume of Henings Virginia Statutes at large page 338 you will perceive what efforts were made to reinlist the 9th Regiment & you may well presume those efforts were not altogether lost.  By reference to same book p. 454 you will see that all enlistments thereafter were for 3 yrs ov the War, & that strong inducements for reinlistment were held out. The 9th Regt. was not known as a Regiment
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P.S. The 9th & 11th Regts. were infantry and of course Wm Kelley was a soldier of Infantry 
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Elberton Sept 2nd 1828
Sir
Enclosed you will receive William Kelleys application for a renewal of a lost Pension Certificate. It is substantially in pursuance of your printed instructions, and as much in form, as the circumstances of the case will permitt- The Magistraty attestation of my credibility may  thought to be unnecessary, as I am known at the Department of War- Mr Kelley is in necessitory circumstances - I must therefore request you to give his application your immediate attention 
Mr Gulley certificate
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is found
Respectfully 
Your Obt. Svt.
Wiley Thompson

Hon ble
PB Porter
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Accomack C.H. Virginia August 10, 1832

Dr Sir, I enclose you a power of atty to deceased
Wm Kellys bounty Land from the United States for services during the War of the Revolution
Please inform me whether scrip under a former act of Congress is not issuable in exchange for 
such warrants ? & the mode & form of exchanging warrants for scrip
your obt. Svt
Ves Ellis
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Georgia   }
Cobb Co  }  Personally came before me a Justice of the Peace in & for said County and  State, James Hogan & Rebecca Brown of the County & State aforesaid, who after being duly sworn, deposeth & saith that they have been intimately acquainted with Lucinda Whitmond for ten yrs & that during the late war (between the U S. & the Confederate States( so called ), she did not aid nor abet in any way the Rebellion, but was loyal to the US Government.
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 26th Aug 1868 
Witnesses                    James his X mark Hogan
Jno G Campbell           Rebecca her X mark Brown 
H A Dunwoody
J. T. Robertson J.P.  

Georgia }
Cobb Co} I certify that Jno T Robertson, before whom the above affidavits purport to have been made is a Justice of the Peace in  & for said County & duly authorized to administer oaths.
Witness my hand & seal of office this 31st Aug 1868.  
H.M. Hammett   Clerk
Supr Court
[ Circular seal, unreadable to left of signature]
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Marietta, Georgia,  }
    July 14th 1868   }

Hon. Comr. of Dept. of Interior:
Dear Sir:
I enclose you the necessary papers for the restoration of Mrs Lucinda Whitman on the pension rolls, with the exception of the original pension certificate, which certificate was sent to you by Mrs. Whitman's former attorney on or about the 20th August 1866 [ part of sentence unreadable due to crease in document] in your office among the papers then sent, Mrs Whitman has left with a certified copy of the original certificate, and if you cannot find the original, and still require the certified copy, I will forward it to you.
A lady by the name of Brown, who is now a widow, and who lost a son in the late war, in the service of the U.S., desires me to enquire of you if there is a pension for such deceased soldiers; and if so, who can draw, and what is required?
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Please direct your communications in the cases, both of Mrs Whitman and Mrs Brown, to the undersigned
Respectfully
Jno. G. Campbell
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Georgia         }
Cobb County }  I hereby authorize and empower 
B.D. Hyam of Washington D.C. to prosecute my claim to be reinstated on the Pension Roll - which is now pending in the Pension Office in Washington D.C. to receive any certificate or draft which may be issued therefrom in my name receipt for the same, and receive any and all money due therein; giving unto him full power to endorse my name on said certificate or draft and to do any other act in my name necessary to the full and final settlement of this claim.
R C Irwin               Lucinda her X mark Whitmond
Wm J Ester

Georgia         }
Cobb County } Personally came before me Lucinda Whitmond whose signature appears to the above Power of Attorney and who acknowledges said  Power of Attorney to be her act and deed, and that she signed the same for the purposes therein mentioned
H.M. Hammett  Clerk [illegible]
Department of the Interior
4th Audit Office
We hereby transfer the above case of Lucinda Whitmond to B.D. Hyam Esq Washington D.C. and renounce all further connection with it
Sept 18th 1867                Anderson & Irwin
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Washington
July 30, 1856.
Hon. J. Minot
Court of Pensions, Sir.
I have the honor to enclose herewith the declaration &c of Lucinda Whitmond former widow of William Kelly decd. a pensioner Ga.
roll, act 1818, for benefits of 2d Sec. Act 3d Feby. 1853.
Very Respectfully 
Your Obt. Svt.
C.M. Bennett
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Georgia         }
Cobb County }
Before me J A Tolleson a Justice of the Peace in and for said county personally came [smudged]
Lamar & James Hogan parties to me well known and whom I certify to be respectable citizens, who being duly Sworn depose and say that they have 
known Mrs Lucinda Whitman for ten years that they saw her previous and during the late War frequently and know that she give no aid countenance or encouragement to the Rebelion.
She being a widow woman and having no sons large enough to engage in said rebelion and that they do believe she was and remains truly loyal to the U.S. Government. They further Swear that the said Lucinda Whitman still remains a widow and they further Swear that they have no interest whatever in the claim of said Lucinda Whitman for restoration to Pension rolls.
Witnesses                            }           Austin H. Lamar
 Rebecca her X mark Brown }   James his X mark Hogan
J A Tolleson                          }

Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 21st day of June 1869 and I certify that I have no interest whatever 
in said claim   
J A Tolleson
Justice of the Peace
Cobb Co GA.
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Treasury Department,
Third Auditor's Office,
October 12th, 1868.

Sir, 
In reply to your letter of the 7th inst, I have to inform you that the pension of Sarah Stapleton,
(Florida roll, Act 3 June 1858) appears to have been last paid to 4 September 1860.
Lucinda Whitmond formerly widow of Wm Kelly, 
(Georgia roll, Act 3 Feb'y 1853), appears to have been paid to 4 September 1860, and Bernard Caughman, ( South Carolina, roll Act 13 May 1846, ) appears to 4  March 1858. [smudge]
Very respectfully 
John Wilson
Auditor            
Hon. C.C.Cox
Commissioner of Pensions

J.T.W.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY.
[Sold by J.H.H. WOODWARD, Louisville, Ky.

Know all Men by these Presents; THAT
I, Lucinda Whitmond of the County of Cobb in the state of Georgia have made, constituted and appointed, and by these presents do make, constitute and appoint B.D. Hyam of Washington D.C. my true and, lawful Attorney for me and in my name place and stead, to appear in my behalf at the
Pension office Washington D.C. and prosecute my claim for 
Restoration to the Pension Rolls hereby revoking all or any
powers granted by me heretofore to all person or persons
and requesting the Commissioner of Pensions to permit my said above appointed Attorney to act on my behalf, and complete my said claim.
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State of Georgia } S.S.
County of Cobb  }  On this Fourteenth day of July A.D. one thousand eight hundred and Sixty eight, personally appeared before me, John G. Campbell, Judge of the Court of Ordinary in said State and County , the same being a Court of Record, Mrs Lucinda Whitman, aged forty nine years, a resident of Marietta, in the county of Cobb, State of Georgia, who being duly sworn, according to law declares that she is the identical person, Lucinda Whitman, who was a pensioner on the roll of the Agency at Savannah, Georgia, and whose pension certificate is herewith  returned - that she has resided since the first day of January, A.D. 1861, as  follows: in the City of Marietta, in the State and County 
aforesaid that during this period, her means of subsistance have been by Serving with the needle and daily labour and that she has not borne arms against the Government of the United States, or in any manner encouraged the Rebels, or manifested a sympathy with their cause; and that she was last paid her pension on the third day of September, 1860.
This application is made for the purpose of securing a restoration of her name to the pension rolls, and of obtaining a new pension certificate, such as she may be entitled to under existing laws, reference being made to the evidence heretofore filed in the Pension Office to
substantiate her original claim.
                                              her
                                 Lucinda  X  Whitman
                                             Mark
Also personally appeared Lemuel Black and John T. Robertson, residents of the City
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Of Marietta, and State and County aforesaid persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being by me duly sworn, say that they were present and saw Lucinda Whitman sign her name to the foregoing 
declaration ^ by making her mark and they further swear that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of the applicant- and their acquaintance with her, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be; and they further swear that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim; and that she is still a widow, never having [illegible] married since January 1, 1861.
Lemuel Black
J.T. Robertson
Sworn to and subscribed before me , this fourteenth day of July, A.D. 1868, and I hereby certify that I have no interest-direct-or indirect in the prosecuting of this claim; and I further certify that the contents of this paper were made known to the affiant, Lucinda Whitman, before she signed the same by making her mark.
Jno G Campbell
Judge Court of Ordinary
State of Georgia }
County of Cobb  }  I Lucinda Whitman, do solemnly
swear, in the presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States and the union of the States thereunder that I will, in like manner abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations
which have been made during the existing        rebellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves; So help me God                      her                                                                                                                                       
Sworn to and subscribed  }    Lucinda  X  Whitman
before me this July 14, 1868}              Mark  
Jno G. Campbell, Judge Ct.of Ordy}
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Application for a New Certificate
State of Georgia} ss
County of Elbert}  On this first day of September 1828 before me a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Elbert personally appeared William
Kelly who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain William Pearce in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Charles
Harrison in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension Roll of the state of Georgia as he was informed by Wiley Thompson a Representative from the State of Georgia in the Congress of the United States; That he has never received a certificate of that fact                                                      His
Sworn to & subscribed to          William X Kelly
before me, the day & year                  Mark
aforesaid
Zechariah Smith JP
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State of Georgia} ss
County of Elbert}    On this first day of September 1828 before me  now the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Elbert personally appeared Wiley Thompson a representative from the said state of Georgia in the Congress of the Untied States who on his oath declares that during the last session of Congress, to the best of his recollection he received from the War Department a Pension certificate in evidence of the fact that William Kelly of said county who now makes application for a new certificate, was placed on the 
Pension roll of the state of Georgia That ( as this deponent believes) he inclosed the said certificate by mail to Benajah Houston Esq of the said county of Elbert; And that William Kelly who now applies for a new certificate is the same person in whose favor the certificate above refered to, issued
Sworn to & subscribed before me }
the day & year aforesaid                }             Wiley Thompson
Zechariah Smith JP
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State of Georgia} ss
County of Elbert}  On this first day of September
1828 before me the subscriber a Justice ^of the Peace for the said County of Elbert personally appeared Benajah Houston who on his oath declares, that he believes he received by mail from Wiley Thompson during the last winter a Pension certificate in evidence of the fact that William Kelley who now
applies for a new certificate was placed on the Pension roll of the state of Georgia which certificate
if so received is lost or mis laid and that the ^ said
William Kelley who makes his application is he same
person to whom & in whose favor the certificate above refered to, [illegible word]
Sworn & subscribed to before me}
             the day & year aforesaid  }
Zechariah Smith JP                        B. Houston
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State of Georgia }
Elbert County     }  I, Benajah Houston Clerk of the Superior Court of said County, Certify that
Zacheriah Smith Esq before whom the annexed
and foregoing affidavits were made, and whose
signature appears thereto, is a lawful Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly Commissioned and qualified, that all due faith and Credit ought to be had & given to his attestation as such  In testimony whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office this first day of September one thousand eight hundred & twenty eight.
B. Houston Clk