Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33397, for William Mc Kean, Pennsylvania
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Penn.     McKean, William      S33397
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13,465
New Jersey
William McKean
of Morris Co. in the State of N Jersy
who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Shay - of the Pennsylvania
line, for the term of one year
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 8 - Dollars per month, to commence on
the 2 of April 1818
7
ficate of Pension issued the 23 of July 1819
sent to Joseph Jackson Esqr
st Master, Rockaway,
orris County N Jersey
to 4th of Mar: 1819. 10 mos 29/30 4/31 88.76
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819 - 48 -
136.76
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
Discontinued
[written perpendicular on next page: "Notification sent to Lewis Counted, Norris County, U.S. 24  July 1821. -"]
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William McKean
(Private)
Shay's Regt
Pennsylvania Line
Feby 1776 for 1 year.
2d. April 1818-
Admitted
Not on roll.
The Judge has not certified
as to reduced circumstances
of applicant-
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State of New Jersey
Morris County. s.s. Be it remembered that on the second day
of April in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and
eighteen personally appeared before me Joseph Jackson
one of the Judges of the inferior Court of Common pleas
in and for said County, William Mc. Kean, who being
duly sworn according to Law, on his oath
saith, that he was born in Scotland, and came 
into New York City on the 5th. day of August seventeen
hundred and seventy four, and that some time in the
month of February seventeen hundred and seventy six
he enlisted in the service of the United States as a
common Soldier, for one year, at the town of Lancaster
in Pennsylvania in Captain William Wests company
in the third Battalion of the Pennsylvania line,
then commanded by Colonel John Shaw (or Shay)
and served the year out - And upon Captain Wests
being promoted to the rank of Major of the Battalion
Lieutenant Connely was promoted to the rank of Captain
of the company; and that Colonel Shaw having
resigned, Colonel Cadwallader was appointed
to the command of the Regiment, and was taken
prisoner, with this deponent at Fort Washington
in the State of New York - and that this de
ponent was held a prisoner by the British about
six months, untill he got opportunity to escape,
and afterwards, he went to headquarters, at the
Smiths Clove in the State of New York, where he
obtained a pass from General Washington to
go where he pleased, after which he did not enlist again
but hath resided ever since in the County of Morris
and State of New Jersey, and that he is now in the
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seventieth year of his age, and is very infirm
in health, and is very much reduced in his circumstances
^and needs the assistance of his Country for support and begs to be put on the pension
lists of common soldiers of the United States.
Note, the words"
and needs the assistance
of his country for support" were interlined
in presence of this deponent and at his request -
William M Kean
Sworn and Subscribed before me the date as above
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my
name and affixed my seal.
Joseph Jackson
State of New Jersey
Morris County s.s. Be it remembered that on the fifteenth day
of April in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred
and eighteen, personally appeared before me Joseph
Jackson, one of the judges of the inferior court of common
pleas in and for said County; Jacob Bosteder
who being duly sworn according to Law on his oath
saith, in the year 1778, or thereabouts, William
McKean come to this deponents house in the County
of Morris, and stated that he had been taken a prisoner
by the British army at Fort Washington; and he hath
resided in the County of Morris ever since; and that
he is a man of the strictest veracity, is considered
honest by all that know him, is very much reduced
in his circumstances and stands in need of relief
from some quarter. Jacob Bosteder
Sworn and subscribed before me
the date as above.
Joseph Jackson
.
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I. Joseph Jackson, Judge of the inferior Court of common
pleas aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction,
that the said William McKean did serve in
the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceeding declaration
against the common enemy; and I now
transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and
had before me, to the secretary for the department
of War, pursuant to the directions of the act of
Congress approved 18th March 1818.
Joseph Jackson
State of New Jersey
County of Morris 
I Robert H M Carter Clerk of the
County of Morris, do hereby certify, that Joseph Jackson Esq
before whom the foregoing affidavits are made, is and was at
the doing thereof, duly enrolled one of the Judges of the
Inferior Court of common pleas in and for the county of
Morris, and that full faith and credit is due to his
official acts as such -
In Testimony whereof I have hereto
set my hand and affixed the seal
of said County this ninth day of
May in the year of our Lord eighteen
hundred and eighteen
Robert H. M. Carter
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William McKean
(Private)
Shay's Regt
Feby 1776 for 1 year -
2d. April 1818-
Admitted
The Judge has not certified
as to reduced circumstances
of applicant -
["Not on roll" written underneath other writing]
I, Joseph Jackson one of the judges of the inferior Court of Common
pleas in and for the County of Morris and State of New Jersey - do hereby
certify to the Hon J.C. Calhoun secretary at War, that William
McKean, the applicant for a soldiers pension, within named, is personally
known to me to be in very reduced circumstances, has no real
estate, and his wife is very aged and entirely blind:- And that from
his reduced circumstances and infirm state of health, is not able to go
to Lancaster in Pennsylvania, to obtain the testimony of those officers
under whome he enlisted and served; and that from his long
established reputation in the place where he lives and from my
personal acquaintance with him, I have no hesitation in
saying that the utmost confidence may be placed in his assertions,
although they may ^be in his favour - In witness whereof
I have hereunto subscribed my name, this ninth day of July in the
year of our Lord eighteen hundred and nineteen.
Joseph Jackson
N.B. Perhaps his name may appear on the Regimental roll spelled
Mac Cain instead of Mc.Kean; he has suggested this to me, as a probable
reason for his name not appearing on the roll -
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William.. McKean
13.465
Sept 1819
S
age 40 - $158.74
[illegible] suspended
Lewis Condish
Morristown
N J
End
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District of New Jersey,
Morris County, } ss.
On this tenth day of July,
1820, personally appeared in open Court, before the
Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, holden at Morris-Town,
in and for the County of Morris, in the term of
July, in the year aforesaid. [The said court being a court
of record, possessing a seal, proceeding according to the course
of the common law, having a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping records
of its proceedings, and its Judgments being removeable by writ of error only]
William McKean . . . . . . . . aged seventy
. . . . . . . . years, resident in the township of Pequanack,
. . . in said county, who being duly sworn according to law
doth on his oath . . . . declare, that he served in the third Regiment
of the Pennsylvania Line Commanded by Colo. John Shay in Capt
William Wests company and was taken prisoner at Fort Washington
in the year 1776. that he applied for his pension 2d April 1818
that his pension Certificate is deposited in the Trenton Bank for
safe keeping / about fifty miles from here, by reason of which he cannot
state the number of it -
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United 
States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift,
sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent so to
diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled ""An
act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United 
States in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 15th day of March, 1818; and that I
have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, 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. that I am by occupation a
laborer but from my bodily infirmity can do but little towards
earning my support, that have a wife aged sixty eight years
who is, and has been entirely blind about nine years last past
that I have one son aged eighteen years who can earn his living
and on whom my principal dependance is for that work I get done
on my little place that I have one daughter aged thirty two
years that resides in my family and her time is taken up principally
in taking care of my wife, that I have a female orphan Grandchild
aged seven years that resides with me and is interely dependant
on me for support
Sworn to and declared on the
10th July 1820 before
Gab. H Ford
William McKean
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SCHEDULE referred to in the foregoing deposition of
William McKean viz -
52. 10/100 acres of Rough lands
about 15 acres of which is so
improved as to be tillable
He owes and is endetted as follows. viz
For money borrowed to assist in
paying for his land . . .  } 175.84
2 Milch Cows.
one sow & 5. pigs | to Aaron Miller . . . . 2.50
1 Ploug | " John Scott . . . . . 5.00
one Iron Kittle with a hole in it | " William Alger . . . . . 1.25
one Iron pot " Abraham Bested . . . . 1.00
one teakittle | Widow Betsey Cram . . . 1.25
3 Iron Spoons | " Ebenezer Mills . . . .50
three knives & three forks | " William Scott . . . .50
one old post spade | " Timothy Coundect . . . . 1.25
one old broad hoe | " Joseph Jackson . . . . 1.00
4 Earthen Bowls | $190.09
two pewter plates
one tin pail
2 old wooden pails
2 Grass Sythes
Cash remaining of his pension
drawn 4th March last two
dollars and six cents
Sworn to and declared on the 10th
July 1820 before
Gab A. Ford | William McKean
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State of New Jersey,
County of Morris. } ss.
I, Robert H. M' Carter, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said
County of Morris, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed,
are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify that it is the
opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the
aforesaid Schedule is one hundred and fifty eight dollars and seventy four cents-
$158.74
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my
name and affixed the seal of said Court, this fifteenth
day of July, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and
twenty.
Robert . Hall, Carter Clerk of the
Court for the County of Morris
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District of New-Jersey, Morris County, ss.
On this seventh day of July 1823 personally appeared
in open Court, before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas,
holden at Morris-Town, in and for the county of Morris, in the term of July
in the year aforesaid, (the said Court being a Court of Record, possessing a seal, proceeding
according to the course of the common law, having a jurisdiction unlimited in point
of amount keeping record of its proceedings, and its judgments being removable by writ
of error only) William McKean aged seventy three
years, and resident in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law,
doth, on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain
the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March, 1818, and the 1st of
May, 1820, that he the said William McKean enlisted at Lancaster in Pennsylvania
in the month of February 1776 for one year in the Company commanded
by Capt West in the Regiment first commanded by Col Shey, and afterwards
by Col. Cadwallader in the Pennsylvania line in the Continental
establishment that he continued serve in the said Company until he was
taken prisoner at Fort Washington in the State of New York that after he was
taken prisoner he was conveyed to the Sugar house prison in New York and was
confined there about two weeks and was from there transferred to a prison
ship at the walabout and continued therein for four or five months when
he was released upon parole and after being reported to head quarters
was discharged by Col. Cadwallader as he thinks that his name has
been placed upon the pension list and was dropt therefrom on account
of his property as he expects-
And in pursuance of the act of the 1st of May, 1820, I do solemnly
swear that I was a Resident Citizen of the United States, on the 18th
day of March, 1818 and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner,
disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as
to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide
for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the
Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor
has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, 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. That, since the exhibition of my first deed, the following changes
have been made in my property [crossed out] as follows viz -
one chest - one small dresser, 1 qt red earthen bowl. 1 two quart
bowl - 1 pint earthen cup - 1 old tin pail.  2 Iron trammels 1 pr Iron tongs
& shovel a lot of old Blacksmiths tools. 4 sitting chairs 1 Iron griddle
1 small pot. 1 broken Iron tea kittle. 1 wooden pail. 1 meat cask 1 old cup
cut saw  - 1 auger 1 small chest. 1 dung fork. 1 spade 2 old hoes.
1 worn out plough share 1 pair smoothing irons. 5 knives & three forks
1 table. 2 earthen cups 1 wooden tray one straw bed 1 bed spread.
1 sheet 1 small bible much worn - This deponent has no notes or
bonds or other securities for money due to him. he has no horse cow
or hog - He is indebted to the following persons, as follows, Peter
Smith two dollars and seventy five cents. Aaron Miller two dollars
[illegible] Mary Alger one dollar & twenty five cents - John Winters seventy
five cents - Joseph Jackson ten dollars
That since the exhibition of my first schedule the following
changes have been made in my property . .
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52 10/100 acres of rough lands about 15 acres of which is so improved as to be tillable | Sold to Mary McKean & Samuel McKean | Deed dated 29th January 1822
for $117 22/100 dollars
The two milch cows are both dead. one sow & five pigs have been
butchered for family use. The amount of money received for my
land sold has been expended in payment of debts and funeral
charges of my wife and necessaries for to support myself in victuals
and clothes. That untill the fifth day of July 1822 he was
obliged to make application for relief from the overseers of the
poor of the township and did receive of them towards his maintenance
one dollar per week, untill the death of his wife, which
was in July 1822. This deponent has no family, but at present
lives with his son & daughter Samuel McKean and Mary McKean
who though in low circumstances afford him a temporary support
that in consequence of his age, and astmah with which he is
afflicted, he cannot work or labour at all. he has no trade -
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this seventh day
of July 1823 - | William McKean
Silas Cook
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William McKean
Sept 1819
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I, Robert H. M'Carter, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, for the county
of Morris, do hereby Certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court, that the
said William McKean did serve in the Revolutionary
War, as stated in the preceding Declaration, against the
common enemy, for the term of nine months under one engagement, on the
Continental establishment. I also certify, that the foregoing declaration
and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of
the said Court; and I do further Certify, that it is the opinion of
the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in
the aforesaid schedule is nine dollars and [crossed out]
and ninety one - cents. In Testimony Whereof, I
have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this Eighth
day of July - one thousand eight hundred and twenty three
Robert H.M. Carter
William McKean
Sept 1819
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
February 13, 1928.
Mrs. F. A. Murray,
Mazon,
Illinois.
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary 
Warpension claim|S.33397, it appears that William McKean
was born in Scotland (date not stated) and came to New 
York Cityin 1774.
He enlisted at Lancaster, Pennsylvania in February
1776 and served as a private in Captain William Wests'
Company, Colonel John Shaw's Pennsylvania Regiment, was
taken prisoner at Fort Washington, and held about six
months, when paroled.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
April 2, 1818, while a resident of Morris County, New 
Jersey, in his seventieth year.
In 1820 he referred to his wife as aged sixty-eight
years, and to a daughter aged thirty-two years, to a son
aged eighteen years, and to a grand-daughter aged seven
years who was an orphan, but did not give the names of any.
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Soldier's wife died in July 1822 and in 1823 he
was living in Morris County, New Jersey, with his son
and daughter Samuel McKean and Mary McKean.
There are no further family data.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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33397
Revy INVALID.
File No. 33.397
William McKean
[illegible] Rev War
Act: 18th March 18th
Index:--Vol. 2, Page 964
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Oct. 28/98
Mrs. Geo. F. Gilkey.
Oshkosh. Wis.
Aug. 4, 1904 Hist. to
Edgar F. Shannon, Cambridge, Mass.
1928 - Feb. 13 -Hist to Mrs.
F. A. Murray [illegible]
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Applicant aged 70 yrs. -
Infirm. -
- wife, 68 yrs old. been
blind for 9 yrs. last past. -
son, 18 yrs. old -
- daughter, 32 yrs. old -
- orphan gr: daughter, 7 yrs. old.
52 acres of land -
Cert. of sched: $158.74.
says he owes $190.09 -
not entitled
Discard July 26 .1821
and Sent to
Lewis Condict,
Morristown
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New = Jersey
William McKean, priv.
Served 1 yr. [illegible] 1776
Sched: dated 10 July 1820.
Real & Personal property
valued by Court at $158.74
indebted to sundry persons,
their names given - $190.09
Sched: under act Mar: 1823.
dated 7th. July 1823.
Exhibits - $9.91
accounts for the decrease
property & By sale of
is Real Estate on the
9th. Jany. 1822 to Mary
Saml. McKean for $117. 22/100
authenticated copy of
ed within) paid his debts.
funeral expences of his
ife - 2 Cows died. 1 sow
pigs consumed in fam
until July 1822 was
owed by the overseers of
$1 per week for his
aintenance - Since
death is his wife
son & Daughter have
ken him to live with
them. -
claimant aged 73 ys.
[illegible], no occupation -
annot labor at all"
no family -
idebted $16.75.
Condict Esq
Morristown
IN. J.
$15.57
Restored 30 Augt 1820
1819.
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fee
[circular stamp reading "Tren.N.J. OCT 27"]
Mr Joseph Jackson
Postmaster
Rockaway
New Jersey
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Trenton Octr 27. 1820
Sir,
I recd: your Letter of the 17 April 1819 in
Course, but as I despaired of finding or ever seeing
again, the Accounts relative to the Regiment I
commanded in the year 1776, I did not think
it necessary to send you an Answer - A few
Days ago, however, in rummaging some very old
Papers, I discovered a Bundle containing a
List of the Soldiers of each company in the
3d Regiment of Pennsylvania, which I commanded
in the year 1776, and found the Name of William
M'Kean's as a Soldier in Captain Wests
company in the sd: Regiment - M'Kean is thenc
mentioned to have received Money from me
as Pay as a Soldier in said Company - so that
I can now safely send you a Certificate
of it, wh: I hope will furnish him the Means
of having justice done to him - The certificate
herein enclosed -
Your hble Servant
Lambr: Cadwalader
Mr Jos Jackson
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I hereby certify that William
M'Kean was a Soldier in Captain William
West's Company in the 3d Pennsylvania Regiment,
which I commanded in the year
1776; and was in the Service of the United 
States, in that year, when the Regiment was
taken at Fort Washington, on New York
Island -
Lambert Cadwalader
Trenton October 27. 1820 -
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Wm McKean -
Payable semi-annually. The first
payment on this Certificate will be
made on the 4th of Septr
next, in Trenton, (NJ)
by the President of the Trenton
Banking Company
#33.397
Recorded.
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War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United 
States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
William McKean late a private
in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed
on the Pension List, Roll of the New Jersey
Agency, at the rate of Eight - dollars per month, to commence
on the second day of April - one thousand
eight hundred and eighteen.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United 
States, this 23d" day of
July one thousand eight
hundred and nineteen
Signature cut out before Aug. 4, 1904
S.S.C.
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Sept 8. 1819 Pd. to Sept 4. 1879
Apd 28.1820 Paid to Mar 4. 1820
Mar 20. 1824 Pd to Mar 4. 1824
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William McKean
To
Mary & Samuel McKean } Decd
Dated 29th Jany. 1822
(Copy)
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This Indenture, made the twenty ninth
day of January in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and
twenty two Between William McKean -
of the township of Pequanack in the County of Morris and state of
New Jersey of the first part, and Mary McKean and
Samuel McKean -
 - of the township of Pequanack in the county of
Morris and state of New Jersey of the second part,
WITNESSETH, that the said Partt of the first part, for and in consideration
of the sum of one hundred and seventeen dollars and
twenty two cents good and lawful money of the United States, to him
in hand well and truly paid by the said Parties of the second part, at and before
the sealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged,
and the said Party of the first part, therewith fully satisfied, contented and paid,
hath given, granted, bargained and sold, aliened, enfeoffed, conveyed and
confirmed; and by these presents, do give, grant, bargain, sell, alien, enfeoff,
convey and confirm, to the said Parties of the second part, and to their
heirs and assigns for ever, all that -
- tract or parcel of land and premises hereinafter particularly described;
situate, lying and being in the township of Pequanack in the county of
Morris and state of New Jersey - butted and bounded as follows:
Situate at the forks of two roads one leading from Hebernia
to Charlotte burgh, the other to Jacob Bosledo's in the Township
of Pequanack in the County of Morris and Eastern
division of the State of New Jersey. Beginning at a
stake and heap of stones being the beginning course
of sixty five acres and sixty two hundredths of an acre
returned to the Heirs or assigns of Joseph Throck Morton
at the request of Rebert Sharp on the 20. day of March
1790. and recorded in the Surveyor General's office in
Book S. 8. page 362. thence /1st/ North six degrees and
twenty minutes East twenty six chains and seventy links
thence /2 [degree symbol]/ North eighty degrees and thirty minutes -
west. twenty one chains and fifty links. thence /3 [degrees symbol]/ South
eight degrees and forty five minutes East twenty -
seven chains thence (4) south fifty degrees East
fifteen chains, thence (5) North twenty three degrees
and thirty minutes East seven chains to the place
of Beginning containing fifty two acres and ten
hundredths of an acre strict measure.
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Together with all and singular, the profits, privileges and advantages, with
the appurtenances to the same belonging, or in any wise appertaining: also, all the estate,
right, title, interest, property, claim and demand whatsoever, of the said Party of the
First Part, of, in and to the same; and of, in and to every part and parcel thereof -
To have and to hold, all and singular the -
- above described tract
or lot of land and premises, with the appurtenances, unto the said Parties of the Second
Part, their heirs and assigns, to the only proper use, benefit and behoof of the
said Parties of the Second Part, their heirs and assigns forever:- And the
said William McKean - doth for
himself his heirs, executors and administrators, covenant and grant to and with
the said Parties of the Second Part, their heirs and assigns, that he the
said Party of the First Part is the true, lawful and right owner of
all and singular the above described land and premises, and of every part and parcel
thereof; and is now lawfully seized and possessed of the same, as a good, perfect, and
absolute estate of inheritance in fee simple; and that the same land and premises, or any
part thereof, at the time of the sealing and delivery of these presents, are not incumbered
by any mortgage, judgment dower, recognizance, or limitation, or by any incumbrance
whatsoever, by which the title of the said Parties of the Second Part
hereby made, or intended to be made for the -
- above described land and
premises, can or may be changed, charged, altered, or defeated in any way whatever:-
And also, that the said Party of the First Part, now hath good right,
full power, and lawful authority to grant, bargain, sell and convey the said land and
premises in manner aforesaid:- Also, that he will warrant, secure,
and forever defend the - 
- said land and premises,
unto the said Parties of the Second Part, to their heirs and assigns forever, against
the lawful claims and demands of all and every person and persons, freely and
clearly freed and discharged of and from all manner of incumbrances whatsoever.
In Witness wherof, the said William McKean
hath hereunto set his hand and seal the
day and year first above written.
Signed, Sealed and Delivered
In the Presence of - } William McKean
George Hubbard
Joseph Jackson
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State of New Jersey
Morris County S.S. Be it remembered that on the twenty
ninth day of January in the year of Our Lord
Eighteen hundred and twenty two. personally
appeared before me Joseph Jackson one of the
Judges of the inferior Court of Common pleas
in and for said County, William McKean the
Grantor of the within deed of conveyance,
and I having made known to him the contents
thereof and being satisfied that he is
the grantor mentioned in said deed; did acknowledge
that he signed sealed and delivered the same
as his voluntary act for the uses and purposes
therein expressed-
Taken before me
Joseph Jackson
and Recorded August 9th 1823
R HM Carter: Clk
State of New Jersey
Country of Morris ss 
I Robert HM Carter Clerk of the County
County of Morris aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy
of the Record of a deed entered on the Morris County Register
of [illegible] O.O. folios 124. 125. & 126 -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my name and affixed the seal said County
this ninth day of August AD eighteen hundred
and twenty three - 
Robert HM Carter
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1 March 1823,
N. J.
Wm McKean
Recd. 23 Augt: 1823
J. L.  Edwards Esqr.
Pension Office
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Morris town August 19th 1823-
Dear Sir,
I enclose to you herein, the deed of conveyance from
William McKean, which is referred to in  his late declaration
for the renewal of his pension.- It had not then been recorded, &
was not until recently in his power to obtain it.- From its date, &
the date of the acknowledgement before Judge Jackson (Jany. 29th 1822)
it appears evident, it could not have been transacted in reference
to the pension law, which did not pass until more than a year after.
I recd some days past, notice of the restoration to the list of
Messr. Emmel, Manson, Rogers, Nowe
& Hicks, & more recently, the
rejection of Cornelius Mills, which seems to me a hard case, considering
the period of his service, the helpless condition of his family. & the finale
amount of his property, which probably was considerably overrated.
I remain, with much respect & esteem
Yr. friend, 
& my obt. servt.
Lewis Condict.
J. L. Edwards Esqr.
U.S. Pension Office
War Department
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Rockaway N.J.
14th July
FREE.
Hon. J.C. Calhoun
Secretary at War
Washington City
Wm McKean, No. 9.
Rec'd 19 July 1821
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Rockaway N.J. 14" July 1821.
Honb. J.C. Calhoun, Secretary at War.
Dear Sir, Knowing the multiplied calls
that are made upon your time, I am sorry to intrude
upon you; but there a case of a poor Soldier that on
the 6th of April last was not reported upon, as I am informed,
which is William McKean, whose original pension
warrant is dated 23d July 1819. His is a pecular
hard case, and if he is striken off the roll, must remain
a pauper the residue of his life. He is now reduced to the
charity of his neighbours, and the little tract of rough land
which is contained in his inventory, he holds only during the 
pleasure of the person to whom it is mortgaged - 
I enclose to you the certificate of Col. Cadwalader, together
with his letter to me on the subject, and which I did not receive 
untill after his pension warrant was issued, to shew
the facts as substantially ^true that he was taken a prisoner at
Fort Washington. If poverty can plead in favour of any,
It is certain that McKean is poor, and that not from any
fault of his, as he is strictly honest, moral & temperate.
I am Sir, with much respect
your Obt - & very humb. Sevt.
Joseph Jackson
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S 33 397
William McKean
Apr 2 1818 [illegible] 69
res Morris Co NJ.
Enl. Lancaster, Pa.
Feby 1776 Pri
Capt William West
Connely
Col. John Shaw [crossed out] (or Shay)
Cadwallader
3 reg Pa line Cont Est 1 yr.
cap - at Ft Washington escaped
after [illegible] to 
[illegible] because[illegible]
then prison ship at the
[ilelgible' 4 or 5 mos.
reptd & was disc by
Col. Cadwallader
(to cl - Tho [illegible])
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Mazon. Grundy Co. Illinois [illegible] 29/27.
To
The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
I am a direct descendant
of Wm McKean, a brother of
Thos. McKean, who was a signor
of the Declaration of Independence,
and desire to learn if Wm McKean
or any of his line served in the war
of the Revolution, and during what
period, and in what capacity.
If eligible I wish to join the D.A.R.
Any information will be much
appreciated. -  Have been directed to write
you by R.C. Davis. of the Adjutant Generals office -
may I hear from you soon?
(Mrs. F.A.) Genevive McKean Murray
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tment of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Sept. 3, 1927
The attached letter is respectfully returned
with the information that the data furnished is
not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent
answer to the queries therein contained.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below
as the information in your possession will permit,
and return to this Bureau.
1st name of widow Letitia or Mary
Name of soldier William McKean
address of soldier at enlistment
& after service
Mountjoy Township
Lancaster Co. Pa
State where enlisted.
Date of birth
Date of death
If unable to furnish company and regiment
give names of commanding officers.
1777.- Capt West. 3rd. Pa. Regiment
1778 - Capt Thos. Robinson
1779 - Capt. Joseph Work.
Return attached letter with reply.
EW Morgan
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
6-216
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own 
Ecl
[rectangular stamp withe the letters "U.", "S.", "P.", and "B." in the corners and reading: "OLD WAR & NAVY JUL 20 1904 FILES." in center]
15 Sacramento St.,
Cambridge, Mass.
July 15, 1904
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Please send me a copy of the Revolutionary war record
of Thomas Shannon of Sadsbury township, Lancaster Co., Penn.
His wife was Polly Reid. He later lived in Kentucky and may have
applied for a pension from there. I should like all details given
in the application.
I should also like the military record of William McCain,
McKane, or McKeen, who served in the Revolution, probably enlisting
from south-eastern Pennsylvania.
Yours truly,
Edgar F. Shannon
[circular stamp in black ink reading "U. S. PENSION OFFICE A JUL 18 1904"]
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McK
Oshkosh Wis. Oct 5 1898,
H. Clay Evens -
[rectangular stamp in black ink reading "To Chf Div. Action OCT 8 1898 COMMISSIONER"}
Dear Sir-
I write you to ascertain if my
great grandfather was a pensioner of the
Revolutionary War,
William
His name was
William McKeen. was born at Derry
N.H. Jan. 1754 - and died at Windham N.H.
Dec. 11th 1824. I do not know from where
he enlisted, but probably Windham as
he went there to live in 1760 I do not
know as any further particulars are necessary
but will just state that his wife was
Nancy Taylor and his brother Joseph McKeen
was the first president of Bowdoin College
of Brunswick Me.
I would like to establish
my claim to membership in the Daughters
of the Revolution,
Yours,
Mrs Geo. F. Gilkey
Oshkosh Wis.
199 Church St,
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[rectangular stamp in black ink reading: "This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services. Such of the original muster and pay
rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States."]
L. W. B.
T. 35397.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
Oct. 28, 1898.
Madam: -
Replying to your recent communication you are advised
that William McKean made an application for pension on April 2,
1818, at which time he was 70 years of age and residing in Morris
County, N. J., and his pension was allowed for one year actual
service as a private in the Pennsylvania troops, Revolutionary 
war; a part of the time he served under Capt. West and Col. Shay.
Place of enlistment Lancaster, Pa.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
Mrs. George F. Gilkey,
199 Church Street,
Oshkosh, Wisconsin.