Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7432, for Jesse Mc Kinzey, Maryland
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(8-1776)
SERVICE
Continental (Md)
McKinzey, Jesse
or McKinsey
or McKenzie

NUMBER
W. 7432
{B.L.Wt. 11512-100
Issued Apr. 8, 1796
No papers
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CONTENTS
Catharine
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13.019
R
Indiana
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Jesse McKinzey
of Knox in the State of Indiana
who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Housegger of the (German rgt)
[li]ne, for the term of 3 years
=======
Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana
at the rate of 8
Dollars per month, to commence on
the 8 of July 1818
=======
Certificate of Pension issued the 27th of July 1819
and sent to Benjamin Parke
Esq Judge Vincennes Indiana
========
Arrears to 4th of March 1819
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept "
[initials TM?]  28/31
$63.22
48.-
$111.22
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
---
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[left page, handwritten:]
Le[?] A. B. McKenzie
Aug 9/56
Reputed
Jany 24/49

Date of death
not [illegible]

[right page, printed and handwritten:]
3317
Ohio Cincinnatti
Catharine McKinsey
widow of Jesse McKinsey
Md [Maryland]
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a private
===========
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars --
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
===========
Certificate of Pension issued the
24 day of Jany 1849
sent to
Dave M. Corwin
Cincinnatti 
Ohio
===========
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
[Fe]bruary 2, 1848, Page 351  Vol. 4.
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1871[?] October 5th
Letters Testamentary with
copy will annexed
To
Catherine McKinsey Executor
of Jesse McKinsey Dec'd
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The State of Indiana
Knox County }
The State of Indiana, to all persons to whom these presents 
shall come, Greeting. - Know ye that upon the fifth
day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and nineteen - before me Robert Buntin Clerk of the circuit court in
and for the said County of Knox duly authorised for probate of Wills
and granting administrations within the said county, according 
to the direction of the act of assembly in such case made and 
provided, the last will and testament of Jesse McKinsey late of
the said County deceased was in common form of law proved 
approved and exhibited a copy of which is to these presents 
annexed, and administration of all and singular the goods, 
chattels, and credits of the said deceased laying and being within
the said County and any way concerning his will was granted
(unto Catherine McKinsey his widow the executrix in and by said
Will named and appointed, she having first taken an oath, well
well and truly to administer the said goods, chattels and credits)
according according to the tenor and efect of the said testament
and according to law; ^and^ to make or cause to be made a true and perfect
inventory of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits which were
of the said deceased the time of his death, together with a list of
the debt sperate and desperate which have, may or shall come to her
hands, possession or knowledge, appraised in dollars, as also to
render a just and [sue?] account of and upon her said administration 
therein; touching which inventory she is presently assigned to perform
or at furthest on or before the fifth day of January next ensuing, and
an account within twelve months from the date of these presents.
Witness Robert Buntin Clerk of our said Court at
Vincennes in the said County the fifth day of October
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and nineteen - and of the state the
fourth-
R.Buntin Clerk. C.C.K[?]C-
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In the name of God amen I Jesse McKinsey of the county and state of Indiana, being very weak of body but in perfect mind and Memory Thanks given unto God - calling unto mind the mortality of my Body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this My Last Will and Testament that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hand of Almighty God that gave it and my Body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in decent Christian Burial at the Directions of my Executor nothing doubting but at the General resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty Power of God and as tutching such worldly Estate where with it hath placed God to bless me in this life I give devise dispose of the same in the following manner and form viz. I give and bequeath to Catharine my beloved wife all and every part of my estate Real or Personal or of any other Denomination whatsoever it may be termed whom I likewise constitute make and ordain the sole Executrix of this my Last will and Testament By her freely to be possessed and enjoyed and I do hereby ratify and confirm this and no other to be my last will and Testament  In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty third day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen

Witness Present
Abraham F. Snapp
Henry P. Burlingame

Jesse (x his mark) McKinsey
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United States of America
Indiana District
Be it remembered that on the fifth day of
July Eighteen hundred and Eighteen, personally came before me the undersigned Judge of the District Court of the United States in and for the said District Jesse McKinzey,
 of the County of Knox, State of Indiana
who being duly sworn declareth and saith, that early in the Spring, he believes the latter part of March on the first of April, but the precise day he has forgotten, in the year one Thousand seven hundred & Eighty at
Frederick Town, in the State of Maryland, he enlisted for three years, unless sooner discharged in the company 
commanded by Captain Michael Boyer
of Col Waltener's Regiment. That the day or
a few days, before the revolt of the Pennsylvania troops, the companies of the Regiment, to which he belonged were separated -- and those that had been
recruited in Maryland, returned to  that State. He was marched to Frederick Town -- thence under Captain Williams to Baltimore, where he was placed under the command of Captain Hamilton -- from thence he was sent 
to Annapolis, and there came under the command of Captain Truman. That sometime after he was ordered to the army under the immediate command of Gen Washington engaged before York Town; but the
company or Regiment, to which he was then transfered
he does not recollect, but believes he was in the Corps
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commanded by the baron von Stuben, and in
which he continued untill after the capture of Lord Cornwallis, when he was ordered to Ashby's Bridge, South Carolina where he was attached to the first company of Col. Stewart second Maryland Regiment, and believes the said first company was commanded by Captain Price - That at the expiration of three years, from the time he enlisted he was refused a
Discharge, on the ground, as stated to him, that he had enlisted for and during the war, and therefore continued in the service untill some time in the fall of Seventeen hundred and eighty three -- when he was honorably discharged at Frederick Town Maryland by Captain Gatrel, who commanded .
at that place -- but he has lost his discharge 
and cannot state the day of its date -- 
That he has no other {illegible} in his power, of his  said service --  that he is in reduced circumstances and all the property he has is not of the value of two hundred dollars. that he is in the fifty sixth year of age, and from an affection of the spleen, has been in bad health for thirteen years, and for eight months has been unable to labour  -- and must have suffered, had it not been for the kindness
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kindness of his friends that he therefore needs the assistance of his country for support, and prays the benefit of an Act of Congress, {illegible} an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service
of the United States in the revolutionary war
--- Sworn to before me the day and year first before written
P. Parke

I Benjamin Parke Judge of the District Court of the United States in and for the Indiana District do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Jessie McKinzey did serve in the revolutionary as stated in the preceding declaration,
against the common enemy --  and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony had and taken before me to the Secretary for the Department of war, pursuant to the {illegible} aforementioned act of Congress -- 
given the eighth day of July, in
the year Eighteen hundred and Eighteen
B. Parke
And I the said Benjamin Parker do further
certify, that I have confidence in the preceding
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statement that the {illegible} Jesse McKinzey
was in reduced circumstances and really at {illegible} as he has represented himself to be as aforesaid -- and further that he departed this life on the third of November last
given the fourteenth day of June eighteen hundred nineteen
B. Parke
Jesse McKinzey
the
{illegible}
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Hon. J. R. Poinsett
Secretary of War
Washington City

Pension Claim
Oct. 24, 1838

2716  

Ohio July 1838

V2716  Jesse McKinzey

Ohio
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838
entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"
State of Ohio
Ross County ⎬ ss: On this fifteenth
day of October 1838,
personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of the court of Common
Pleas, now sitting in and for said County of Ross, Catharine McKinsey, a resident of
Twin Township in said County of Ross in the State of Ohio, aged 80 years,
who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made
by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "an act granting half
pay and pension to certain widows": That she is the widow of Jesse McKinsey
decd, who was a Soldier in the army of the Revolution, and having proved his service
was placed on the Pension Roll about the year 1818. That he died in Vincennes
in the State of Indiana (where he had lived) 
on or about the 3d day of
Novr 1818; and before he had drawn any pension, but this deponent
proved herself to be his widow, in Vincennes, in the State of Indiana (where he then lived)
on or about the 3d day of Nov 1818 and before he had drawn any pension, but this deponent  proved herself to be his widow, in Vincennes in the state of Indiana, and drew the amount of Pension which was due to her late husband Jesse McKinsey, up till the time of his death, in the State of Indiana,
That she has no dockumentary evidence, or proof by living testimony, of any of the services
performed by her said husband in the Revolutionary War, but believes he
was a soldier in the regular service in the
line and enlisted for {illegible}
during the War; and that his name is of record on the pension Roll of the state of
Indiana. She further declares positively, that she was married to the 
said Jesse McKinsey on the 22d day of Jany in the year one thousand seven hundred
and eighty four, in the County of Allegany in the State of Pennsylvania, by a Minister
of the Gospel, (long since dead) but has no record or personal proof of the fact, now,
within her knowledge, who was present at her marriage and the only evidence she can add to this Declaration are
the acknowledgment of her late Husband Jesse H Kinsey, that she was his wife, in his
last Will & Testament, by bequeathing to her therein, all his property, as such
a certified copy of which Will is attached; also any evidence which was made in Indiana
that she was his Widow, for the purpose of obtaining the arrears of Pension, which
was due her said husband at his death, and may be of Record in the War or
Pension Office, together with the affidavit of Simon Johnson, hereto annexed,
to prove her Identity &c That she was not married to said Jesse McKinsey prior
to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the 1st of Jany
seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz at the time above stated, and that she has
never been married a second time.

Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year ⎬ Catharine  (X her mark) McKinsey

Humphrey Fullerton Clerk R.C.P.
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State of Ohio, Ross County SS. Be it known that on the fifteenth day of October 1838
personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas now sitting, in and for said County Simeon Johnson a resident
of Twin township in said County of Ross, who being first duly sworn according to
Law deposeth and saith, that he has been personally acquainted with
Catherine McKinsey, who has made the foregoing declaration for the term
of 29 years past, and knows that she is the Widow of Jesse McKinsey decd
and the same person whom the said Jesse McKinsey acknowledges to be
his wife, in his last will and testament, hereto attached; that the
said Catherine McKinsey lived with her said Husband untill his
death, which took place as she has stated in her declaration
that she has not been married since the death of her said husband Jesse McKinsey
that she is about 80 years of age, and is a person of truth-
Sworn to & subscribed on the day
and year above written, before
Humphrey Fullerton Clerk. R.C. P.
Simon Johnson
Ross Common Pleas October Term 1838
In the matter of Catharine McKinsey for a pension the
Court are of opinion after hearing the Testimony that the
above named applicant is the widow of Jesse McKinsey
a revolutionary soldier and that Simon Johnston who
signed the preceeding affidavit is a credible person and
that his statements are entitled to credit
The State of Ohio
Ross County

I Humphrey Fullerton Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid do
certify that the above is a true copy of the
proceedings had in the above application
for pension at the October Term AD 1838  of said Court
Given under my hand & seal of Office this 18th day of October AD 1838
Humphrey Fullerton Clark
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Chillicothe Oct 18th 1838

Hon: J.R. Poinsett, Secy of War

Sir:

I am requested by Mrs. Catharine McKinsey the within name applicant for a pension, to forward her papers to you, and also to request that any communication to her be made thru me.

Hoping the papers will be satisfactory to you I subscribe myself your obt. servant.

Peter Patterson
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Whereas heretofore in the fall of the year 1838 Catharine McKinsey widow of Jesse McKinsey deceased made a declaration in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Please then acting in and for the County of Ross in the state of Ohio, which Declaration was forwarded to the War Office for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pension to certain Widows; which papers remain in the War or Pension Office filed with suspended cases; for further testimony__ to establish her marriage and the birth of her children.
Therefore _ Be it known That on this Eleventh day of April 1839, in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now acting in and for the county of Ross in the State of Ohio, personally appeared Catharine McKinsey aged 80 years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration (in addition to her former declaration) in order to obtain the ^benefit of the provision of act aforesaid_ that she was married to Jesse McKinsey as heretofore stated, on or about the 22d day of Jan'y 1784, by whom she had three children viz John, born Dec 9th 1788; Bennet, both Jan'y 5th 1791; and Elenor born April 10th 1793; the 2 last are known to be dead, the first was an officer in the late war and after the close of it he went to South American and has not been heard from since _ That her husband Jesse McKinsey died in Vincennes state of Indiana, on or about the 3d day of Nov-1818, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the 1st of Jan'y 1794 at this time above stated_and that she has not been married to any person since his death.  

Catharine X her mark McKinsey

Sworn to subscribed in open court by the Mark of the Declarants this 12th April 1839. 
Humphrey Fullerton, Clerk
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Ross County Court of Common Pleas of the 
Term of April 1839
State of Ohio
Ross County ss}  On this Eleventh day of April 1839 in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now acting in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Richard Tomlinson who being duly sworn according to law doth in his oath say that in the years 1791, 1792 and 1793 he was personally acquainted with Jesse McKinsey and Catharine his Wife near Cumberland in the state Maryland, that they were then living together as Husband and Wife and had two or three small children, and this deponent does verily believe the said Jesse McKinsey and Catharine his wife who has made the foregoing Declaration were lawfully married before the year 1794 --

Richard Tomlinson

Sworn to and subscribed in open court this 12th day of April A.D. 1839.
Humphrey Fullerton, Clerk.
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Ross County Court of Common Pleas
of the Term of April 1839
State of Ohio, Ross County ss

At the same time and place in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Please now acting in and for the County of Ross in the state of Ohio, personally appeared John McKinsey who being first duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that he was personally acquainted with Jesse McKinsey and Catharine his Wife who has made the foregoing Declaration, as early as the year 1792 or 1793. that they were then living together near Cumberland in the state of Maryland as Husband and Wife, and that from his personal knowledge they continued to live together as such, until his death, which took place about the year 1818, that they had several children, the first and the last of the children named by Catharine McKinsey in her foregoing Declaration this deponent was personally acquainted with; know that they were raised by the said Jesse & Catharine MdKinsey as their children and verily believes that the said Jesse & Catharine McKinsey were lawfully married before the first day of January 1794__

John McKenzie

Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 12th day of April A.D. 1839.
Humphrey Fullerton, Clerk.
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In the matter of Catharine McKinzie for a Pension the Court are of Opinion that after hearing the testimony that the above named applicant is the wife of Jesse McKinzie a revolutionary solder and that Richard Tomlinson and John McKinzie who signed the preceeding affidavit they are [unintelligible] and that their statements are entitled to credit. 

The State of Ohio}
Ross County ss} Humphrey Fullerton, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid do certify that the above is a true copy of [unintelligible] these records of our said Court.

Given under my land and seal of Office this 7th day of May AD 1839 and of this State the 37th
Humphrey Fullerton Clerk
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July 8 , 1936

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

BA-J/KEL
Jesse McKinsey-W.7432

Mrs. Jeanette Johnson
419 Busseron Street
Vincennes, Indiana

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Jesse KcKensey, private in the Maryland Line, War of the Revolution, who was pensioned in 1818 while living in Knox County, Indiana.

The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.7432, based upon the military service in that war of Jesse McKinzey.  The name appears, also, as McKinsey and McKenzie.

The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Jesse McKinsey are not shown.

Jesse McKinsey enlisted at Frederick, Maryland, about April 1, 1780, served as a private in Captain Michael Boyer or Bowyer's Company, Colonel Weltner's Regiment; a few days before the revolt of the Pennsylvania Troops, the companies enlisted from Maryland were separated from the regiment, and solder marched back to Frederick; thence to Baltimore in Captain Williams' Company, at which place he joined Captain Hamilton's Company; went to Annapolis and served under Captain Trueman; was then ordered to Yorktown where he served under Baron Steuben until after the capture of Lord Cornwallis, after which he went to South Carolina, and served in Captain Price's Company, Colonel Stewart's Maryland Regiment until the fall of 1783, when he was discharged at Frederick, Maryland. 

The soldier married January 22, 1784, in Alleghany County, Pennsylvania, Catharine, whose maiden name and date and place of birth are not stated.  After their marriage, they lived in Allegany County, Maryland, and from 1791 to 1793, were residing near Cumberland, that county and state.  Later, year not given, they moved to Knox County, Indiana. 

[unintelligible handwritten initials in lower right corner]
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Pension was allowed on the application of Jesse McKinsey which application was executed by him on July 8, 1818, while he residing Knox County, Indiana and aged fifty-five years;  he was pensioned Jesse McKinsey. 

The soldier died November 3, 1818, at Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana. 

Soldier's widow,Catharine, was allowed pension on her application executed October 15, 1836, at which time she was aged eighty years and resided in Twin Township, Ross County, Ohio.  In 1848, she was living in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.

The widow stated that she had three children born of her marriage to Jesse McKinsey, as follows:
John McKinzey . .  .  . . . . . . born December 9, 1788.
Bennet McKinzey . . . . . . . . " January 5, 1791. 
Elenor McKinzey . . . . . . . . " April 10, 1793.

In 1838, the widow stated that the two children last named were then dead and that her son John, after serving as a officer in the War of 1812, went to South American and that she had not heard from him since. 

In 1855, two grandchildren of the soldier were living, namely Mariah L. Walter and Abner Cocheral.  The names of their parents are not designated nor are their places of residence shown;  In 1848, one Enoch Cochrell, made affidavit in Cincinnati, Ohio.  No relationship to Abner was stated. 

Jesse McKinsey had two brothers, Joshua and Moses, both of whom enlisted and served in the  Revolutionary War.  In 1856[?] Bennett McKensie (as he signed), post office, Bourneville, Ross County, Ohio, stated that he was a son of Joshua McKenzie, who served in the Maryland Line.  [indecipherable sentence struck out.] In 1856, one A.B.McKenzie lived at Bourneville, Ohio.  His relationship to the family was not stated. 

In 1839, John McKenzie, of Ross County, Ohio, made affidavit that he had been acquainted with Jesse and Catharine McKinzie since 1792 or 1793, and knew two of their children; no relationship was shown. 

Very truly yours
A. D. Miller
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator.

[handwritten note in right margin:]

See correspondence in case of Joshua McKensey BL. CL. for letter in regard to grandchildren's cl. & answer from this office
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May 25, 1904 His
Mrs L. J. Gallup
Indianapolis
1920 May 17 Hist. to Ella P.
1936 July 8. Hist to me
Jeannette Johnson
R
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 7432
2
Catherine McKinsey
1
Rid
Jesse Mc Kensey ┃
Pvt. Rev. War

Act: Feby, 2 [illegible] 8
Index: -- Vol. M. Page 20
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Catharine McKinsey of Lep[?] Ohio 
Suspended
See let 19  Feb. 1839  to Hon W. K. Bond
Let to Hon W. Allen, Nov 1, 1839
let 20 June 1840 Hon W. K. Bond. Do 10 July 1840 
Let 21 July 40 Hon W. Allen

Act 7July 1838.
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5722

Ohio
_______________________________
Catharine McKinsey widow of Jesse McKinsey who was a pensioner under the act of 18 Mar. 1818 and who died on the 3d November 1818 of Ross Co. in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Boyd of the regiment commanded by Col. Weltner & in the Maryland line for 2 years. 
_______________________________
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 80 Dollars -----Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1836.
________________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of September and sent to Peter Patterson, Chillicothe, Ohio. 
___________________________
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1840  $360.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. 1841   $40
__________
$400.00
_________
{Act July 7, 1838.}

Recorded by Wm. W. Edwards Clerk, 
Book A   Vol. 2   Page 218
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See letter 14 June 1843 to J. B. Burner
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Ohio, Cincinnati 1885  Ref.
Catharine McKinsey
widow of Jesse McKinsey
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
80 Dollars [no] Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
8th day of Sept. 1843
and sent to John B Burner
Cincinnati, Ohio
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 1.  Page 160
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House of Rep. U. S
19 June 1840
Sir
I beg leave to hand the enclosed letters to you. If you find any reply necessary, it may be sent to me. 
I very cheerfully state that confidence may be expressed in the person whose names are affixed to these enclosures.
Very respy

Wm Kezbond
J.S. Edward Esq
Comm of Pensions
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Chillicothe
Mar[?] 4 1839.

Sir
I am [unintelligible] to forward the enclosed to you, and to ask for it your prompt attention.  Be so good as to inform me when you shall have acted upon this motion.

Most Respt
Your obd. svt.
W. Allen

Commissioner of Pensions}
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Senate Chamber
20 July 1840

Dear Sir

Please inform me by tomorrow as to this [unintelligible] and return this letter. 

Most Respt
W. Allen

Honb
The board of Pensions}
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Cincinnati  Oct 24, 1848
J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Court of Pensions

Sir
I enclose the applications of Mrs. Catharine Mc Kenzy for the benefit of the act of Congress passed 29 February 1848, and if the papers are correct, please send the proper certificate to my address at this Post office.  If informal, I will be greatly obliged for such instructions as you may be pleased to send me.  In either case, I would beg you to believe me.
Very Truly,
Dave M. Corwine
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2716
Catharine McKinsey
of Jesse
Ohio

admitted 
Pr: 2 yrs  $80
Cap Boyd Col
Weltner

died 3d Nov. 1818

Act of July 1838.

Peter Patterson
Chillicothe
Ohio.
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State of Ohio}
Hamilton County}
City of Cincinnati} ss.

Before me Henry E. Spencer mayor of said City, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, in and for said county, personally appeared Catharine McKenzie, and made oath in due form of law, that she is the widow of Jesse McKenzie, who was a soldier of the Revolution and served in the company of Captain Price [unintelligible] of Colonel Weltner's regiment, that her said husband at the time of his death was drawing pension of Ninety six dollars per annum; that she is the same person who drew a pension on account  of the Revolutionary services of her said husband Jesse, under the act of 3d of March 1843 and [unintelligible] of June 1844.  at the rate of Eighty dollars ^per annum; that she makes this affidavit for the purpose of obtaining the provisions of the Act of Congress, passed 29 February 1848; that she is Eighty nine years old, and that she has not [remarried?] but continues to be a widow.

Catharine her X mark McKenzie
in presence of D M Corwine

Sworn to and subscribed this 20th day of October AD 1848. as witness my hand and the corporate seal of said City ( [Inter?] being [unintelligible] before signing)
H.E. Spencer
Mayor

I certify that the above named affiant is personally known to me and that she is the same individual who drew pension as stated by her in the foregoing affidavit. 
H. E. Spencer
Mayor

State of Ohio}
Hamilton County}
City of Cincinnati}  ss
Before me the subscriber, Mayor of said city duly
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authorized by law to administer oaths, in and for said County, personally appeared Enoch Cockerill and William Murray persons of Respectability and reputable in character and made oath  in due form of law that they are personally acquainted with Catharine McKenzie the within named affiant, and know her to be the person she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit and further say [unintelligible]

Enoch Cochrell [signature]
Wm Murray [signature]

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the corporate seal of said City of Cincinnati this twenty-first day of October A D 1848.

H.E. Spencer
Mayor
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C McKenzie
Ohio
per W. Allen 
re. 9.9

[notation entered at 90 degree angle above addressee:]
[unintelligible] Ohio  
Hn W. Allen Senate

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City


[postmark? indicates Chillicothe Ohio Oct. 2?]
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Chillicothe
McKinsey

oct 26, 1879. {or 1839}
In the matter of Mrs C. McKinsey's 
application for a pension I am
requested to say
that the old  {illegible} in which the
birth of his children was
recorded has long since been
worn out and lost and that no
other record evidence of the facts
exists, and that she was enabled
to give the exast ages of her own
children only by reference to the
recorded ages of her brother's children
which were mostly  the same.
As I do not doubt the truth of
the statements and evidence  
which she has already given, I
hope you will again consider
the matter and if it can be done
according to the existing lore
you will allow the pension.
-
Please inform me as to the
determination of the department
as soon as may be.
Most Respt yours

W. Allen
Commission of Pensions
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(Postmark) - Washington City  July {illegible}

C. McKinsey

Wm. K. Bond
Representative in Congress
care of Wm. Young
United States Insce Office
Philadelphia

Hon. W. K. Bond
{illegible}
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The state of Ohio
Ross County
Be it know that on the 27th day of June 1848 personally appeared before me Peter Patterson a justice of the Peace in and for said county, Catharine McKinzey widow of Jesse McKinzey decd and made oath in due form of law, that the original record of the births of her children was on a loose piece of paper, that she had it in her possession at the time she made her amended declaration about April 1839, and a copy was taken from it, and inserted in said declaration in her application for a pension; that said paper containing Record was left by her with the other papers in the clerks office or Court House in said County, as she verily believed, at the time when she made said declaration, since which time, at the diligent search has been made, it cannot now be found
Sworn to & subscribed by Catherine McKinzey by making her mark before me.
Peter Patterson J. Peace
Catharine her X mark McKinzey
Witness Wm L. McClintick
I certify that the above named dependent is a credible person 
Attort Peter Patterson J. Peace
The State of Ohio
Reef County
I Humphrey Fullerton Clerk of the Court of Lawman pleas for the County offered do certify that Peter Patterson Esquire before whom the aforegoing affidan't was taken was at the time of taking the same and now is an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned sworn as such and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand & seal of Office this 29th day of June 1840.
Humphrey Fullerton Clerk
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Chillicothe June 29. 1840
Hon. Wm K. Bond, Dear sir, I {illegible} yours of the 23d inclosing
a letter to you from the Comt of Pensions, relating to Mrs Catharine McKinsey,
the old lady was at my house at the time I read the letter and made
the foregoing Depositions, which I hasten to forward to Mr. Edwards thru
you, I would also state that at the time she made the declaration, alluded
to in the foregoing deposition, she brought the paper which she said was
the original record of the births of her children to me, and I think it
was copied by me into her declaration before being sworn to in Court.
I remember that it was an old paper, having the appearance of the leaf
taken from a book, and that it was taken from my office with the
other papers which I had written to be sworn to in court -- since which time
I have not seen it-- your further attention to the
business will oblige, very respectfully your obt Servt
Peter Patterson
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State of Ohio
Hamilton County
On this twentieth day of June, 1843, personally
appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for
said County, Catherine McKenzie a resident of the City of Cincinnati in the County of Hamilton, State of Ohio, aged
eighty four years, and known to me to be the person she represents herself to be, who being first duly sworn, according to
law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order
to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the third March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Jesse McKenzie, deceased
who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Welton, that she received
pension of eighty dollars per annum under the act of July 7th 1838. she further declares that she is still a widow

Witness John S. Burney
 Catherine (her X mark) McKenzie

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year
above written, before me
John A. Wiseman
Justice of the Peace
State of Ohio
Hamilton County
I, Jacob W Piatt, Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas, do hereby certify that John A. Wiseman whose signature is
affixed to the foregoing affidavit, is a Justice of the Peace
in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified
and that his signature above written is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Seal of
said Court at Cincinnati, this 21st day
of June, 1843

Jack W. Piatt Clerk {illegible}
M. McMaster  {illegible}
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(to)
J. R. Poinsett
Secretary of War
Washington City
Pension Claim

Augt 5, 1840
{illegible}
Cathn McKinzie
{illegible}  38
Ohio
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State of Ohio
Ross County SS ⎬ 
Be it Known that on the twenty eighth day of July 1840, before me Peter Patterson a Justice of the Peace in and for
said County personally appeared John McKinsey and made oath in due
form of law, that he was personally acquainted with Jesse McKinsey and Catharine
his wife (who is an applicant for a pension) in the year 1793, and knew that the said
Jesse and Catharine McKinsey were then living together as husband and wife in
the State of Maryland, in Allegany County, and had some children, and has been acquainted with them from that time till his death, with the exception of a
few years while they lived in the State of Indiana, that he knew they always
lived together as husband and wife untill his death, and he verily believes
they were lawfully married, and never heard from any person the least 
suggestion that they were not lawfully married, and this deponent doth
further certify that to his certain knowledge the said Catherine McKinsey
has not been married to any person since the death of her late husband
Jesse McKinsey and further this deponent saith  not
John  McKinzie
Sworn to & subscribed this 28th
day of July 1840 before me
Peter Patterson J. Peace
Witness George Baker
I certify that John McKinzie the above named deponent is a man who
sustains a good moral character, and his statements are entitled to full credit,
Chillicothe July 28 1840
---
Attest Peter Patterson J. Peace

The State of Ohio
Ross County SS ⎬ I Humphrey Fullerton Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Peter Patterson esqr before whom the aforegoing affidavit
was taken was at the time of taking the same & now is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid duly
Commissioned and sworn & the signature purporting to be his is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & affixed the Seal of
said Court this 29th day of July AD 1840
H Fullerton Clerk
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Chillicothe July 29th 1840
Hon. J. L. Edwards, Comr of Pensions,
Sir yours of the 10th inst has been recd thro Col Bond,
relating to the application of Catharine McKinsey for a Pension in which
you say, "The explanation is not satisfactory; if no record evidence of the
date of the marriage can be had, documentary proof showing that she
lived with her late husband as his wife, at any period prior to January
1st 1794, will be deemed sufficient"
Therefore in hope that the foregoing affidavit of John McKinsey will be a satisfactory
substitute for the proof required, Mrs Catharine McKinsey has requested me to forward
it to you and also to say that the deposition of John McKinsey and Richard
Tomlinson are now on file with his papers in your office, to the same effect, which
you will have the goodness to refer to; the affidavit of Mr Tomlinson would now
have been taken again, but he is sick and near death, so much so as to be insensable --
but they are both men whose piety and veracity have not been doubted, for twenty
years at least to my knowledge having had personal acquaintance with them for that time.
Record proof of his marriage cannot be obtained, but I presume it is of record in your office that a
pension was granted to her husband Jesse McKinsey in his life time,  and that
Catherine McKinsey as his widow drew it, as his widow, after his death, some 20 years
since, at Vincennes, in Indiana  -- where said Jesse McKinsey died. She has also filed
with her other papers at your office a certified copy of her husband Jesse McKensey's
last will in which he acknowledges her, Catharine McKinsey to be his wife.
by bequeathing his property to her as such. There is also among said papers, proof
that she, the said Catherine McKensey is the identical person named in said Will --
these with her own declaration of the time and place that she was married
to Jesse McKensey, now on file in your office, together with the deposition of Mr.
Tomlinson & Mr. McKinsey who knew her while living with her husband
Jesse McKinsey as his wife in the year 1793 and if I remember correctly
they also said in 1792 & 1791 --  are all the proof she knows of at this time
respecting her marriage that can be obtained
---
Very respectfully your obt srvt
Peter Patterson
P.S. on examining Mrs McKinsey papers, will you have the goodness
to inform her, through me, whether they are now satisfactory or not, and
oblige her and your obedient servt
Peter Patterson
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Cincinnati, June 22nd 1843

Sir

Enclosed I take the liberty to send to you the application of Catharine McKinzey and Mary Berrington amended according to the rules you were pleased to send me in your letter of the 14th inst.  Should their claims be found correct you will please direct the certificates to me, to be delivered to the above named applicants.

I am, Sir, most respctfully
Your Obdt. Servant
John B. Burnes

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Cincinnati, May 8th 1843

Sir.

I take the liberty to direct to you the declarations
of Catharine McKenzie and Mary Herrington widows of
Revolutionary soldiers who have received pensions under the act
of July 7. 1838. Should their claims for the benefits of the act
of March 3d 1843 be found correct, I request you will be
pleased to direct their certificates to me whenever convenient
to yourself

At the request of Mr. Samuel Still, I also enclose
his pension certificate which has now become so mutilated
that he is obliged to trouble you for a new one which you ┃
will please likewise to direct to me for him

I am, Sir, very respectfully
Your Ovdt. Servt.
John A. Burnes

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.
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{From?}Hon N K Bond, H2

{to?}Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comd of Pensions
Washington City
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Ross County, Ohio.  June 13, 1840
We the under signed citizens of Ross County, Ohio do certify, that we have been personally and intimately acquainted with Catherine McKinsey, widow of Jessee Mckinsey deceased for forty years. That the aforesaid Mckinsey lived in our neighborhood both a respectful character, and were always accredited as legally married, man and wife: and we verily beleive (believe) they were such.
We refer the pension Agent to Mr. Allen of the Senate and to Mr. Bond of the House of Representatives, of the congress of the United States for our character.
We do beleive (believe) that Mrs. McKinsey is justly entitled to a pension, under the provisions of the law giving to the widows of the soldiers of the war of the Revolution.
John McDonald of Popler Ridge
Daniel Hare

Jacob Vinsonhaler
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Stamp
Pension Office
Apr 26
1920
U. S.
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8-04W.
Ex Aid         Div. Rev War
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON, D. C. March 6,1820
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.
Name of widow Jesse McKenzie
Name of soldier Joshua McKenzie
Company 
Regiment at close of war 4th Maryland
State where enlisted Maryland
If unable to furnish company and regiment give names of commanding officers.
Approximate dates of birth and death
Return attached letter with reply.
G. M. Saltzgaber
Commissioner

G-2409
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Circle with numbers
2, 3,4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Received
April 21, 1936
Mil Sub-Div.
Vets. Adm. 
Reader No. 16
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Veterans Administration
Dear Sirs
I want to ask about the services of Jesse McKensey private in Maryland line, pensioned in 1818, while living in Knox Co. Indiana at the age of 58.
Will you give me date & place of birth, military service & pension number, also name of wife & children.
Did his wife apply for pension? And if so, did she name children, also give date of death and oblige.
(Mrs.) Jeanette Johnson
419 Busseron Vincennes, Ind.
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Rin Sec
Kahoka Missouri
468 Court Street
Feb 16-1920
Commissioner of Pensions-
Washington, D.C.
Revolutionary War Rec Sec
My dear Sir,
will you please
give me any & all information that
may be found in your records as to the
military service of Joshua & Jesse McKenzie
Soldiers in the Revolutionary war. My
ancestors in the 5th generation

Thanking you for same
I am very truly
Face:
(Mrs) Ella Porter Glover

{postmark}
APR
26
1920

N.S.D.A.R.
Tradition says Jesse & Joshua McKensey were
Father & son, the Father having come
from Scotland prior to the Rev. War
I dont know which {illegible} belonged to
the Father. He was my ancestor. My
G. Great Grand Father
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3-525
W.F. 7432

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,
19 ____
In reply to your request of ____
received ______
for a statement of the military history of Jesse McKenzey
soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
formation as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on
file in this Bureau.
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Mar. or Apr. 1780
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
Fall of 1783
RANK.
Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Michael Bayer
Williams
Hamilton
Teneman
Price
COLONEL.
Weltner
Stewart
STATE.
Md.
Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted at Frederick Md.
Date of application for pension, July 8 1818 Claim was al.
Residence at date of application, Knox County Ind.
Age at date of application, 55  yrs, old, born in Baltimore Co Md.
Remarks:
died Nov. 2. 1818 in Vincennes, Indiana
He was  Jany 22, 1784 in Allegany Co. Pa. Catharine. She was al pens, on
her app ex. Oct 15, 1838 at which time she resided in Twin Twp. Ross
Co. Ohio, aged 80 years. Children John b. Dec. 9. 1788. Bennett b. Jany 5,
1791. Elenor b. Apr. 10. 1793. In 1856 Mariah L. Walter and Abner Cocherel,
grand children, were referred to
Respectfully,
Commissioner