Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 2,147-300, for John Mc Neese, North Carolina
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(3 - 1776 )

SERVICE
N.C.

McNeese, John
or McNees.

NUMBER
B.L.Wt. 2.147-300.

CONTENTS
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State of North Carolina }
Greene County }

We the undersigned Heirs at law and
legal representatives of Captain John McNeese do upon oath testify and declare that to the best of our knowledge & belief, the said Capt. John McNeese did serve from some time in the year 1778 to the close of the war in one of the regiments of the North Carolina line in the service of the United States in the war of the revolution; We further declare that we have never received a war grant for bounty lands promised to the said John McNeese on the part of the United States, nor do we believe that we ever received it or transfered [transferred] his claim to it in any manner whatever-
Therefore know all men by these presents, that we the undersigned Matthew Hill and Nancy his wife, Redding Jones and Gatsey Jones Heirs or legal representatives of the said Captain John McNeese do hereby Constitute and appoint Richard H. Mosby, of Warren County North Carolina to be our true and lawful attorney for us and in our names to demand and receive from the Secretary of war of the United States a warrant for the quantity of land due us as aforesaid, and our attorney is hereby fully authorised [authorized] and empowered to Constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him for the special purposes above expressed -
Witness our hands and seals this first day of January 1836.
Ben W. Murphey J. P.
Matthew his mark Hill          Seal
Nancy her mark Hill              Seal
Redding his mark Jones        Seal
Gatsey her mark Jones          Seal

Greene County State of North Carolina
Personally appeared the above named Matthew Hill and wife Nancy, Redding Jones and Gatsey Jones subscribers to the
foregoing declaration and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subscribed to be their act and deed, Witness my hand and seal this first day of January A.D. 1836 -
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Ben W. Murphey J.P.    Seal
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I William Williams Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter Sessions for the County of Greene, of the State of North Carolina do hereby certify Bennet W. Murphey Esqr. was a magistrate, authorised [authorized] to administer oaths, take acknowledgments &c. in the State of North Carolina at the foregoing date say the first
day of January 1836 and that his name subscribed to the foregoing Certificate appears to be in his usual signature
I have hereto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name and quality as Clerk of the Court of pleas & quarter Sessions for the County of Greene at Snow Hill this first day of January 1836.
Wm. Williams Clk


Matthew Hill & wife &
others in
To R. H. Mosby -
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State of North Carolina
Lenoir County - -

At a Court held for the County of
Lenoir State aforesaid, on the first Monday
in January one thousand eight hundred and
thirty six, satisfactory evidence was then adduced in open Court, to prove that Nancy Hill wife of Matthew Hill and Redding Jones and Gatsey Jones are the only heirs and representatives of John McNeese late a Captain of the North Carolina line of the war of the Revolution

[seal]

I Lewis C. Desmond Clerk of the Court of pleas
and quarter Sessions for the County of Lenoir
do hereby Certify the foregoing contains a true
copy from the minutes of said Court in the
matter aforesaid, In witness of which I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at Kinston, this fifth day of January 1836 Lewis C. Desmond Clerk

I Blount Coleman Chairman of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions for the County of Lenoir do hereby Certify that Lewis C. Desmond Esqr. whose name appears to the foregoing Certificate is clerk of
said Court, and that the said Court is a Court
of record. In witness whereof I hereunto set my
hand and seal this 5th Jany. 1836. B. Coleman Char.  Seal
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State of North Carolina } This day personally Greene County - } before me Samuel R. Pridgen Esqr. one of the Justices of the Peace for the State & County aforesaid, Aquilla Sugg Senr., and being duly sworn on the holy Evangelist of Almighty God deposeth & saith,
That Nancy Hill wife of Matthew Hill is the only
surviving sister of John McNeese late a Captain in the North Carolina line of the war of the revolution and that Redding Jones and Gatsey Jones are the children of Hannah Jones decd. who was also a sister of John McNeese
late a Captain as aforesaid and that the said
Captain John McNeese left no children never having been married, and the said Nancy Hill wife of Mathew Hill is his sister and that Redding Jones and Gatsey Jones are the children of Hannah Jones decd. who was
also his sister and next of kin, sworn to and
subscribed before me this 28th March 1836
In Witness of which I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 28th March 1836
Saml. R. Pridgen JP.  Seal
Aquila Sugg Senior

State of North Carolina I, William Williams Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter Sessions for the County of Greene
State aforesaid do hereby certify that Samuel R. Pridgen Esqr. before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn to & subscribed was at the date of the doing thereof an Acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned & qualified and authorised [authorized] to administer oaths in and for said County and that due faith and credit are due his official acts as such, In Witness of which I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, at Snow Hill this 28th day March 1836.
Wm. Williams clk
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May 3, 1937

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BA-J/EEL
John McNeese-B. L. Wt. #2147-300

Mr. James G. McNees[e]
3718 Warwick Boulevard
Kansas City, Missouri

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to John McNees, who served as lieutenant in the North Carolina Line, War of the Revolution.

The data which follow are obtained from the papers filed in the claim for bounty land based upon the military service of John McNeese or McNees in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of John McNeese or McNees are not shown.

John McNeese or McNees entered the service sometime in 1778, place not shown and served as captain in the North Carolina Line; length of service, until the close of the war.

The date of his death is not shown. It was stated that he was never married. Two sisters are named, Nancy, wife of Matthew Hill, and Hannah Jones, name of her husband not given. She was dead in 1836. The date of her death was not given.

January 1, 1836, Matthew Hill and his wife, Nancy, Redding and Gatsey Jones, children of Hannah Jones, deceased, all of Greene County, North Carolina, applied for the bounty land which was due on account of the service of John McNeese or McNees, captain in the North Carolina Line, War of the Revolution.

Warrant No. 2147, for three hundred acres of land was issued May 26, 1836, on account of the services of Captain John McNeese or
McNees, captain in the North Carolina Line, War of the Revolution. Said warrant was issued for the benefit of the above named heirs.
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In order to obtain information in regard to the location of the land cited above, you should address The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and
furnish that official with the number of the warrant, the acreage and the date of issuance.

Very truly yours


A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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Rd. May 11. 1836
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State of North Carolina 
I William Williams Clerk of the Court
of Pleas and quarter sessions for the County of Greene State aforesaid do hereby certify that I have made diligent such among the records of the Court aforesaid for the last will and testament of Captain John McNeese [illegible]
and find that he left no last will & testament
of record in said Court - In Witness of which I
hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said
Court - this 6th day of January - AD 1836. -
Wm. Williams clk
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John McNees
No. 2147.
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H. of Representatives
May 1836.

To Mr. Gordon of the Bounty Land office

Sir,

Mr. Mosby the bearer
of this has submitted to me for examination an affidavit of Aquilla Sugg Sr: of the County of Green N. Carolina, which was taken before Samuel Pridgeon Esqr .of the said county; and
attested by William Williams as clerk. I have to say that I have examined the signatures attached to the affidavit and full
confident from my knowledge of the parties that they executed it -
and that full faith and credit is due to the same.
I have also examined a power of attorney executed by Mathers Hill, Nancy Hill, Redding Jones and Gatsy Jones; I know that
such persons reside in the County of Green, and have no doubt that they signed the instrument referred to, and that full
faith and credit is due to the instrument.
Respectfully
[illegible]
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JAMES G. MCNEES
3718 WARWICK BOULEVARD
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI

[circular stamp] - numbered 1-12
RECEIVED
APR 5 1937
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADM.
READER 15

Veterans Administration
Washington.

Gentlemen:

Could you tell me anything of
the pension or wife or family of one,
John McNees, (N. C.) 2nd. Lieut. 3rd.
North Carolina, 8th March, 1777; 1st.
Lieut., 20th. November, 1777; taken
prisoner at Charlston, 12th May, 1780;
exchanged 14th June 1781; transferred
to 1st. North Carolina 1st. January, 1781;
was in 3rd. North Carolina February 1782
and served to close of war. Of course,
you understand this is the military
record of him in the Continental army.
Any information you can give me will be
appreciated.

Respectfully,
James G. McNees