Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6,743, for John Mc Kamey, South Carolina

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(3-1776)

SERVICE | NUMBER

S.C. | McKamey, John | R. 6,743
Mary

CONTENTS

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Robert Harvey McKamey son of John & 
Polly McKamey born December the 15th 
1815

Pamela Jane McKamey born March the 
15th 1818

Polly Manerva McKamey born February 
the 1st 1820

Nancy Eleanor McKamey born January 
the 22nd 1824

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I do certify the with in hand wright [writing] to be 
John Coopers 
Mary McKamey

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State of Tennessee County of Roane On this 15 day of July AD. one thousand eight hundred & fifty four personely [personally] apeared [appeared] before me a Justice of the peas [peace] in & four [for] the County and State  aforesaid Mary McKamey a residenter [resident] of Roane County Tennessee aged about seventy eight who being first sworn a cording [according] to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress pased [passed] February the 3, 1853 granting pensions to widos [widows] that she is the wido [widow] of John McKamey 
who entered the servises [services] of the United States serves [service] in the old Revolution war in Penatton County South Carolina And it a peares [appears] from the Comptroller receipt that he entred [entered] the servises [services] in 1781 and 1782 
under the following Cpt Gorge Nealey [Neely] May the 31th 1781 and February 11th 1782 under Capt Alexander Craford [Crafford] and John McKamey and Mary McKamey the present wido [widow] was married in a gusta [Augusta] County State of Virgana [Virginia] in November the 5th 1793 by Reverand [Reverend] Irvin And the said John McKamey and Mary McKamey lived to gether [together] as man and wife untill [until] the first January 1834 
when the said John McKamey died aged at that time past seventy years of age Now for the burthes [births] of the children Anna McKamey born November 23, 1797 Isabela June 21, 1799 Margret 1801 Malinda January 24 1803 Sarah March 24 1894 Sinthy February 1, 1807 John Desember [December] 3, 1809 William April 24 
1812 Robert 15 Desember [December] 1815 Purmealy 15 March 1818 Mary February the 1, 1820 Nansey January 22, 1824. And the said wido [widow] McKamey does not kno [know] what has became of the said John McKamey discharg [discharge] but it is lost or so mislaid that she cannot find it she hereby relinquishes every clame [claim] what ever to a pension or annuity except the present and she declairs [declares] that hur [her] name is not

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on the pension Roal [Roll] of any agency in any State
Sworn to and subscribed before | Mary McKamey 
me this 15th day of July 1854
Wm Ellis Justice of 
the peace for Roane County 

State of Tennessee }
Roane County } I Wm Ellis an acting Justice of the [struck out: of the]
peace for said County of Roane and State of Tennessee do certify 
that I am personally acquainted with Mary McKamey whose name 
appears to the foregoing declaration that she is a resident citizen of 
Roane County and about the age above stated & that she is a 
person of good character and entitled to full credit upon oath 
and I further certify that I have no interest in the above 
claim what ever Given under my hand and seal 
this 15th of July 1854 Wm Ellis [word Seal encircled] Justice 
of the peace for Roane County

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Mary McKamey
widow of John 
Tenn.

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State of Tennessee } This day personally appeared 
Roane County } before me Wm Ellis an acting 
Justice of the peace in and for Roane County 
and State aforesaid, Samuel Sibey and made oath 
in due form of law, who states that he was personally 
acquainted with John McKamey and Mary McKamey 
his wife that they lived to gether [together] as husband & 
wife from the time that I first became acquainted with 
them till time the time of said John McKamey death 
my acquaintance with them has been someting [something] 
like thirty five years with John McKamey 
till his death and his widow since that the said 
Mary McKamey is still the widow of the said 
John McKamey and that the raised a family of 
children to gether [together] and further states that he is 
about eighty nine years of age. 
Sworn to and subscribed | Samuel his X mark Sibey
before me this 18th July 
1854 Wm Ellis Justice 
of the peace for Roane County 

State of Tennessee} I certify that I am personally acquainted
Roane County } with Samuel Sibey the person named in 
the above affidavit that he is a person of good character 
and full faith and credit are due his oath and that he is 
I believe of the age above stated I further certify that I have no 
interest in this matter what ever Wm Ellis [word Seal encircled] Justice 
of the peace for said County

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State of Tennessee }
Roane County } On this the 17th day of July A D one thousand 
and eight hundred and fifty four personally came before me a 
Justice of the peas [peace] for the County and State above writen [written] Henry 
Breazeale aged about eighty seven years of age who being firs [first] sworn 
aording [according] to law doth on his oath make the following statements 
Viz that he the said Breazeale became acquainted with John 
McKamey and Mary McKamey whose names is named in 
the widoes [widows] declaration, upwards of 50 years agho [ago] And the 
was living to gether [together] as man and wife And continued 
so to do untill [until] the day of his death and she the said 
wido [widow] McKamey has still remaned [remained] a wido [widow] and I kno [know] hur [her] 
to be the identical wido [widow] of John McKamey
And I certify that from the long acquantice [acquaintance] that I have 
had with the above named wido [widow] that she entitled to 
full faith and credit when on oath
Henry Breazeale

State of Tennessee } I E. W. Breazeale an acting 
Roane County } Justice of the peace for said County of 
Roane and State afore said do certify that I am [words struck out] 
personally acquainted with Henry Breazeale whose 
name appears to the above affidavit and that he is a person of good 
caracter [character] whose oath is entitled to full faith and credit 
and I further state the he is the said Henry Brezeale made 
oath to the above [illegible] the in due form of law and 
that I have no in trust [interest] in the claim what ever Sworn and 
subscribed to before me the day and date first mentioned E. W. Breazeale Justice 
of the peace for Roane
County

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State of Tennessee }
Roane County } On this the twelfth day November AD 
one thousand eight hundred and fifty two personally came 
before me a Justice of the piece [peace] for the County and State 
above written Eleanor Martin aged about sixty six years 
who being first sworn according to law doeth [doth] on her oath 
make the following statements viz That she was at the house of 
William McKamey in the State of Virginia Augusta County on 
or about the fifth day of November one thousand seven hundred 
and ninety five as she believes and that in her present the rights 
of matrimony was solemnized by the Rev Mr Irwin, between 
John McKamey & Mary McKamey, who is now making 
application for a pention [pension] as she is informed & believes 
and that said John McKamey & Mary McKamey lived as 
husband and wife untill [until] the death of said John McKamey 
That she is now a widow and has been since the death of 
her said husband
Sworn to & subscribed before | Eleanor C Martin 
me on this the 12th day of November 1832
Wm C Julian Justice of the piece [peace]  
for Roane County

State of Tennessee}
Roane County } I Wm C Julian an acting Justice of the 
piece [peace] in and for the County of Roane and State aforesaid, do 
certify that I am personally acquainted with Eleanor 
C Martin whose name appears to the above affidavit that 
she is a resident citizen of Roane County about the age 
above stated & that she is a person of good charrector [character]  
entitled to full creddit [credit] upon oath given under my 
hand & seal this the 12 day November 1852
Wm C Julian [word seal encircled]
Justice of the piece [peace] for 
Roane County

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State of Tennessee } Ss
Roane County } I Austin L Greene Clerk of the 
County Court in the County and State aforesaid do hereby 
certify that William Ellis Esqr before whom the foregoing 
declaration of Mary McKamey and affidavit of Samuel 
Silvey was made was at the time signing each 
and now is an acting Justice of the peace in and 
for said County and duly authorized to administer 
oaths for general purposes, and that E W Breazeale 
before whom the affidavit of Henry Breazeale was made 
and William C Julian Esqr before whom the within and 
foregoing affidavit of Eleanor C Martin was made were 
each of them at the respective dates of said affidavits 
sworn to before them as aforesaid acting Justices of the 
Peace in and for said County and also authorized by law 
to administer oaths for general purposes, each of said 
Justices aforesaid having been elected commissioned and 
sworn and that full faith and credit are due and 
should be given to their official acts as such and 
that the signatures purporting to be theirs each appears 
to me to be genuine
In Testimony whereof I hereto subscribe 
my name and affix the seal of said 
Court at office in Kingston this 20th day 
of July 1854
Austin L Green Clerk

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REJECTED

6743.

Mary McKamey

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No 1366,
Mary McKamey
Widow of John
Tenn
R H Brazeale Aug 2 1854
R. H. Brazeale 17. Oct. 1854.
6743
July 29 1848

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John McCamy
was born Jinuary
the first 1765 --
Polly McCary was
born September
the 5 1779 - -
_______________
Ann Mc Camy
was born in No
vember the 23 1794
__  __  __
[illegible] McCamy
born June the 
21 - 1799
__

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Paggy McKamy was born September the 7th 1801
Melind McCamy was born Janwary 24th 1803
Sally Mccamy was born Marc the 24th 1804
Sinthy annah was born fabruary the 1st 1807

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John Cunningham was born December the 3d 1809
Wm McCaney was born April 24th 1812

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PSALMS CXLIX, CL.

6 Had from that place,
Where fix'd you be
By His decree,
You cannot pass.
7   Praise God from earth below,
Ye dragons, and ye deeps:
8 Fire. hail, clouds, wind, and snow,
Whom in command he keeps.
9 Praise ye his name,
Hills great and small,
Trees low and tall;
10 Beasts wild and tame,
All things that creep or fly.
11 Ye kings, ye vulgar throng,
All princes mean or high;
12 Both men and virgins young,
Ev'n young and old,
13 Exalt his name;
For such his fame
Should be extoll'd.
Let God's name be prais'd
Above both earth and sky:
14 For he his saints hath rais'd,
And for their horn on high; 
Ev'n those that be
Of Israel's race,
Near to his grace.
The Lord praise ye.

PSALM CXLIX

Praise ye the Lord: unto him sing
a new song, and his praise
In the assembly of his saints
in sweet psalms do ye raise.
2 Let Israel in his Maker joy,
And to him praise sing:
Let all that Zion's children are
be joyful in their King.
3 O let them unto his great name
give praises in the dance;
Let them with timbrel and with harp
in songs his praise advance.
4 For God doth pleasure take in whole
that his own people be (smudged)
And he with his salvation
the meek will beautify.
5 And in his glory excellent
let all his saints rejoice:
Let them to him upon their beds
aloud lift up their voice
6 Let in their mouth aloft be rais'd 
the high praise of the Lord,
And let them have in their right hand
a sharp two-edged sword;
7 To execute the vengeance due
upon the Heathen all;
and make deferred punishment
upon the people fall.
8 And ev'n with chains, as prisoners, bind their Kings that them command; 
Yea, and with iron fetters strong,
the nobles of their land.

PSALM CL.
Praise ye the Lord.  God's praise
his sanctuary raise; within
And to him in the firmament 
of his pow'r give ye praise.
2 Because of all his mighty acts,
with praise him magnify:
O praise him, as he doth excel
in glorious majesty.
3 Praise him with trump's found;
with psaltery advance:  his praise
4 With timbrel, harp, string'd instruments,
and organs, in the dance.
5 Praise him on cymbals loud; him 
on cymbals founding high. (praise
6 Let each thing breathing praise the Lord.
Praise to the Lord give ye.

(handwritten)
John Cunningham was born December the 3rd 1809
Wm (illegible) was born April 24th 1812

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[reverse side of family records is Bible verses]

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11th September 1854
To the Commissioner of the pension office Sir the nessary papers was left with the Clerk of the County Court
in order that he would enclose them and send them to you and I now send you the old original Record of the Burths of Mary McKaney Children And you will find it to correspond with what has been sent in her former declaration And I have also writen to the County Clerk of a Gusta County Va for a copy of the licens and you will find a letter enclosed with the declaration shoing their reasons
for delaing so long before apling for a pension
Direct yours to Grays Mill East Tennessee Roan County
I will favor the copy of the licens fast so soon as the turn to hand
I am yours &c R. H. Breazeale
S Poraldo Esq

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Comptroller Generals Office
Clumbia S.C. May 29. 1854
Mr R. H. Breazeale
Dear Sir
I send you enclosed the Indent & Account relating to John McKanny. There is nothing in the Office where I can find out the Officers he served under, or the Regiment he served in. All what I could find out is entered in this account. Very respectfully
TS Jacobs Dep Compt Genl.

Honored Sir I now send you the Comptroller letter that you may see that I would not find out the names of all the officers that should have been named in the Declaration and just so soon as you examan the paters I want you to send me an anser and state what the result of the case will be I am yours &c
R. H. Breazeale
N B Direct yours to Grays Hill Roane County East Tennessee

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Comptroller Generals Office
Columbia So. Ca. May 29th 1854
No 305. Book L Issued the 16 October 1784 to Mr John McKamey for Twelve Pounds Eight Shillings and six pence three farthings Sterling for Sundries for militia use in 1781 and 1782 as per Account audited.
Principal £12.8.6 ¾
No 12. Annual Interest £0.17.4

No.305. Book L. Mr John McKamey his account of Sunds for Militia use in 1781 & 1782 Amotg to £12.8.6¾ Stg
State of So. Carolin to John McKamey Dr for service Dun under Capt Gorge Nealey [George Neely] commansing May the 31th 1781.
Horse Duty 25 days £25.0.0
foot duty 25 days  12.10.0
30 Bushels of Corn @15/ 22.10.0
= £60.0.0

Commanst February 11th 1782
Duty dun under Capt Elexander
Craford [Alexander Crafford] 54 days £27.0.0
= 87.0.0
= £12.8.6¾
I do hereby certify that by order of Genl Thomas Sumpter [Sumter] I took for the use of the Publick Thirty
Bushels Corn from where one Stuart lived upon William McKinney Plantation in the year 1781 which John McKamey Senr now

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claimeth to be his property.
Certified this 6th day of June 1783.
by Robt Patton Colln
I do hereby impower the Bearer Mr Robert Knox to receive an Indents for the amount of service done & by the late William McKinney deceased
John McKinney Execur
To Edwd Blake & Peter Bocquet Esqrs
Commissioner of the Publick Treasury
I do hereby certify that the above was signed before me this 27th day of April 1783
" Jas Knox J.P.
Recvd the 16 October 1784 full satisfaction for the within account in Indent No 305. Book L for £12.3.6¾ Sterling invested of an order
Robert Knox
I do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true Copy as taken from the Records of this Office
For Comptroller Genl
No Seal of Office
T.S. Jacobs
Deputy.
(no seal of office)