Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42952, for Paul Mc Kinstery, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
born
McKinstry, Paul or McKinstry
S. 42952
CONTENTS

12.383
R
New York
Paul McKinstry
of Seneca Co in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sheldon of the Connecticut line, for the term of 3 years 1780 - 2 nd Genl. war
scribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 27 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 of July 1819 and delivered to Richard Shickell esq. of Georgetown D.C.
Arrears to 4th of Jan 1819 10 mos 4 / 30 31. 82. 9
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep r 1819 48 —
$130.9
cont d { Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. } Notif n sent Oct 18. 1820 To R. H. Bayly Geneva, N.Y.

State of New York } On the twentyseventh day of April in the Ontario County } year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ontario personally appeared Paul M c Kenstry aged fiftyfour years now Resident of the Town of Junior County of Seneca State of New York who being by me duly sworn according to Law does on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the late Act of Congress in entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war that the said Paul M c Kenstry enlisted at New London in the State of Connecticut in the Company commanded by Capt. David Edgar in Colonel Elisha Sheldon Regiment of light dragoons in the latter part of the year Seventeen Hundred and eighty (believe in Decem- ber) that he continued to serve in said Regiment in the service of the United States until the year Seventeen Hundred and Eightythree (he believes in June) when he was discharged from service in the Town of Danbury in the state of Connecticut, which discharge is lost in Connecticut river and that he is in reduced circumstan- -ces and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power (except a Certificate herunto annexed) of the said service. Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid Philetus Swift Judge of the Court of Common Pleas Ontario County
I Philetus Swift Judge as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Paul M c Kenstry did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the proceeding declaration against the common Enemy and I now transmit the proceeding and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the war department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress this 27 th day of April 1818 Philetus Swift one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in Ontario County

I further certify that it appears to my full satisfaction by the Oath of Thomas Bruce and Ebenezer Bruce known to me to be credible Witnesses that the said Paul M c Kenzie is in Reduced Circumstances and stands in need of the Assistance of his Country for Support.
Philetus Swift Judge of the Court of Com. Pleas in and for Ontario County
Paul M c Kenzie Private Colt Sheldon's Regiment of Dragoons Q o 5780, 27 th Oct r 1816 months
Ontario County N.Y.
27 th April, 1818.
Not found on the rolls. On Roll of the King for Cannell
Philetus Swift, Judge,
Elias Colt, agent, Geneva, N.York.
State of New York } Ontario County } Clerks office
In Testimony that Philetus Swift whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas in and for the County of Ontario and that the same is his signature I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the County seal at Canandaigua this 4 th day of September A.D. 1818
W m W m Nairn D o M c

Northern District of New-York, COUNTY OF SENECA SS.
ON this 5 th day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, personally appeared in open court, (being a court of Common Pleas, holden in and for the county of Seneca, in the district aforesaid, and a Court of Record, proceeding according to the course of common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings and having a common seal,) Paul W. Kinstry aged 59 years a resident in said district, in the town of Pauquette in the county aforesaid, who being first duly Sworn according to law, doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: That he enlisted in the town of New London in the State of Connecticut in a company commanded by Captain David Colgan second in the second Regiment of light dragoons commanded by Elizer Sheldon Colonel - That he enlisted in the month of December 1780 for the term of during the said war with Great Britain in the Connecticut Continental Establishment - That he continued to serve in said Corps till the month of June 1783 when he was discharged from said service at Danbury in the State of Connecticut - That he has obtained a pension Certificate - That his Original Declaration is dated 2 nd day of April 1818 - that his Certificate bears date the twenty seventh  seventh day of April 1819 and numbered 12.383-
And I do solemnly Swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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.
S C H E D U L E
That my occupation is farming by taking land and by day's works. My age is 59 years - I am able to do about one half the labor of a healthy man and no more - I have a wife aged 51 years - in feeble health and unable to labor but very little by reason of an affluxion of the Lungs - She has been thus feeble eight years - I have eight Children in My family - a son aged 23 years - unable to do any labor by means of a liver affluxion - has been under the care of Physicians for four years past - another son aged 21 years able to support himself - a daughter aged 19 years able to support herself - a daughter aged 13 years - a son aged 10 years - a son aged 8 years - a son aged 5 years - a girl aged 2 years -

have any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
SCHEDULE
That my occupation is farming by taking land and by days works. My age is 39 years - I am able to do about one half the labor of a healthy man and no more - I have a wife aged 51 years - in feeble health and unable to labor but very little by reason of an affusion of the Lungs - she has been thus feeble eight years - I have eight Children in My family - a son aged 23 years - unable to do any labor by means of a liver affusion - has been under the care of Physicians for four years past - another aged 21 years able to support himself - a daughter aged 19 years able to support herself - a daughter aged 13 years - a son aged 10 years - a son aged 8 years - a son aged 5 years - a girl aged 2 years -
I have no real Estate whatever -    I have one Cow 14 years old Estimated at  $12.00    Three small hogs - worth about  3.50    one axe - one hoe - one scythe - straw share & plow worth -  3.50    one pot - two small kettles frying pan - worth  2.50    Six Old Chairs - one table - one stove - worth  5.00    One Cup for tea & 2 Saucers - 1 one tea pot - 5 plates worth  0.56    6 knives & forks - 2 spoons - 2 dippers - one dish worth  1.82    2 Chests old - worth about  2.00     $31.88  
I, JEHIEL H. HALSEY, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Seneca, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath 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 thirty one dollars and eighty eight cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this fifth day of October, 1820.
J. H. Halsey Clk Sc.

M.B.N.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
57.42,952.
Bureau of Pensions,
Rev. War.
Washington, D. C., April 12 1906
Sir:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Paul Mc Kinstry , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his  Paul Mc Kinstry (pensioned M c Kinstry) widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec. 1780 June 1783 Private David Edgar. Elisha Sheldon's 2 nd Regt Light of Continental Dragoons.           
Battles engaged in, None stated.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Not stated. Events of his life are given.
Date of application for pension, April 27, 1818: His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Junius, Seneca Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, 54 years.
Remarks: In 1820 soldier had a wife, 51 years of age, 5 sons, and 3 daughters, no names given. Soldier was a school teacher and a preacher of the Gospel.
Date of death not stated.
Very respectfully,
Mr. W. H. Wilcox,
Box 13,
20581b3m11-05
Port Townsend, Washington.
Commissioner.

M.H. Wilcox. M.B.H. v. 2. 4.
42 952
Rev INVALID.
1906 Apr 12 History To 1910 Oct. 7 Hist. to Jenny E. Rabbitt 1926 Apr. 22 Mrs. Wilford M. Wilson adv. as to date of death of soldier Mrs.
File No. 42,952
Paul McKinstry Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 821
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Richard Shickell Esq. — 10 th J 74
Georgetown District of Columbia

W. Snow Shickell Esq.
Sir I enclose the within packet to you by the request of Paul Mc- Kinstry, that you would have the goodness to call at the office immediately with the papers & not to leave them until they attend to his claim, for the old man is poor and in want for the actual necessities of life — Enclose the Certificate to me — The first Dist Money that I can find in this place I will send you, for your services & postage — Please to let me know what your account is by the next and do not be modest in making it out
All friends are well — I hope good but rather dry at the present — The probability is that the Great Canal will go through this neighbourhood My best respect to Mrs Shickell Children & your Honour — as Thomas
July 12 th 1819
Elias Cart
so you will pay postage for the enclosed sheet only

FREE
20
Honble J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War Washington
Sent to R. M. Beasley Spencer Ky 18 Dec 1820

Seneca (New York) 4 Dec. 1820
Sir
I have the honour to enclose you the Schedule of the property of Paul Mc- Kinstry, a Revolutionary pensioner, for the purpose of being continued on the Pension Roll - When decided on he wishes the notice enclosed to
Sir
Your Obt Servt RMT Bayly
Hon. J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War

Benj. Coker Wm. Salisbury & John Crittenden Affidavit

Sep r 1818  Benjamin Cole a citizen of the State of New York  United States being duly sworn Deposeth That He enlisted as a soldier during the War in East Windsor Connecticut Previous to the dark Day in the Month of May 1780. in the 2 d Reg t of Light Dragoons Commanded by Colonel Elisha Sheldon in the Connecticut Line Of the Continental Army that he served in the Connecticut Dragoons 2 d Campaigns under Col d Edgar that he was transferred from Col d Edgar's Dismounted Men to the 2 d Troop of Mounted Dragoons Commanded by Col d Elijah Wadsworth in the 2 d Reg t of Light Dragoons Commanded by Col d E. Sheldon When he was intimately acquainted with Paul W. Wadsworth in the 2 d Troop And Reg t Notwithstanding that Benjamin can not positively ascertain how long he served Paul W. Wadsworth in said Troop previous to the year 1782 yet I am absolutely certain that he served that he served in the 2 d Troop And Reg t with him from the Winter Quarters of 1782 until the close of the War in the Year 1783 when he the P.M. Rec d an honorable Discharge with him at Danbury in Connecticut together with the rest of the Reg t At the close of the War also in Connecticut at Phelps County of Onondaga Before the Hon ble Thetetus Swift one of the Judges of the County Court On this 1 st Day of September 1818 — Benjamin Cole
Sworn and subscribed this first day of September 1818 before me Thetetus Swift one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Onondaga

William Sabbury of Lawfull age and known to me to be a credible Witness being by me duly sworn deposeth and saith that he has personally known Benjamin Cole the signer of the annexed Affidavit for about thirty years that at that time he was teaching a common school that for some time he has been a preacher of the Gospel and further saith that he believes he has maintained a good Moral Character and that he is a credible Witness further the deponent saith not William Sabbury sworn and subscribed this 12 th day of July 1819 before me Phileter Swift Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Ontario County
John Crittenden of Lawfull age known to me to be a credible witness being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he has known Benjamin Cole the signer of the annexed Affidavit and believes him to be a man of truth and veracity and a credible witness further saith he has known him as a school Master and a preacher of the Gospel further the deponent saith not John Crittenden sworn and subscribed this 12 th day of July 1819 before me Phileter Swift Judge of Common Pleas in Ontario County

Art.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by A. M. D. 5/10/10
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Res N. Y. Claimant _____
Soldier Paul { Mc Kinstry { Mc Kinstry
Service Conn.
Additional Service Rev.
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 191_____
No claim, combination records _____, 191_____
REMARKS:
Inv. 7.42,952 } Conn. (Mc Kinstry) } Res. N. Y.

OCT 4 - 1910

Montpelier, Vermont, 5 Winter Street, Oct. 3, 1910,
Officer in charge, Department Revolutionary War Pensions - Dear Sir:
Will you please send me by mail, to address given at date of this, a record of the Pension Papers received and issued to Paul M c Kinstry McKinstry - a private in the War of the Revolution from Connecticut. I have received from the Military Department, The Adjutant General's Office, Hartford Conn. a record of the military service of Paul M c Kinstry (properly spelled is M c Kinstry) of

Wardham, Conn. a private. He served with his Troop on the Westchester border and along the Hudson. — The same authority gives record of the name "Paul McKinstry, private, in list of Conn. Pensioners, act of Congress year 1818, residing in New York."
In the hope of hearing from you as soon as may be convenient, I am
Very respectfully Yours, (Mrs) Jenny E. Rabbitt
OCT 4 - 1910

RECEIVED MAR 10 1926 U.S. DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

MRS. WILFORD MURRY WILSON 319 DRYDEN ROAD ITHACA, N. Y.
March 8-1926
To The Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C
Dear Sir:-
I am desirous of information concerning an ancestor of mine -
The Adjt. Gen. of State of Conn writes "Paul McKenzie served as private in 2 nd Troop of Horse in Maj. Sheldon's Light Dragoons. 1779 - In 1818 he was a Conn. pensioner living in State of New York"
Can you tell me what  place in N. Y. State was his last residence, the address - and with whom he lived -
Thanking you - I am
Winifred Hatch Wilson (Mrs Wilford W) 319 Dryden Rd Ithaca N. Y.

Port Townsend, Washington,
March 29, 1906.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Sir:
Acting on the suggestion of our State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, printed in their preliminary application for membership, I beg to request an abstract of the Revolutionary War record of an ancestor, Paul McKinstry . My information regarding him is very brief: that he was born in 1760 and died Aug. 4, 1845; that he was at one time a sailor, and that he served in the War of the Revolution, but whether as soldier or sailor I do not know.
If your records disclose his Revolutionary service I will be pleased to receive such particulars concerning it as you may be good enough to give me.
Very respectfully,
W. H. Wilcox
Box 13.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
W.S.
April 22, 1926
Mrs. Wilford M. Wilson 319 Dryden Road Ithaca, N.Y.
Madam:
I have to advise you that in order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person to whom paid, and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, PAUL MCKINSTRY (pensioned as MCKINSTRY), S. 42952, you should apply to the Record Section, Civil Division, General Accounting Office, 1800 E St., N.W., Washington, D.C., citing all of the following data:
Paul McKinstry, Certificate 12383, issued July 21, 1819, rate $8 per month, commenced April 27, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, New York Agency.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner