Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6766, for David Mc Kinney, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
McKinney, David. Margaret.
TP 6766.
CONTENTS

State of Illinois } County of Fulton } ss. On this 16 th day of June One Thousand eight hundred and fifty-one personally appeared before The Subscriber a Justice of The Peace in and for said County and State duly commissioned and qualified according to law and by law authorized to administer oaths. James McPherson of said County & State aged seventy five years, who after being duly sworn doth on oath make the following decla- rations. That it is reputed and generally believed by the descendants of declarants Ancestors That David McKinney who is now dead was a soldier in The Revolutionary war; of the truth of which de- clarant is very confident without any doubt at all. That The said David McKinney was kinman via a cousin to declarant who knew him The space of forty years before his decease. That The said David McKinney died in The County of Washington in The State of Indiana in The Month of Not now Recalled in The year of leaving a widow whose name is Margaret McKinney and who was Margaret Wallace before her intermarriage with The said David McKinney which marriage took place at the house of de- clarants father in The County of Augusta in The State of Virginia in The year of and was Solemnized by Archibald Scott A Minister of The Gospel - That declarant has reason to believe That The said David McKinney served one Tour under Captain Metcalf or under an officer whose name in sound or pronunciation is like unto That of "Mekitrick" and declarant thinks The said David McKinney served in The year of Seventeen hundred and eighty and perhaps in The summer

of the said year - That the said David McKinney resided in the State of Virginia and in the County of Augusta when he entered or enlisted in the service in said war - That declarant is disinterested in making this affidavit of the truth of which he is fully satisfied -
James McPheeters
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year above mentioned in presence of J. H. Breed and J. H. Breed, residents of said county & state - I further certify that the said affiant James McPheeters is personally known to me and that he is entitled to credit - Given under my hand & seal the said date
J. H. Breed
J. H. (Seal)
STATE OF ILLINOIS, FULTON COUNTY--SS.
I, LEONARD F. ROSS, Clerk of the County Court in and for said County, do hereby certify that James H. Breed Esq., whose name appears to the foregoing Certificate was, on the 16 th day of June 1857 an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected, commissioned and qualified, and by the laws of this State authorized to administer oaths, and to take the acknowledgment of deeds and other instruments of writing, and that his official acts, as such, are entitled to full faith and credit, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Lewistown this 16 day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 41
Leonard F. Ross Clerk.

of the said year - That the said David McKinney resided in the State of Virginia and in the County of Augusta when he entered or enlisted in the service in said war - That declarant is disinterested in making this affidavit of the truth of which he is fully satisfied -
James McPheeters
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year above mentioned in presence of J. A. Breed and J. A. Breed residents of said county & state - I further certify that the said affi- -davit James McPheeters is personally known to me and that he is entitled to credit - Given under my hand & seal this said date
J. A. Breed
J. A. (Seal)
Justice of the Peace of the
County Illinois.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pension, to certain widows -
State of Indiana } }
County of Washington } }
On this 28 th day of May Eighteen hundred and fifty one personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, & State duly commissioned and qualified according to law and authorized by law to administer oaths. Margaret McKinney, an resident of said County aged Eighty five 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 th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pension, to certain widows and the amendatory act thereof passed by Congress -
That she is the widow of David McKinney who was a soldier (private) in Captain _____ Company commanded by Colonel _____ That she further declares that she was married to the said David McKinney on the 25 th day of September in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty five That her husband the aforesaid David McKinney died on the 7 th day of May in the year of 1822 That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four - viz at the time above stated -

Declarant has no positive recollection of the service of her deceased husband David McKinney during the Revolutionary war as spoken of by him in his life time, but thinks he served the space of three or four years viz. The space of one year or less the first four thence three years or to the end of said war - She thinks he the said David McKinney served part of said time in South Carolina and that he was wounded in the battle at a place called "The Cowpens" or "Cowplains"
That she was Margaret Wallace before her said marriage to the said David McKinney which took place in the County of Augusta State of Virginia on the 25 th day of September 1785 and was solemnized by Archibald Scott a minister of the Gospel and her said husband David McKinney died in the County of Orange  Orange in the State of Indiana the day and year above stated
She thinks he the said David McKinney served in said war in the year 1780 and after the said Anno domini but as to the period cannot positively say even if she ever knew when he entered and when he left said Military Service but declarant, confidence in the truth of her deceased husband's assertions recollected by her, warrants her in the full belief that he the aforesaid David McKinney did serve a considerable space of time as a soldier in the war of the Revolution and that he resided in the State of Virginia when he entered and at the time he was discharged from said service & she thinks he resided in Augusta County in said State and that she declarant has no documentary evidence in support of her claim -

That from advanced age and bodily infirmity she is unable to appear before a Court to make this declaration. She further declares that she is still the widow of the aforesaid David McKinney and that he may have served at one time under Captain McKittrick & does not recollect the names of any of the field officers under whom he served.
Witness My hand and Seal this 28 th day of May
A.D. 1851. Witnesses Margaret her McKinney John M c Coonagh mark
State of Indiana § Washington County § S.S.
Be it known That on this 28 th day of May 1851. personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified according to law & by law authorized to administer oaths, Margaret McKinney and after being duly sworn according to law made oath to the foregoing declaration. I further certify that the said affiant Margaret McKinney is personally known to me & that I believe she is the age above mentioned by her in said declaration. Given under my hand & seal this 28 th day of May A.D. 1851.
Benjamin H Snodgrass J.P. (Seal) Justice of the Peace

State of Indiana - 4 Washington County { SS J. Washington (Dep Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for said County do hereby Certify That Benjamin H. Snodgrass Esqr before whom the foregoing affidavit was made and who has thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of certifying the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly Commissioned and sworn & authorized to admin- ister oaths and that his said signature is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court This 4 th day of June A.D. 1851.
W.C. Dep Clerk

State of Indiana } ss Monroe County } 3
On this 30 th day of June 1857, before the Subscriber a Notary Public in and for said County duly Commissioned & qualified according to law & by law authorized to administer oaths, personally appeared John Orchard and Jane C. Orchard of said County two credible & dis-interested witnesses who after being duly sworn doth state on oath that they personally knew & was acquainted with David McKinney deceased who died in Washington County, State of Indiana in or about the year of Eighteen hundred Twenty-Two for the space of Five years last preceding his decease - That he David McKinney died as aforesaid leaving Margaret McKinney his wife a widow who resides in said County of Washington & that she has remained a widow ever since the decease of her husband the aforesaid David McKinney -
That we knew the identical David McKinney above mentioned & the identical Margaret McKinney his yet surviving widow as husband & wife the space of Five years last before the decease of the said David McKinney - That they lived together as Husband & wife and as such was esteemed & accredited by their neighbours & the public in general without any doubt at all and enjoyed property & raised a family together under the full character & belief by the reports aforesaid of their legal inter-marriage - That declarants are dis-interested in making this declaration -
John Orchard June 6 On Hand

State of Indiana / Monroe County } ss Be it known That on this 30 th day of June A. D. 1851. personally appeared before the subscriber a Notary Public in for said County & State duly Commissioned & qualified according to Law & authorized to administer oaths, John Orchard & his wife Lane C. Orchard and subscribed & made oath to the foregoing declaration after being duly sworn - I further cer- tify That said affiants are entitled to credit & that they are & have been personally known by me for the space of the last Twenty five years - In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & affix my Notarial Seal The day & year above mentioned -
George W. Hardin Notary Public in for Monroe County Indiana
Bloomington Indiana June 30. 1851
The commissioner of pensions will address me if necessary in regard to Margaret McKinney, foregoing claim to pension or M rs Col. James S. Edwards & Simeon Smith of Washington D. C. if they call to investigate or prosecute the said claim -
Respectfully yours George W. Hardin

March 9, 1938.
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Mrs. V. R. Conner 311 Woodrow Avenue New Albany, Indiana
BA-J/ady David McKinney R.6766
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers in that war.
A careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of Alexander McKinney, all spellings of the names searched.
The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, R.6766, based upon the military service of David McKinney in that war.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of David McKinney are not shown.
David McKinney married September 25, 1785, in Augusta County, Virginia, Margaret Wallace, as stated by her.
He died May 7, 1822, in Orange County, or Washington County, Indiana, his age not given.
On May 28, 1851, soldier's widow, Margaret McKinney, aged eighty-five years and a resident of Washington County, Indiana, applied for pension on account of his services in the Revolutionary War, and stated that David McKinney while a resident of Augusta County, Virginia, enlisted in 1780 and served as private three or four years, that he served a part of the time in Captain Mekittrick's Company, that he was in the battle of Cowpens where he was wounded, nature of wound not stated.

The claim for pension was not allowed as she failed to furnish proof of the alleged service of her husband and the date of their marriage as required by the pension law.
David and Margaret McKinney reared a family, no names of children are stated.
In 1851, James McPheeters, aged seventy-five years, was residing in Fulton County, Illinois. He was a cousin of the soldier. There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1938 Marg. Hist. 90 to Mrs. V. R. Conner
Act of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1879
0766
P. O. Margaret H. Kinney
Service:
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

No 14.413
Margaret McKinney widow of David
Ind a
Act 7 th July 1838
To Genl W. Hardin Oct 22 nd 1851
670p

New Albany, Indiana,
Feb. 14,
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you kindly send me the Revolutionary service records of the following soldiers from Augusta County, Virginia?
✓ Alexander M c Kinney (M c Kenney, M c Kenney)
✓ David M c Kinney (M c Kenney, M c Kenney) (wife Margaret Wallace)
Any information you can give me pertaining to these two men will be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Mrs. V.R. Conner, Treas. Franklin Chapter D.A.R. 311 Woodrow Ave. New Albany, Indiana.

C O P Y
Oct. 21, 1851.
G.W.Hardin Esq. Bloomington, N.Y.
Sir:
No one point in the case of Margaret McKinney widow of David, is satisfactorily made out.
Her marriage must be authenticated by the certificate of the clerk of the county court of Augusta Co. Va.
She must state distinctly the service in which her husband was engaged during the Revolution, the commencement and termination of his terms and the State line to which he was attached, that her allegations may be tested by the Rolls. And the whole must be proved by witnesses personally conversant with the facts.
(Triplett)
J.W. for Com.
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C O P Y
Pension Office November 5, 1851.
G. W. Hardin Esq. Bloomington, Indiana
Sir: I herewith enclose a letter relative to case of Margaret McKinney which did not reach you in consequence of misdirection.
Very etc.
(Triplett)
J.W.
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