Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9991, for William Mc Coy, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Vol.
Mcboy, William Susan
W 9991 B.L. Mt. 102087-160-
CONTENTS

319.026. Ac R 11/15/55-
Final 30/63
Susan McCoy Widow William McCoy Revolution
See Pension Paper on file.
Allowed 160 acres.
L.M. Drury.
Examiner.
Gibson L. Beattie Louisville Ky.
Record examined Goodman
March 19/69 Warrant cancelled issue duplicate and sent to H. W. Hawes Esq. Louisville Kentucky R.H.
March 19/69 Lett to G Office Note of cancellation and issue of duplicate R.H.

1863 Sept 22 Pension Agent " " " 3 d Auditor " " " 2 d Comptroller " " 25. Beattie & E. Gibson 1868 Dec 2 - W. W. Harris 1869 Feb 17. H. M. Hawes " Mar 26 " do " " " 2 d Comptroller " " " Pension Agent
at April 2. 1862 exp. issued for this certificate No. 7155
before Certificate Secy Interior Department Interior clerk
Kentucky
Susan M c Goy Dow of William M c Goy died on the who was a private in the Revolution tain Company
Regiment
Inscribed on the Roll of Louisville
at the rate of 80 Dollars annum Cents per month, to commence on the 3 d day of Feb 1853, and continue five years for life.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th July 1853, and sent to Gibson & Beattie Louisville
February, 1853, Secte No. 2
by W. D. Larner X, H. Vol. 1, Page

Indiana 19347
William McCoy of Decatur in the State of Ind a who was a 1 st in the co com pany by Captain Weaver of the reg t com pany Col Edmond in the 1 st line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Ind a at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per m th to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Nov r 1833 and year West Newburg
Arrears to the 4th of March 160.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 40.00 $200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. C. Boyle Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 120

I Joshua White, Sexton of the Eastern Cemetery in the City of Louisville, County of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, do hereby certify, that Mrs. Susan M c Coy, deceased, was buried in the said Cemetery on the eighteenth day of July, A.D. 1863. Witness my hand this 25 th day of August, 1863.-
Joshua White

10 17 271 William M. Cloy Indiana
W. Roll from 1778 private 5 yrs $80. on Roll
on Roll John Test jr. Last from Greensburg Indiana

(M. W.)  William M. (Mays)  BRIEF in the case of  William M. (Mays)  of Decatur in the State of Indiana  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.      Vol  Asaf  Enlisted  In 17 78  for 12m. but did not quite serve that time  time not stated  6 Private  Gen. Morgan  Capt. Weaver (Col. Edmonds)  Capt. Hellmes Col. Gilliam  Col. Washington   
 5. In what battles was he engaged? at the Cowpens at the Siege of York  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? State of Virginia  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. B. Gatt Examining Clerk:

William Lloyd Application
William Lloyd
Application 17271

Amendment of William McCoy for a Pension

The amended application of William M. Coy an applicant for a pension under the provision of an act passed June 7th 1832 &c.
The said William M. Coy personally appeared in open court at the April Term A.D. 1833 of the Decatur Circuit Court (before which his original application was made) and on his oath says that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served as a private soldier two years and nine months, that he served one year and nine months in the regular service, and one year in the Virginia Militia as in the manner stated in his declaration, that as to the periods of the war in which he served, it was 1778, 1779 (until he thinks) October 1781 —
As to the 2 d interrogatory he says he has no record of his age, and has no knowledge of one whereabouts.
As to the 6 th interrogatory he says that he received his discharge from the discharge at York Town, from which place he was sent to Winchester Virginia with the prisoners, and at the latter place he received his discharge dated from Col. Brunsell, which is now lost and as to the 8 th he says he is acquainted with Col. Thomas Bendicks, Major Jesse Jones, John Johnson who can all testify to their belief of services.
William his M. Coy mark
Sworn and subscribed in open court this 23 day of Henry D. Talbott, Clk.
I the undersigned Judge of the Decatur Circuit Court, certify that Henry D. Talbott is the Clerk of the Court aforesaid, and that the above is the record of the Court of said County, that the amendment herein is  inserted intended to form a part of the original application.
(Judge Egan absent from the bench, but the) M. C. Eggleston P. S. John Brown AS g from a subpoena to two Judges absent from the bench.

State of Indiana, Decatur

State of Indiana } 55
Decatur County }
on this day of October 1832 Personally appeared before the Honorable Judges of the Decatur Court of the for the county of Decatur aforesaid now sitting William H Gay a resident of the county of Decatur and state of Indiana aged seventy two years old the 15th day of September 1832 who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of congress passed June 7th 1832 that he volunteered in the service of the United States about the first of March 1878 and served in Col. Edmonds Reg- iment in the company commanded by Silman Weaver as Captain, and served six months, and joined said Company at Massaponax Bridge virginia and then marched to Williamsburg and stationed as a watch in different places and was discharged on the Potomac River and my Discharge was handed me by Major James Wright, do not doubt who signed it and in the fore part of September 1778 I was Drafted to serve six months in the Militia of Fauquier County Vir- ginia commanded by Colonel John Gillison in the Com- pany of Thomas Williams and besides the war of the Regiment was the 13th and joined the regiment at Hobbs Hole in virginia and served within a few days of six months in said Regiment and was a guard on the Chiepeak Bay from there to Pamotanza, and near Charleston South Carolina I Enlisted in the Rifles Regiment commanded by Colonel William Washington, William Russell commanded as Lieutenant in the company I was in for a short time the Captain same not recalled he died in a short time after I joined the company and the next captain died also his name not recalled General Morgan was General of the line I was in, and was Marched to Charles- ton South Carolina then to Savannah and was at the battle of the cowpens and received two wounds and one ball is at this time in my thigh and was at the taking of

Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown and was in the service of the united states from the first time I volunteered in the forepart of March 1778 untill the army was disbanded in 1781 I was discharged at Winchester virginia and was discharged by Colonel Hansel; which is not I was born in the state of virginia Fauquier County in the year 1760 on the 15th day of September he hereby relinquish every claim to a pension or annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state and that he has no documentary evidence and that he does not know of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service he further sayeth he has no record of his age and that he was living in Fauquier County at when he joined the army, Sworn to and subscribed the day and year
afforsaid
William M c Coy
Sworn & subscribed the day 3rd March 1843
Henry A. Talbot Jk
We David J Cox residing in the County of Decatur State of Indiana and David Gwalt residing in Decatur county and state of Indiana hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William M c Coy who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy two years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
David J. Cox M. G. David Gwalt
Sworn and subscribed the day and year afforsaid Henry A. Talbot Jk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that David J Cox who has signed the proceedings certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of Decatur county state of Indiana and that David Jewett who also signed the same is a resident in the county of Decatur and state aforesaid, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit
M. C. Eggleston J. J. Judge James Eld. A. S. D. I.
John B. Ryan A. S. D. I.
I, Henry H. Salbott Clerk of court of the Decatur Circuit Court Walden at Greensburgh in and for said county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of William M c Gay for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the Decatur circuit court at my office in Greensburgh this twenty-seventh day of October 1882.
Henry H. Salbott, Ck.

No.
Claim for Pension, arrears, &c.
Widow of
William M c Coy, deceased, a soldier in the Revolutionary War.—
Died 10. Feby, 1842.
Forwarded by Gibson & Beattie
Attorneys
Louisville, Ky.—

State of Kentucky County of Jefferson 3 rd .
On this 6 th day of June, 1863, personally appeared before me, Andrew Monroe, sole presiding judge of the County Court in and for the County and State aforesaid, Susan M c Coy, aged eighty-four years and a resident of the City of Louisville in the said County and State, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration to obtain the benefits given by Acts of Congress in such cases as hers: That she is the widow of William M c Coy, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and received a pension from the United States on account of services rendered in that war; that his name was on the roll of the pension agency at Madison, Indiana; that he died at Louisville in the State of Kentucky on the 10 th day of February, 1842; that she, affiant is old, very feeble and bed-ridden, and is without means of obtaining accurate information in regard to her said late husband's early history; that she does not know in what regiment her served nor who his officers were; but from

information she states that her said husband was probably born and raised in either Fauquier or Spottsylvania County in the State of Virginia, and enlisted in one of the said counties; that she has often heard her husband say that one William Russell was a comrade of his in the said war, and that he, her said husband, had fought in the battle of the Cowpens and in other revolutionary battles, the names of which she does not now recollect, in one of which he was wounded twice, once in the calf of the leg and once in the hip. She further declares that she was married to the said William McCoy in the City of Louisville aforesaid on the day of January, 1838, by Rev. Allen, a minister of the gospel; that her name before her said marriage was Susan Hamner; that she has remained a widow ever since the death of her said husband; that she has no children under sixteen years of age; and that she believes her said husband's last half yearly payment on his pension was drawn up to the first

day of March, 1842, at Madison, Indiana to the pension agent at which place his pension certificate was given up, when the said payment was drawn. She further declares that from old age and bodily infirmity she is physically incapable of attending the sitting of a court of record to make this declaration in open court; that she knows of no record evidence of her aforesaid marriage; and that she has not in any manner been engaged in or aided or abetted the rebellion in the United States. She hereby appoints Thomas W. Gibson, Esquire, of Louisville, Jefferson County, in the state of Kentucky her attorney to prosecute this claim for a pension and receive the certificate therefor.
Also personally appeared Jesse Mc c loy and Daniel Jefferson Littrell, residents of the City of Louisville in Jefferson County in the state of Kentucky, persons whom I believe to be entitled to credit, and who being by me duly sworn according to law, say that the said Jesse Mc c loy is the son of the William Mc c loy, named in the foregoing declaration and the step-son of the nor who his officers were; but from

above Susan M c Coy, who has subscribed the same, and that the said Daniel Jefferson Littrell is a grandson of the said William M c Coy, that both of them were well acquainted with the said William M c Coy for many years previous to his death; that they have often heard him say, that he fought in the Revolutionary War, and, he was reputed among all who knew him to have been a soldier in the said war; that they are well acquainted with the above declarant Susan M c Coy, and know her to be the person she represents herself to be in the foregoing declaration, to-wit, the widow of the aforesaid William M c Coy; that they were both present at the marriage of the said William and Susan, which took place in the year 1838 in the City of Louisville, Kentucky and was performed by a Methodist clergyman named Allen, who they believe has been dead for many years; that there were no children of the said marriage; that the said Susan M c Coy has remained a widow ever since the death of the said William M c Coy; and that they are disinterested in the foregoing application of the said Susan M c Coy.-
Jesse Nelson
Daniel J Littrell

Subscribed and sworn to by the aforesaid Susan Mc Coy, Jesse Mc Coy and Daniel Jefferson Starr before me, Andrew Monroe, sole presiding judge of the County Court of Jefferson County in the State of Kentucky, and I further certify that from the appearance of the said Susan Mc Coy she is physically incapable of attending before a court of record to make the foregoing declaration. Witness my hand and scroll (having no seal of office) this 6 th day of June, 1863.
Andrew Monroe Judge Jefferson County Court
State of Kentucky } County of Jefferson } ss.
I, J. Jack Conn, Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Andrew Monroe, before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were made and who has signed his name above, is and was at the time the same were made sole presiding judge of the County Court of Jefferson County in and who his officers were; but from

the State of Kentucky, duly commissioned and sworn, that all his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit and that his signature to the above certificate is genuine.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of said court this 6th. day of June, 1863. J. Jack Conn. Clk.

State of Kentucky County of Jefferson ss.
On this twenty-fifth day of August A.D. 1863, personally appeared before me, Joseph Clement, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Jesse M c Coy, aged forty-seven years, a resident of the City of Louisville, County of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, who, being duly sworn, states, that Susan M c Coy, widow of William M c Coy, a soldier in the Revolutionary War and whose name was formerly on the pension roll of the Agency at Madison, Indiana, died at affiant's house on the East side of Hancock street between Hulton street and Beargrass creek, in the city aforesaid on the seventeenth day of July A.D. 1863, at about ten o'clock, P.M., and that she was buried on the eighteenth day of July, A.D. 1863 in the Eastern Cemetery in said City.
Jesse M c Coy
Also personally appeared before me at the same time, Joshua White, aged twenty-eight years, a resident

of the City of Louisville, County of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, who, being duly sworn, states that he is the Sexton of the Eastern Cemetery in the said City; that Susan M c Coy, deceased, named in the foregoing affidavit of Jesse M c Coy was buried in the said Cemetery on the eighteenth day of July, 1868; that he does not of his own knowledge, know the day of her death; but files herewith as part of this affidavit, his certificate, marked (A), of the day of her burial.
Joshua White
Also personally appeared before me at the same time, William Hines, aged fifty-four years, a resident of the City of Louisville, County of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, who, being duly sworn, states, that he is an undertaker in the employ of Mrs. Barbara Hess in the said City, and at

such, conducted the funeral of Susan M c Coy, named in the foregoing affidavits of Jesse M c Coy and Joshua White; that she was buried on the eighteenth day of July, A. D. 1863 in the Eastern Ceme- tery in the City aforesaid; that he does not know of his own knowledge the day of her death, but heard at the time that she died in the night of the seventeenth day of July, A. D. 1863.
W m Hines
Subscribed and sworn to before me this twenty-fifth day of August, A. D. 1863, as witness my hand.
J. Clement Justice, of the peace Jefferson County Kentucky
State of Kentucky County of Jefferson ss.
I, J. Jack Cunn, clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State above named, do hereby certify that Joseph Clement, Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavits

were made and who has thereunto signed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State above named, duly commissioned and sworn, that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have here- unto signed my name and affixed the seal of the County Court aforesaid this twenty-fifth day of August, A.D. 1863. - Isaac Coom clerk

No. 319. 026 Claim for Bounty- Land—
Widow of William M c Coy, deceased, a soldier in the Revolutionary War.
Died 10. Feby. 1842.
Forwarded by Gibson & Beattie Attorneys Louisville Ky.

State of Kentucky County of Jefferson ss.
On this 6 th day of June A.D. 1863, personally appeared before me, Andrew Monroe, sole presiding judge of the County Court in and for the County and State aforesaid, Susan M c Coy, a resident of the City of Louisville in the said County and State, aged eighty-four years, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of William M c Coy, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and was a pensioner of the United States on account of services rendered in that war; that his name was on the pension roll of the Agency at Madison, Indiana, where his pension was payable; that he died at Louisville in the State of Kentucky, on the 10 th day of February, 1842; that as she believes the last half-yearly payment on his pension was drawn up to the first day of March 1842, at Madison, Indiana, to the pension agent at which place his pension certificate was given up, when the said payment was drawn; that she was married to the said William M c Coy

in the City of Louisville aforesaid on the day of January, 1888 by Rev. Allen - a minister of the gospel; that her name before her said marriage was Susan Kanners; that she knows of no record evidence of her said marriage, and that she has remained a widow ever since the death of her said husband. She further declares that she is old, very feeble and bedridden and is without means of obtaining accurate information in regard to her said late husband's early history; that she does not know in what regiment he served, nor who his officers were; but from information she states that her said husband was probably born and raised in either Fauquier or Spott- sylvania County in the State of Vir- ginia, and enlisted in one of the said Counties; that she has often heard her husband say that one William Russell was a comrade of his in the said war, and that he, her said husband, had fought in the battle of the Cowpens.

and other Revolutionary battles, the names of which she does not now recollect, in one of which he was wounded twice, once in the calf of the leg and once in the hip. She further stated that she has not in any manner whatever aided or abetted the rebellion in the United States. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled. She hereby appoints Thomas W. Gibson, Esquire, of Louisville, Jefferson County, in the State of Kentucky, her attorney to prosecute this claim and to receive the land warrant when the same is issued.
Susan for McCoy Mark Susan W. McCoy
Thomas W. Gibson Esquire Andrew McLean Jesse M c Coy
Also personally appeared Jesse M c Coy and Daniel Jefferson Littrell, residents of the City of Louisville, in Jefferson County, in the State of Kentucky, persons whom I believe to be entitled to credit and who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, say

that the said Jesse M c Coy is the son of the William M c Coy named in the foregoing declaration and the step-son of the above Susan M c Coy, who has subscribed the same and that the said Daniel Jefferson Littrell is a grandson of the said William M c Coy, that both of them were well acquainted with the said William M c Coy for many years previous to his death; that they have often heard him say, that he fought in the Revolutionary War, and he was reputed among all who knew him , to have been a soldier in the said war; that they are well acquainted with the above declarant Susan M c Coy and know her to be the person she represents herself to be in the foregoing declaration, to-wit, the widow of the aforesaid William M c Coy; that they were both present at the marriage of the said William and Susan which took place in the year 1838 in the City of Louisville, Kentucky, and was performed by a Methodist

Clergyman, named Allen, whom they believe has been dead for many years; that there were no children of the said marriage; that the said Susan M c Coy has remained a widow ever since the death of the said William M c Coy; and that they are disinterested in the foregoing application of the said Susan M c Coy for a land warrant.
Jesse McCoy
Daniel J. Littrell
Subscribed and sworn to by Susan M c Coy, Jesse M c Coy and Daniel Jefferson Littrell on this 6 th day of June, 1863. Witness my hand and scroll, having no seal of office.
Andrew Boush
Provisory Judge Jefferson County Court
State of Kentucky County of Jefferson ss.
I, J. Jack Boun, Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Andrew Boush before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were made and who has signed (married to the said William M c Coy)

his name above, is and was at the time the same were made sole presiding judge of the County Court of Jefferson County in the State of Kentucky, duly commissioned and sworn, that all his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit and that his signature to the above certificate is genuine.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of said Court this 6th day of June, 1863.- J. Jack Court Clerk

State of Kentucky Jefferson County 3 rd Set
Be it Remembered that on the 4 th day of January 1838. William McCoy obtained from the Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid a license to marry Susan Hannas which appears by reference to the marriage Register now on file in said Court and that the said marriage Register shows no return of the said license and there is no record in my office (the proper office in which to record the same) that the said marriage was ever performed.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this 6 th day of June 1863.
J. Pack Comr. C.S.C.

WIDOW, &c.
File No.
9991
Susan M c Coy
Wid of
William M c Coy
Brit Rev War
Act:
July 2 d
1853
Index:—Vol.
M
, Page
22
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1876
Apr. 13. Advised by Sen Com.
From H. L. Mch. Mr. 77
Apr 18/76 no allo
Letter to Hanes that warrant can be made. absolute.
Apr 19/77
Letter as above to Hanes absolute.
o Condition to Hanes and copy of decision sent to him. absolute.
180 Copy of decision and letter to Hanes 205 Pa Ave.

(3-figs) Revolutionary War No. 7,493 original No 7155 Kentucky Va
156-16 15316
Susan McCoy Widow of William McCoy Rank Private
Company _____ Regiment Rev. War
Rate per month month $ 80. Commencing 31 st Feby. 18 Ending 17 th July 1862 date of claim 3. death
Certificate dated 30 th April 1880 and sent 11 May 18
Payable at Louisville Agency H. M. Hawes Attorney
205 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington D.C. Not 11th July, 1862.
Book Vol. 1 Page Keefer 46

1880 April 30. Sent a letter of instruction to Lewis M. Co. down by as to what was needed J.M.W.
1880 April 30 sent to Mr. A. Miller M c as to the above J.M.W.
1880 May 2nd Paid to pay Insurance 76 West in $954 00 or up rent claim & advance
Sent P. Bloom Statement of expenses P.C. was sent to P.C. May 12 1880 ✓ P.C. rec. here
1880 May 25. N.H. Hawes 205 Penn down N.W. Washington notified as above J.M.W.

v WIDOW.
other claim.
Clerk.
, 18

Susan M c Coy.
widow of
William M c Coy.
Jeff. Co. Kentucky. Act. 3: Feb. 1853.
Allowed as the widow of a Private, at the rate of $80. per annum to begin g: February 1853.
Certificate to
Mrs. Susan M c Coy. Louisville, Ky.

No. 11. and B. 2. DIVISION.
L. G. M.
Department of the Interior,
PENSION OFFICE,
Washington, D. C., July 23 a , 1879.
Respectfully returned to H. M. Hawes Louisville, Kentucky, with the information that after a careful consideration of the case referred to within, the office adheres to the action taken July 10 th 1879 disallowing the claim.
Major Clarke Please look at the law in this matter. I am sure not to deny so. I have another letter written to be their appeal to be re investigated. I pray the att 205- from av.
O. P. Clarke Acting Commissioner.

JULY 14, 1862.
Office,
_____, 186____. ordered to the Adjutant ' evidence of service
H. Barrett
Commissioner.
_____, 186____.
_____ Attorney.

102087
160 rag

Mr. Webster.
Chf Div:
Inform the Plaintiff the decision of the Sec'y in this case made upon appeal of the Atty. A copy of which is herewith, determines the question of payment of pension so far as this office is concerned.
Enclose him a copy of the decision
over B
Jan 2/80.

Department of the Interior,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
OFFICIAL BUSINESS.
Any person using this envelope to avoid the payment of postage on private matter of any kind will be subject to a fine of Three Hundred Dollars.
In person
520
No 90971 Cyr. 7495
to White Major S. P. G. Clarke P. O. Box 100 P. M. P. O. Box 100

not on Sun. file July 14/63
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D. C.

Wm M c Coy. Revolution pension. Died Feb y 10 1842. Widow drew pension from S t by Act of Congress by right, but never collected any of it. She died July 17 1883. Pension was awarded to her, on 27. July 1883. By Will, she left the proceeds of said pension to her step son William M c Coy, who is the son of Wm M c Coy Sen. drew the former pension. Said M c Coy drew his pension in his life time through the agency at Madison Ind.

James names in Population Census Schedules -
under 18
McKay, Donald 1860, Mass., Suffolk Co.; V. 25, page 818.
1-17

The enclosed papers rec'd by Finance Division May 24. 1871 from Mr Dickson - the papers were answered in the time it (Jan'y 1871) but what was done or a copy of the letter, if one, is not known
Department of the Interior,
PENSION OFFICE.
OFFICIAL BUSINESS.
Commissioner.

Department of the Interior, PENSION OFFICE, FINANCE DIVISION,
Nov. 4, 1871
Respectfully returned to Geo. W. Johns Esq. Chief Clerk. — The papers in this case were sent for yesterday but appear to be not easily found.
They are in the files at the Interior Department —
The condition of the case is this. — An appeal to the Secretary from the action of this office was taken — and the Secretary decided (see Secy. decision No. 104. h. 27) — that under
the provisions of the Act of April 2. (see Pension Laws. h. 61) the claim must be rejected — and it should be rejected
J. H. Babbitt Chf. C.
Pension Office, Nov. 4 th 1871
Respectfully returned to Mr. Hawes with the information that this appli- cation was heretofore (Sept 27, 1869,) considered on an appeal to the Secretary of the Interior, and rejected for the reason "that the signing of the certificate by the Secretary of the Interior was essential to the establishment of the pension prior to the applicant's death which was not the fact in this case. Pension was, therefore, never granted."
There appearing no cause for overruling this decision, the same is adhered to and the application again rejected
J. H. Babbitt Commissioner
See
Vol 7 - p 82
" 1 " 69
Sept 27 1869
Dept Interior
dates 28 th July 63
& commence 3 rd Feb 1853 under act of each date

23
Application No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Name of Soldier: William McCoy
Co. _____ Regt., Rev. War
Residence: _____
P. O. Address: _____
Name of Heir: Jesse McCoy, heir of Susan May
Guardian's Name: Deacons
Ex't: _____
Agent or other Person: _____
Information desired: for Hon. B. F. Butler.
5729
Col. Mark Chapman to the P.M. July 69

PENSION BUREAU.
Application No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Name of Soldier: _____
Co. _____, _____ Regt. _____
INFORMATION DESIRED:
The joint in this case is said to be for rein- -bursement of cost for services of last sickness and burial The atty says the claim has been filed along time. Let the Atty be advised upon that point JMB

House of Representatives,
Washington, D. C.,
187
Old War
Issue M c Coy  South J.A. Heirs of Russ M c Coy amends of application for Pension in the 44 th Congreg Papers are on file in file Room.
9981-
Sent V.P. Offic
March 12. 1877
Case M c Coy

Callie Hester: What was the name of Susan McCoy's husband the original pension + his savings account number Hester
File No 9991
Ms. Susan McCoy widow of
William McCoy Cert No. 7155
Rev War Kentucky
File
Stephen Callie 1744 INTERIOR DEPT

Louisville, Ky., Aug. 4th. 1863.
Joseph H. Barrett, Esq., Commissioner of Pensions, Washington City, D.C.
Sir:
We have received Land Warrant, No. 102.087, issued July 28th. 1863, to Susan M c Coy, widow of William M c Coy, Private in the Revolutionary War. Mrs. M c Coy died a few days before the warrant was issued, leaving a will, by which she made her stepson Jesse M c Coy her sole devisee. This will has been duly proved and admitted to record. Mrs. M c Coy, we presume, left heirs at law, and we believe that there are other descendants of William M c Coy living, beside Jesse M c Coy. In this state of case, who will be entitled to the warrant and the arrears of pension money? Will it be necessary in any event to have letters of administration issued? If Jesse M c Coy is entitled, will a copy of the will and proof of identity be sufficient? We hold the land warrant until we receive instructions from you concerning its disposal.
Respectfully - Gibson & Beattie.
P.S. Sometime since we mailed oaths of allegiance taken by us, to you. Did they come to hand? G. H. B. —

HR 2305
A BILL
For the relief of Jesse McCoy.
MARCH 6, 1876.—Read twice, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed.
March 10, 1876. Committee on Invalid Pensions discharged & referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions of the war of 1812.
Wrote to Pen. f. for information 4/13/76 -
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Jenkins - Dear Pen Mrs. & Rev. Pen

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
MARCH 6, 1876.
Read twice, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed.
Mr. PARSONS, on leave, introduced the following bill:
A BILL
For the relief of Jesse McCoy.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, 4 directed, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise 5 appropriated, to pay to Jesse McCoy, executor of the last 6 will of Susan McCoy, of Jefferson County, Kentucky, lately 7 deceased, the amount of pension due on pension-certificate 8 numbered seven thousand one hundred and fifty-five, issued by 9 the Pension Department in July, eighteen hundred and sixty- 10 three, to said Susan McCoy, as the widow of Jesse McCoy, 11 a revolutionary soldier; the said Susan McCoy having deceased 12 on the seventeenth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty- 13 three.

Washington D.C.
Jan'y 12 th 1869
H. W. Hawes Esq. Louisville Ky Sir:
Enclosed you will find No. of Pension claim as asked for by your son POSS
Very Respectfully F. C. Stevens

Office Ky State Agency Washington Dec 19-1868.
Hon C.C. Cox,
Comm of Pensions,
Washington D.C.
Sir:
M c Coy was a pensioner of the Revolution- ary war. after his death his widow Susan M c -Coy made application for his pension it was granted to her on a date between the 20 th & 27 th of July 1863. I have the honor to request that you will furnish me with the number of Mrs M c Coy's card.
Very Respectfully
C. D. Perine Baker Ag t State Ky
No 7155 2 d Sec Act Feb. 3. 1853.
[Faint handwritten mark or signature]

Feb 17/69
Pension Office March 10 1869 March 1 st The endorsement by the Comptroller settles the matter of payment to whom - his endorsement is conclusive & official
SMAR 10 1869 PENSION OFFICE TREASURY DEPARTMENT Second Comptroller's Office Washington, D.C., March 1, 1869.
The amount of pension accrued in the case of the within-named Susan Melson, who died before the date of the issue of her pen- sion certificate, is payable to her executor pursuant to section 4 th of the Act of Congress of July 25, 1866, which section is not incon- sistent, relative to the point of this decision, with section 9 of the subsequent Act of July 27, 1868, - although in other respects modified thereby.
[Signature] Comptroller.
H. W. Hawes, Esq. Drawer 22 P.O. Louisville, Kentucky.

Department of the Interior PENSION OFFICE
Washington D.C. Feby 17 1869
Sir
In the case of Mrs M c boy who died before the date of her pension Certificate, the accrued amount is payable to her heirs or legal representatives - It cannot be conveyed by will - If there are any of her children surviving, they would be the proper claimants first
If the step-son had the care of the pensioner during her last sickness, incurring expenses therefor & for burial, a statement submitted of the same & who of nearest kin survived, & if satisfactory, the arrear may be authorized to be paid to him, provided no property was left to pay them
Respectfully
Chas. C. Cox Comp r
H. W. Hawes Esq Drawer 22 Louisville Ky
MP (R) (Bul. C. P. 178.)

A. O. M. and B. L. C. B. M.
Department of the Interior. PENSION OFFICE.
Washington, D.C. April 18 th 1879.
Sir:
In the claim of Susan M c Coy deceased widow of William M c Coy, File No. 991, you are informed that under the existing laws no allowance of pension or arrears of pension can be made to the children or other descendants of this Revolutionary soldier.
Very respectfully, J. A. Bentley Commissioner. per M c
N. W. Hawes Esq. No. 46 West Jefferson Street Louisville, Jefferson Co. Kentucky.

Louisville, Ky., October, 9th. 1863.
Joseph H. Barnett, Esqr., Commissioner of Pensions. Washington City, D. C., Sir:
We have have received your letter of the 25th. ult., in regard to the pension and land warrant of Mrs. Susan McCoy, widow of William McCoy, deceased, a private in the revolutionary war, and deciding, that inasmuch as her right was not established (that is, we suppose, adjudicated upon) in her life time, her heirs or devisees are not entitled to the arrear under the pension, which would have been hers had she lived until July 28th. 1863. As you request, we return you enclosed pension - certificate, No. 7155, and land warrant, No. 102.087, both dated the 28th. day of July, 1863 and issued to Mrs. McCoy.
We dissent from the decision in this case, so far as the arrear of pension money are concerned, and respectfully ask that the matter may be referred to the Attorney General for his opinion, for which purpose we make the following statement.
Susan McCoy, widow of William McCoy.

a private in the revolutionary war, having made out her application and completed her proof for a pension, forwarded the same by mail on the 6th. of June, 1863 to the commissioner of pensions at Washington. On the 17th. of July, 1863, pending her application, she died. On the 28th. of July, 1863, widow's pension certificate, No. 7155, was issued, under the 2d. section of the act of February 3, 1853, to Mrs. McCoy, for a pension at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, commencing on the 3d. of February, 1853. The question we desire to submit is, are the heirs  personal representatives of Mrs. McCoy, in case she died intestate, or her legatees, in case she left a will, entitled to the arrear under the pension granted to her? It seems to us, that they are.
The act of February 3, 1853, sec. 2, provided, "That the widows of all officers, non commissioned officers, musicians and privates, of the revolutionary army, who were married subsequent to January, Anno Domini 1800, shall be entitled to a pension in the same manner as those who were married before that date." Under former acts the right of the widow was considered as a vested interest, not defeated by the omission to apply for a pension, and as to arrears went on her death to her personal representative . Opinion of

Hon. B. L. Butler, Attorney General, of April 13, 1837, Meigs & Moulton's Pension & Bounty Land Laws, page 451. Any property going to a personal representative will of course pass by will. Mrs. McCoy married in January, 1838.-
The act of April 2, 1862, Stats. at Large, Vol. 12, p. 376, does not in our opinion affect this case, because 1st. it applies only to "the children or other descendants" of the decedent, and 2d. Mrs. McCoy had, in the just sense of the term, established her right to a pension, by a proper application and complete proof, filed with the Com- missioner of Pensions in her lifetime, al- though her claim may not have been ad- judicated upon until after her death.
Very respectfully, Gibson & Beattie.

I Vasan H. Gray of Louisville Kentucky do make this my Last will and testament hereby revoking all others I devise and bequeath to my step son Leslie H. Gray the son of my late Husband William H. Gray deceased all of my property of every description whatsoever real personal and mixed including all arrears of pension money and any Bounty Land that may may be coming to me from the United States on account of the services rendered by my said husband

In the Revolution war witness my hand this fifth day of June 1802
Susan has Mary Mark
Signed and published the testimony is and for her last will and testament in our presence and witnessed by us at her request in her presence and in the presence of
John Collins John W. Sweet

A.O. M. and B. L.
N. C. M. R.
Department of the Interior. PENSION OFFICE.
Washington D.C. July 10 th 1879.
Sir:
In the claim of Jesse M c Coy or Administrator of Susan M c Coy widow of William M c Coy a Revolutionary soldier File No. 991, you are informed that after a careful consideration of all the evidence in the claim and the law governing the same, the conclusion has been reached that the claim was not established in accordance with section 4742 Revised Statutes and no allowance of pension or arrear of pension can be made under any existing law.
Very respectfully, J. A. Derrity Commissioner. M
H. M. Hawes Esq. No. 46 West Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky.
File No. 9991

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Washington, D.C., July 3 d , 1868.
Sir:
In the case of Susan M c Coy, deceased, concerning whom inquiry was made orally at this office, a few days since, by your son, it appears that she died several days prior to the issue of the pension certificate for which during her life-time she had been an applicant; and therefore (according to a decision of the Attorney General of the U.S., that where a claim has not been adjudicated finally during the life-time of the claimant, said claim does not become so vested as to be transferable to representatives,) nothing is legally payable thereon.
By the 4 th section of the law of Congress, a printed copy of which is herewith transmitted to you, applicants for invalid pensions are excepted from the application of the foregoing decision; and a bill is now pending before Congress re-enacting said

4 th section of the law aforesaid, (viz. the law of July 25 th , 1866,) with the omission of the word "invalid." In case this pending bill becomes a law, the amount of pension accrued upon the certificate of the aforesaid McCoy, issued subsequent to her decease, will be payable to her legal representatives in the order of succession therein specified.
At present, however, this Department has no discretionary power to authorize payment in this case.
The copy of the last will and testament of said Susan McCoy, and the accompanying memorandum, left at this office by your son, are herewith returned.
Very Respectfully, Your Obt. Servt.
H. W. Hawes, Esq. Comptroller.
Drawer 22,
Louisville, Kentucky.
W

Department of the Interior. PENSION OFFICE.
Washington D.C. Mar 20 1868
Sir:
In the case Susan M c Coy widow of William, a Ky. Revolutionary pension was allowed to her, but she died before the date of the certificate. On the 2 nd day of April 1862, Congress passed a law forbidding the payment of a pension not established during the life of the claimant. The Attorney General in his opinion on the meaning of the word "established" in the law, claimed that a pension was not "established" until the certificate was signed by the Secretary of the Interior which was determined by the date of the certificate.
Respectfully
Chas. C. Cox
Commissioner
M. D. Hays, Esq. Louisville Ky.

Simsville Ky April 28th 1879 He on Permissiōne of Pensions Pension Bureau Washington D.C.
Gen. I have the honor to acknow- ledge the reception of your letter to me 18th inst. in which I find that you treat of the case of Susan McCoy - the widow of Wm. McCoy File No. 291. You state that the existing laws does not give or allow pension or arrear- age of pensions to the children or other de- pendents of the Revolutionary Soldiers. That is so patent, and plain that I thought every pension was cognizant but if you will please, to review the application, you will find that it is not as an heir, that Jesse McCoy comes to you. He comes as a creditor to the estate of the late Susan McCoy - The claim he has presented to you is in regular bill form - not made out in form of an heir.
I believe this man has not been presented to the Heon Comm - for enrolment.
Wm

I had the honor, a few days since, to the adjournment, of the late Congress. to consult with you about the course I should proceed upon, in regard to this case and I presume you have not forgot it, the case, nor the conversation, and it was. By your direction that I submitted the case, as I have - and your directions, I followed to the very letter. I spoke to you of the will of Susan Mc Poy, and when you suggested that her son should make out a certificate like as the estate it would be paid. Gen. L. McDermott, will recollect. That in our conversation stated that the son deprecated, the idea of bringing in a bill - for the case of his mother and you combated that idea - saying it was - perfectly, legitimate - and that. Statement (after my return to Senoille) I retailed to Mc Poy - and he would consent to do so - Gen. Mc Poy recollects that I informed you that the Susan Mc Poy had been all over to her $800 - but the draft arrived a few days after her death and was returned to you Dept.
The Commission I will make this personal - basing your instructions, the letter for in your Dept. - that he may

understands the rare man. I thought that this letter to me (which I have enclosed) demonstrates
hoping that I may be honored by your acknowledgment of having read this
I subscribe myself Yours truly H. M. McAndrew

copy Department of the Interior. PENSION OFFICE.
Washington, D.C. Sept. 27 th 1869.
Mrs. H. W. Haines No. 68. Jefferson St. Louisville, Ky.
Sir:
I have received and considered your communication of the 23 rd instant, in which you appeal from the action of the Commissioner of Pensions in the case of Jesse McCoy Heir of Susan McCoy, deceased.
It appears from the papers enclosed with your letter, that a Revolutionary pension was granted to Susan M. Coy, but that she died before the certificate was signed by the Head of this Department. Congress has forbidden the payment of a pension not established during the life of a claimant, and the Attorney General of the United States has decided that the signing of the certificate by the Secretary of the Interior, is essential to the

Department of the Interior. PENSION OFFICE.
Washington, D.C.
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establishment of a pension. The question presented by the appeal, has thus been passed upon by the law officer of the Government, by whose conclusion the executive departments are guided in determining rights claimed under our legislation.
I do not therefore feel at liberty to reverse the decision of the Commissioner of Pensions in the case. The papers are herewith returned.
Very Respectfully
Your ob t serv t
(signed) J. D. Cox. Secretary

Ch 7495
curd of
Wm Meloy
Rev. Ware

Pens. Department of the Interior.
Washington D.C. Sept. 27 th 1869.
Sir: I have received and considered your communication of the 23 rd instant, in which you appeal from the action of the Commissioner of Pensions in the case of Jesse M c Coy, heir of Susan M c Coy, deceased.
It appears, from the papers enclosed with your letter, that a revolutionary pension was granted to Susan M c Coy, but that she died before the certificate was signed by the Head of this Department.
Congress has forbidden the payment of a pension, not established during the life of the claimant, and the

Attorney General of the United States has decided that the signing of the certifi- cate by the Secretary of the Interior, is essential to the establishment of a pension. The question, presented by the appeal, has thus been passed upon by the law officer of the government, by whose conclusions the executive departments are guided, in determining rights claimed under our leg- islation.
I do not, therefore, feel at lib- erty to reverse the decision of the Com- missioner of Pensions in the case. The papers are herewith returned.
Very resp'y, Your obt. serv't,
Mr. H. W. Hawes. 68 Jefferson St. Louisville, Ky.
J. P. W. Secretary.

Louisville, Ky., Aug. 4th. 1863.
Joseph H. Barrett, Esquire, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington City, D. C.
Sir:-
We are just in receipt of Pension-certificate No. 7155, issued July 28th. 1863, to Susan M c Coy, widow of William M c Coy, a private in the revolutionary war. We have this day written you in regard to the land warrant issued to Mrs. M c Coy, July 28th. 1863, stating that she died a few days previous to that date, and asking your instructions in regard to the warrant. We will keep the pension certificate until we can hear from you, and then dispose of it and the warrant as you may direct.
Respectfully
Gibson & Beattie.

N. O. M. and B. L. L. C. M.
Department of the Interior. PENSION OFFICE.
Sir:
Washington, D.C. January 6 th 1880
In response to your inquiry of January 2 nd 1880 relative to the claim of Susan McCoy deceased widow of William McCoy Revolutionary War, File No. 9991, you are informed that the decision of the Hon. Secretary of the Interior, made upon appeal of the Attorney, determines the question of payment of pension so far as this office is concerned.
A copy of the decision is herewith enclosed.
A copy of this letter and the above decision was forwarded to your address at Louisville Kentucky January 3 rd 1880.
Very respectfully, J. A. Bentley Commissioner. JAB E
H. W. Hawes Esq. No. 205 Penna. Ave. Washington D.C.

Department of the Interior. PENSION OFFICE.
Washington, D.C. March, 22 d 1872.
Sir:
I have the honor to return, herewith enclosed, the papers comprising the the claim of Susan Mc Coy, Widow of William, a revolutionary soldier, File No. 9,991.
The case of Mrs. Mc Coy was forwarded to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and War of 1812, Feby 8, 1872, and was returned to this office by a Mr. Howars March 18, 1872.
Very respcy,
Your ob t . Servt.,
J. M. Zaller
Hon. C. M. Hillard,
Ch. com. Revolutionary Pensions and War of 1812
Commissioner
House of Reps

Ms. A. 9. 2. 6. 16
L.G.W.
Early
Department of the Interior PENSION OFFICE
Washington, D.C.
Sept. 21 1867
Mr. Thos. H. Haver
No 61 Jefferson St
Cambridge City
Mr. Sir, I have received and considered your communication of the 23 instant in which you appeal from the action of the Commissioners of Pensions in the case of Mrs. H. L. Haver (Mrs. Haver) in the premises.
It appears from the papers enclosed with your letter that a Revolutionary Pension was granted to Susan H. Haver but that she died before the Certificate was signed by the Head of the Department. Congress has provided that

payment of a pension not established during the life of a claimant, and the Adjutant General of the United States has decided that the signing of the certificate by the Secretary of the War department is essential to the establish- ment of a pension. The question pre- sented by the appeal has thus been passed upon by the officer of the War department by whose authority the ex- ecutive departments are guided in determining rights claimed under our pension laws. I do not therefore feel as able to reverse the decision of the War department in this case.
The papers in herewith returned. Yours sincerely J. D. [unclear] Edward [unclear]

B
Treasury Department 2 d Comptroller's Office, Washington, D.C., Dec. 31, 1878.
The case of Susan M c Gregg, deceased, whose application was pending in the pension bureau of the Department of the In- terior, at the time of her decease does not come within the jurisdiction of the Treasury Department, which can author- ize the payment of a pension only on the basis of a pension certificate issued by the Com- missioner of Pensions. And if said Commissioner shall recall and annul a certificate, this office has no discretionary au- thority in the premises.
In answer to the inquiry made relative to the latest pro- visions of law on the subject, the writer of the within letter is re- spectfully referred to the 9 th section of the pension law of July 27, 1868.
Wm P. Fisher
W. H. Hawes, Esq. 46 West Jefferson St. Louisville, Kentucky.
Comptroller.

San Jacinto Dec. 12 1870. Hon. Second Comptroller of Treasury. Washington City
I have the honor to again call your attention to the case of Lessie Mae McCoy - her at sum of Susan McCoy - Widow -
If you will please resubmit the late Allow. Genl. Hear , decidedly against, the object. - I see Mr. Long . I enclose your letter to me on the subject of July 3rd 1868. also a letter from Sec of the Interior of Sept 22nd 1869.
Not being thoroughly posted in the late Acts of Congress. You will do me a favor to advise me whether she gets her Allow. Varn. that will warrant me in making, or denying, the application already submitted - only negatively -
If you will please resubmit I see is not only the life of Miss  Mrs  Susan  McCoy his step mother, but natural  mother of his father. and herself being entitled all the pension due up to the death of the widow up to her death. the amount is made, unauthorized . It does appear to me that the late Allow. Genl. could not have given, the case a very weighty consideration, that I impeach his judgment, or cast the least aspersions.

Legal qualifications - but I am apprehensive that in his throng of business, in cases of great magnitude, he may where he met this case - look what is called (in common parlance) a bird's eye view of it. I hope his decision does not deter me from further following the subject (at present) I sincerely hope. Please return to me, the inclosures with your endorsement.
Very Respectfully,
Yours truly Charles
H. M. Morris
No 46 West Division Street

Mr McCoy de M 102 087-16055 Cancelled Duplicate

Louisville, Ky., June 6th, 1863.
To the Commissioner of Pensions; Washington City, D.C.- Sir:
Enclosed
please find the application of Mrs. Susan McCoy, the widow of William McCoy, deceased, a soldier in the Revolutionary War, for a land-warrant. Please communicate with us in regard to the matter.
Respectfully Gibson & Beattie

Genl. W. S. Butler
M. C. Washington City
Genl I have the honor, to request a favor of you. (See Writ).
One William Mc Coy who was a Soldier in the War of the American Rebellion, and a pensioner. died February 20 1842. Susan Mc Coy his second wife survived him about twenty months. She died on 19th of July 1863. After the death of her husband she made application for the pension granted to her husband, (which was allowed) but unfortunately the warrant was not duly signed until eight days after her death. But during the latter portion of her life, she lived with her step son, Jesse McCoy (the son of William the pensioner). and was well cared for by him. Who kindly treated the old lady, and paid all the attention to her, that a child could pay to a mother. In the year of her death June 1863. Susan made a will, in favor of her step son Jesse, giving and granting to him all the benefit of the expected pension allowance to her as above stated. (An unofficial copy of which was enclosed) The official copy as on file in the Department of the Interior Jesse made application to the Hon. Secy of the Interior for the, and allowed to Susan (the testatrix) which was a warrant for eight hundred (800) Dollars.

Cash. enc. a Land Warrant for \frac{1}{4} 160 = the church of and Light Acres of land. The Warrant for the Com. the Hon Sec of the Interior forwarded to the said Open the Com. but noted the Warrant for the many. I appealed to the Hon Second Comptroller, of the United States Treasury, who said the Malia Open the United States. His decision is set forth in a letter, from the Hon Sec of the Interior dated March 20. 1869. I also enclose a letter (marked B.)
from Hon Second Comptroller. dated July 3. 1868.
In his letter he refers to an official copy of the Will being now returned to me. That copy was filed is now on file in the dept of the Interior.
Now I will ask you have where have the application of Open the Com. placed before the Congressional Committee on the revaluation of Indian
and hope you will aid the Com. to obtain it from me. I had the honor of a personal introduction to you at the Southern Republican Convention held at Philadelphia in the year 1865. Then I was your friend - and so I remain.
Respectfully. H. W. Jones.
No. 46 West Spruce Street

Jesse McCloud Sept 17 1868

U. S. PENSION AGENCY.
Madison, Ind., Sept 21, 1868
Jesse M c Coy Drawer No 22
Louisville Ky
Sir:
I cannot find the names of William M c Coy or Susan M c Coy on the rolls of this Agency
Respectfully Mark Tilton Pension Agent

Payment to be made at Louisville, Ky. by
E. F. Gallagher, Esq. Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Page 204 Vol. 1
N. D. Larner, Clerk.

7155.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853,
_____ Susan M c Coy _____
widow of _____ William M c Coy _____ who was a _____ Private _____ in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of _____ Eighty _____ dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior, this twenty-eighth day of July _____ one thousand eight hundred and sixty three.
H. Asher Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and countersigned.
Joseph H. Barrick
Commissioner of Pensions.

Sevierville Ky July 15 1899.
Special to
War Commission of Pensions
Pension Bureau
Washington City
Mr. Commission
I have the honor to solicit your undivided attention, to the case of Jesse Mc. Pen- son, and his wife of Susan, who was the wife, of Wm Mc Pen - a Soldier, and pensioner for services of the War of the Rebellion. The enclosed letter signed by you, dated on 10th Sept. 2 weeks ago yesterday. The letter referred to, appears as though the writer, should have time to consider the case closed - but that would not be in accordance with your verbal instructions to me. If you will please - in your memo- ry - think back to about the last day, of last February. I opened the case to you. I then stated on full, all the merits of it. To Wit - That Susan Mc Pen the wife, of Wm Mc Pen - the pensioner - had made application for the continuation to her, of the pension formerly allowed to her husband, Wm which was done by one of your predecessors but the allow- ance was made to date. Susan died (it appears) eight days

Prior to said allowance being made. A check to amount of eight (800) hundred dollars, was forwarded to her attorneys, which they, on due time need, but as their client having died - they returned the check, to the Treasury. But ere the official (Bureau) died she was satisfied, by information from her attorneys, that the money would be paid but she knowing that she would die left the expected allowance to Jesse McRae by will - and that will is a matter of public record on the County Court, of Jefferson County Ky. All the above I stated to you, at the time above referred to (Bureau last). Then I informed you, that Jesse has taken care of his mother so long, and at a heavy expense for a poor man. It was at the same time, you stated that you had no power to give the money to Jesse, or any heirs - but you stated that, if Jesse McRae, would pay the bill of charges, well proven up - that you did not know why he could not collect the charges - as his mother, to the best, allowed her by your predecessor. What you stated, I en- tered to the Com. and he, by my instruction, from you, made out his bill which I had the honor to forward to you Sept. 1st. But I am satisfied that you have not had the case presented to you, personal, and by you - if you had you would have made an order for the money

presented in the industry. The judgment arrived at, and let forth in letter which must have emanated from a party that did not understand the case, as you do.
Mr. Batty - If you can, possibly upon the term, you will do Messrs. Doyliff, a good favor if you will return sale for the bill that Mollay has rendered on the case. He Mr. Doyliff informs me that he suspended his practice for nine years prior to his death.
Hoping that I may be honored by a knowledge of your having made a personal investigation of this case,
I subscribe myself Yours Mr. Doyliff, Blackstone

Series No. 12. April 9. 1879.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions Pension Bureau. Washington City
Sir
I have the honor, to enclose herewith the application made up in bill of form of Isaac McCoy, who is the son of the late Wm McCoy - wh. was a soldier of the War of the Revolution. As the said soldier, Wm McCoy, drew a pension from the Government of the United States up to his decease . After his demise, his wife Sarah McCoy appealed to your Dept. for a continuation of said pension, which was allowed by the then Hon. Commissioner of Pensions in the year 1863. but only a few days previous to such allowance, Sarah McCoy - died. From the records, belonging from the report of her attorneys, that the application for her pension, sanctioned and finally paid, and also the believing, that she had the right to dispose of said allowance, she did so by will which will was duly probated in the Perry Court of Jefferson Co Ky. A copy (not official) of said will I have here, the honor to enclose. A certified copy of the copy herein, can be found in the office of the Secy of the United States Senate
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Under the provisions of that will Jesse McCoy the devisee made application in due form, to Genl Department to obtain the allowance made to his mother, Susan McCoy. Said application was rejected in part, the greater portion of it He took a bond warrant for the sum of land but the draft, for the amount of money allowed he has not recd. I as his attorney carried the case to the Com, on Resolution calling on the Military Dept. It was then rejected upon the same grounds, taken by Genl Dept. If you will please recollect, I mentioned this case in particular to you, about the latter part of February last, and after my statement of the case to you, and after you reflected upon it you kindly instructed me, in the course. I am now proceeding to the best of my recollection of what course I should follow. I hope I have not erred.
This man Jesse McCoy I have known for many years, and believe him to be, as honorable as any man I have known, and it is with much reluctance that he makes out this bill of charges - nor would he have done had I not given him the benefit of your information, to wit - in person (verbal)
Believing that you will give the case a weighty consideration - and hoping that I be soon favored by you a acknowledgment of having recd it
I remain Yours sincerely Genl. Mc Callahan H. W. Warren

Louisville Ky. May 17 th 1880
H. H. Hance Esq. Washington D.C. Captain
I have succeeded in getting the testimony of in the Mary Lucan McCoy case much sooner than I anticipated and I hasten to make it to you, that you may examine it before it is filed. Jesse could not get Mrs. Baible, she is not at home, and I preferred to risk his daughter's testimony to that of the woman he spoke of who did not cause his mother more than two days. His daughter is a competent witness, especially as no other person he found who was with her from the time of the dislocation of her hip, you will perceive that in the latter part of Commissioner Smith's instructions to the Slips dated Mar 20 th 1870, marked A he says "if the attack is not acute it shall be regarded as commencing at the time the pensioner became so ill as to require the regular and daily attendance of another person constantly until death" I have therefore fixed upon the dislocation of her leg as the time the attack commenced which resulted in her death. The attack being an injury may also be regarded as acute. I think it fits the case either way.
If the testimony shall not be deemed sufficient, or needs

Amendment to the papers with such instructions as may be needed or required. It is impossible to furnish receipts bills. No bills for medicines, or medical or nurses services were ever furnished or accepted. He can prove any thing by the witnesses except that the account now made out and presented is reasonable and just, and that the services were rendered and expenses incurred as stated. He did not even take a receipt for the funeral expenses. He paid the Undertaker $35 00 for furnishing the coffin and hearse, and he is dead. no other proof can be obtained.
I hope you will be able to fight through the case on the evidence as it is. I saw Butler Saturday and he explained to me the basis upon which the original bill of expenses was was made out and made McCoy explain it accordingly and think it will give you an idea of the case. You will observe the corrected bill greatly overruns the old bill; I could not help that, I had to make my figures according to the facts, and if the Commis- sioner does not order the whole bill paid I presume he will pay as far as the account pension will go.
I took testimony in the John Flannagan case to day and will send it up tomorrow. For news to day, tell me all as far as I can learn. When do you think you will return home.
Your friend
Thos. H. Austin
Ent (over the instructions) Marked A

Louisville Ky January 16 1871
Genl B. F. Butler Me. Co. Washington City
Genl
I have the honor to request a favor of you (To wit) One William Mc c loy who was a Soldier in the War of the American Rebellion and a pensioner died February 10 th 1842. Susan Mc c loy (his second Wife) survived him about Twenty one years (Widow) She died on the 19 th of July 1863, after the death of her Husband. She made application for the pension granted to him (which was allowed) but unfortunately the Warrant was not duly signed until eight days after her death. But during the latter portion of her life She lived with her Step son Jepie Mc c loy (the son of William the pensioner) and was well cared for by him who kindly treated the old lady, and paid all the attention to her that a child could pay to a mother.
In the year of her death June 1863 Susan made a will, in favour of her Step son over

Jepie giving and granting to him all the benefits of the expected pension allowed to her as above stated (an unofficial copy which I here enclose) The official copy is on file in Department of the Interior. Jepie made application to the Hon Secretary of the Interior for the amt allowed to Susan (the Testator which was a warrant for ($800 00 ) Eight Hundred dollars cash, and a Land Warrant for (160) One Hundred & Fifty acres of Land. The Warrant for the Land, the Hon Sec of the Interior forwarded to the said Jepie Mc leay but with held the Warrant for the money. I appealed to the Hon 2 nd Comptroller of the United States Treasury, who laid the matter before the Attorney General of the United States. His decision is set forth in a letter from the Hon Sec of the Interior marked dated March 20 th 1869. I also enclose a letter marked (B.) from Hon Second Comptroller dated July 3 rd 1868. In his letter he refers to an official Copy of the Will having been returned to me. That Copy is now on file in the Department of the Interior.
Now I will ask your honor to please have this application of Jepie Mc leay placed before the Congressional Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and hope you will aid Mc leay to obtain it. I know Mc leay well and know further that he is thorough Union Man.
General I had the honor of a personal over

introduction to you at the Southern Republican Convention held at Philadelphia in the year 1856. Then I was your Friend, and so I remain. Please take particular care of the Papers here enclosed.
Respectfully
H. W. Jones
No 45 West Jefferson St

NR 2712
Jesse M c Coy
Exhibit and deposed of Jesse M c Coy widow - for savings account - California dated 12 days after his death - 1909 Jesse M c Coy

Susan McKay C. No. 17.155
File No. 9.991
Ret'd fr. Cong. March 14/73.
no special Act Moore, Apr. 1, 1873.

Dr. C. 1/2
Department of the Interior. PENSION OFFICE.
Washington D.C. May 11 th 1876
Sir:
In compliance with your request, I have the honor to transmit herewith, the papers in the case of Susan McCoy, widow of Wm. McCoy, private of Captain Weaver's company, Virginia Line, Reg. Nav. File. No. 9991-
McCoy was pensioned at $80. per annum from March 4, 1831, and continued to draw such pension until his death February 10, 1842. The widow applied for pension June 1863, and died July 17, 1863. A pension certificate issued to her July 28, 1863, which was re-called on the ground that, inasmuch as she died before the certificate was signed by the Secretary of the Interior, her claims had not been established during her lifetime, and therefore no pension was due to anyone (under

under the provisions of the Act of April 2, 1862, re-enacted by section 4742 Revised Statutes, An Act to "prohibit the allowance or payment of pension to the children of officers and soldiers of the War of the Revolution."
The signing of the certificate of pension by the Secretary of the Interior has by the Attorney General, been decided as essential to the establishment of a claim.
This view has been sustained by the Secretary of the Interior in his decision dated Sept. 27, 1869, in the case under consideration, upon appeal from the refusal of this office to pay to Jesse M c Coy son of William M c Coy and heir at law of Susan M c Coy, the pension to which the latter would have been entitled had her claim been established during her life time.
The papers in the case have been before the (Committee

Committee on Pensions U. S. Senate at this session, and were returned to this office with the statement that the claim of Jesse McCoy to any part of the pension which might have been due Mrs McCoy, had she survived the completion of her claim, has been rejected upon, adversely.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J A Nutt Commissioner.
Hon. Ephraim Hunter, Chairman Com. on Rev. Pensions. and March 1872. House of Representatives.

Simsville Ky May 15 1879. War Dept of Pensions Pension Bureau. Washington City
Sir
On 14th Ult: I forwarded to you an address the name of Jesse Milton, as per your instructions a bill re the estate of Susan Mc Coy - relict of William Mc Coy who was a pensioner of the War of the Rebellion. Said application was subsequently returned to me.
When I deposited to you with a statement, of what you stated, I would be required to do.
I presume that the case book. Not (when you returned it to me) came under your personal observation, or you would, recalled the conversation, that you had with me, in regard to the case.
Hoping to be honored by your draft of the claim
I remain as Myself
Yours Mr. Asst Secy
H. W. Harris

Copy
Approved
1 For subsistence clothing 2 and necessary funeral exp= 3 =meals - as indicated by check 4 marks on the writing account 1954 02
Lydia O.P. Clad
Act Comm.
May 22/80

copy
Department of the Interior. PENSION OFFICE.
Washington, D.C.
18
Louisville Ky May 15. 1880
Susan M'Coys. Deceased.
To Jesse M'Coys
Dr.
  To rent of room from Jany 17. 1859 to July 17 1863. } $162. 00   @ $36. per year   To board for 234 weeks, from Jany 17. 1859 to July 17 1863 } 702. 00   @ $3 per week   To funeral expenses coffin & carriages 35. 00   To fuel for 4 1/2 years @ $10. per year 45. 00   To medicines 4 1/2 year @ $5 " " 22. 50   To clothing 4 1/2 " @ $15. " " 67. 50   To Services of Mrs. Nancy Jane Mattern as nurse } 351 00   4 1/2 years @ $1. 50 / 100 per week or 234 weeks @ $1. 50 / 100 per week   Total. $1.395.00 
Approved by [unclear]

Greenville February 8 09. Pension Bureau.
Washington City
Since the honor, in call your attention to the claim of Luke Mc Carty (legatee of Susan Mc Coy) which you will please find enclosed. I recently (last inst) forwarded this application to Second Comptroller. U.S. Treasury. (Post Office to whom I should apply.) who has referred me to you. for payments. for past assessments. on my acct. which I also enclose to this. Please refer to Fort, etc., & in documents.
Believing that you will credit, and satisfy this claim as soon as it is correctly furnished to you.
I must defer reply.
I subscribe myself
Yours truly Oak Leaf
W. H. Hance
No 64. Liffey Street

Treasury Department, Second Comptroller's Office, Washington, D. C., Feb. 4, 1889.
The amount accrued upon the pension certificate is- sued in the name of Susan McCloy, subsequent to the date of her death, (which is payable, pursuant to the 9 th section of an Act of Congress approved July 27, 1888) may be paid, upon these vouchers, when accompanied by the surrender of the original pension certifi- cate to be filed herewith, at the Agency where the pension is by the certificate, made payable.
W. P. Mann Comptroller.
H. W. Hawes, Esq.
Drawer 22,
Louisville, Kentucky.

Cincinnati Feb. 1869 Second Petition of Deac. Washington City
I have the honor to request your attention to claim of Isaac McCarty, son, of the late William McCarty and legatee of the late Susan McCarty, wife the Widow of the Wm. McCarty above mentioned You will please observe that I wrote you respecting this matter and enclosed a second party to enjoin of you in the past but had recd your decision in letter of July 3. 1868, which was in favor with the case. Your letter stated that there is a bill pending before Congress. In enacting the same July 25th. And in case the bill passed and became a law, this case would come under its provisions. Such bills have passed and is now before Congress. And directly concerning this case. Act of July 27. 1868. Sec. 9. a copy of which I have enclosed A copy of the bill, of the pending session, before Congress. And number of the same. in 39th Congress.  Alleged is likewise a part of the enclosed. I have now had a copy forwarded to the And I am not satisfied that it should not be given effect. but if I am a doing so the question is raised as to the right whence it should be left. And a decision in my favor

Worful.
Copy of the application is in a separate envelope. And that of my son Alexander G. from a Johnstown gent of having had his
I believe myself
that man at present.
Yours truly H. M. Hanes

Jesse B. McLean Sept 25 th 1868
Walter Lee P. G.

U. S. PENSION AGENCY.
Madison, Ind., Sept 25, 1868.
Jesse M c Key Louisville Ky
Dr Sir
As before stated in my answer to a former letter from you there is nothing on the rolls in my office pertaining to the name of W m M c Key or Susan his wife
There may be old roll books which have the names of these persons on them but they are not in my possession. As regards the pension Certificate it would have to be sent to Washington with the vouchers adding the proof of the arrest to order it would not remain in the office. I do not

Know how you can get the information you desire except it is from the rolls at
Washington City
Your representative in Congress or your agent at Washington could furnish me with the facts you want.
It is not in my power to do so or I would do it with pleasure without any compensation.
Resy W. H. Sinton P. S.
Yrs V. McLean Apr. 28 th 1868

Department of the Interior, PENSION OFFICE,
Washington, D. C., May 20, 1879.
Respectfully returned to Mr.
H. H. Haws
Louisville
Jefferson Co. Ky.
That the claim within referred to may properly be identified you will please indorse on the within letter the full name of the soldier, his company and regiment, the num- ber of his claim, if known, and the date of its filing as nearly as remembered, and re- turn the same to this Office.
J. A. Beulley Commissioner.
Scribner Ky. May 24/79
Respectfully I found the claim of Person I have the honor to enclose herewith the only data which I have of the within named case. It was presented to you. Departments second years ago. on the payment of funds - which of Susan Mc Coy - I subsequently presented the case to Pensions - it was then rejected - On 1st of March last year the case to you - from whom instructed - as to the course I should pursue - I have done as you suggested - made forwarded - a duly authenticated bill - of Mc Coy - for the estate of the late Susan Mc Coy - up to the amount due her & the Government. (Mc Coy stated on - I believe his statement) that she took care of her for the last thirteen years of her life - she was over ninety years of age.
If this should not fall into the Moon Commission of Pensions - but the examine will please present it to him - and he will no doubt. his instructions to me.
Hoping soon to be honored by your reply to this
I subscribe myself your most obedt. Servt.
H. H. Haws

if not called for in 15 days return to
H. W. HAWES, NO. 48 W. JEFFERSON ST. LOUISVILLE, KY.
26 on Form of Pensions Pension Bureau, Washington City

Last sickness pay Funeral expenses

Estate of Susan McCoy, deceased
To Jesse McCoy Adm r
Dr
For taking care of and supporting Susan McCoy dec d (widow of William McCoy deceased, who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution & who died at Louisville Ky Feb y 10 th 1842) for the period of two years and seven months prior to her death which occurred July 17 1863, including funeral expenses, nurses and clothing & Doctor's services & medicines
  Dr board of Mrs McCoy 82 weeks at $3 00 246 00   " clothing & medicines & funeral expenses paid for Mrs McCoy 45 00   " Nurse for Mrs McCoy 82 weeks, paid as wages & board for nurse at $5 00 per week 410 00   Seven hundred & one dollars 701 00   " rent of room and fuel during the above period 100 00   $801 00 
State of Kentucky, Jefferson County set This day personally appeared before me, a Notary Public in and for the County & State aforesaid, Jesse McCoy who states on oath that the foregoing account against Mrs Susan McCoy's Estate is true

and correct, in every particular charge, and he has never been reimbursed or paid for the same, which has actually been advanced by him as Administrator of Mrs McCoy's Estate. That said deceased lived to the advanced age of ninety seven (97) years and was in consequence for many years prior to her death, totally a helpless invalid, requiring the constant attention of a nurse. That said account amounting to Eight hundred and One dollars is just and true
Jesse McCoy Adm t of Susan McCoy Dec d
Subscribed and sworn to by Jesse McCoy this 8 th day of February 1879 J. P. Butler Notary Public
I, Jesse McCoy of Louisville Ky do hereby appoint H. W. Hawes of Louisville Ky my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to collect the foregoing account against Mrs Susan McCoy's estate amounting to Eight hundred and One dollars, giving and granting unto my said attorney full power and authority necessary

State of Kentucky Jefferson County set.
Also personally appeared before me, a Notary Public for the County and State aforesaid, John Hiller who being duly sworn states that he was personally acquainted with Mrs Susan McCoy, mentioned in the foregoing account in favor of Jesse McCoy for $801 00 and knows that said Susan McCoy was a helpless invalid for twelve or fifteen years prior to her death in 1863 and required the constant attendance and service of a nurse, which was employed and the expenses for the same was paid by Jesse McCoy. Affiant gained this knowledge by personal intimacy with the McCoy fam-

Louisville Ky. April 8 th 1879
Mrs Pink Varble states that she visited Jesse McCoy's family during the sickness of Mrs Susan McCoy & knows she was in need of a nurse and that Jesse McCoy hired and paid for the services of a nurse, besides all the other expenses incurred on her account. That Mrs McCoy lived to an extreme old age and was in consequence a helpless invalid for many years prior to her death in 1863
Mrs Pink Varble.
Subscribed and sworn to by Mrs Pink Varble this 8 th day of April 1879 at Louisville Jefferson Co Ky.
Wm Butler N.P.J. Co. Ky.

ily, having been a boarder with the family for about one year prior to the death of Mrs McCoy who had arrived at an extremely old age.
Attest J. M. Stephens Garnett Bull
John his X Hiller mark
Subscribed and sworn to by John Hiller this 8 th day of April 1879
Wm J. Butler N. P. Co, Ky.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Department of the Interior OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS
This hereby Certifies, that under the Act of March 3rd, entitled An Act in addition to certain Acts granting Bounty Land to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in the Military Service of the United States.
Susan M'Key, Widow of William M'Key, Private, Revolutionary War,
is entitled to locate ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRES, at any Land Office of the United States, in one body, and in conformity to the legal subdivisions of the public lands, upon any of the public lands subject to sale at either the minimum or lower graduated prices.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the Department, this 28th day of July, 1863.
No. 102,087.
American Bank Note Co. New York.
Note. You can locate this Certificate at any of the United States Land Offices, or it will be located for you by the General Land Office on the return of it, with your request to that effect endorsed thereon, specifying the State and Land District in which you wish the location made. If you locate it, fill up and sign the following application.
To the Register of the Land Office I locate this Certificate, in the quarter of section at in Township of Range Register.

H.R. 2712-
Petition Ed Alcorn pay paps in the case of Jesse M c Cay him of Jesse M c Cay late a pensioner of the war of 1812.
Committee on Revolutionary Claims.
By. Smith
Jan. 8 - 1872 Mark - Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions
Pat Heavers atty.

To The Senate And House Of Representatives of the U. S. In Congress assembled.
Gentlemen.
Your Petitioner would respectfully represent. That the late William M c Coy late soldier of the war of 1812, left a widow Susan M c Coy and a son Jesse M c Coy. Under existing laws his widow Susan M c Coy was entitled to apply and receive a pension, That in accordance with the provisions of said existing law she applied for the Pension and it was granted under the act of 3 rd of Feb 1853. The last evidence was filed some months previous to the date of the Pension certificate, which was on the 28 th day of July A.D. 1863. Susan M c Coy died on the 19 th day of July 1863

just nine days before the Pension issued. The Pension Certificate was sent by the Spt of the Interior to her but her son Jesse M c Bay returned it to the Spt. Sarah M c Bay, legal representative and heir, Jesse M c Bay asked that your Honor's bodies may relieve him by special act and cause to be paid him by the Pension Bureau the amount of the accrued pension to wit from its date the 22 3 d of Feb 1853 to the the 19 th July 1863.
Attention is invited to the enclosed letters and the endorsement of the 2 d Compt of the U.S. Treas., and to the papers on file in the In- terior Spt.
Your Petitioner will ever pray &c
Pat O. Baur atty for Jesse M c Bay

Jesse M c Coy Of the City of Louisville County of Jefferson And State of Kentucky In Petition To the 46 th Congress of the U. S. of America
Your petitioner States that he is a citizen of Louisville County and State aforesaid, and has been such for 43 years.
That he is the Legatee of Susan M c Coy, widow of W m M c Coy dec d late a private of Co.
in the war of the revolution, and who died at Louisville Ky. on or about the 10 th day of February A.D. 1842.
That the said Susan M c Coy, widow of the said William M c Coy, did, in conformity to the Act of Congress of February 3 d 1853, 2 a Sect. and several Acts Amending thereof, make application to the U.S. Govt. for a pension, which application is No. 7155, and was filed in the Pension Department in the month of June 1863, and said application having been duly investigated by the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, and the proof filed being satisfactory and such as was then required by law, and it having been satisfactorily shown that the deceased soldier the said W m M c Coy, was a good and faithful soldier, and had lost his life in the service of his country, a pension was awarded his widow the said Susan M c Coy, and her name actually placed upon the pension rolls of the United States, and pension Certificate No. 9991, issued to her and forwarded to her Attorney's Messrs Beatty and

Gibson of Louisville Ky., by said Commissioner of Pensions, as will be seen by Reference to the papers and documents now on file with the claim in the Office of the Commissioner of Pensions at Washington D.C.
That said Certificate of Pension was issued to said Susan McCoy on or about the 27 th July 1863. prior to which, viz on the 17 th of July 1863, said Susan McCoy died, just ten days prior to the uttering of the said Pension Certificate. That the said Susan McCoy, by the war of the Revolution, having lost her said husband the said William McCoy, thereby lost her support, and maintenance, for which the then existing pension laws entitled her to a pension which pension dated back to a period prior to her death, and she was justly entitled to same from that period to the date of her death, and would have been paid such had she lived 10 days longer.
That the said Susan McCoy, did, by will, (a certified copy of which is filed herewith) devise and bequeath to your Petitioner all of her property, of every kind and description whatsoever, real personal & mixed, including, the Arrears of Pension due her or to become due her on her aforesaid Pension Certificate No. 99991, which amounts to Eighty dollars per year from date of its issue to the date of her death.
But the Commissioner of Pensions has persistently refused to pay the same to the present time and in violation of the Act of Congress Approved July 27 th 1868, authorizing the payment of Arrears of Pension to the heirs and legal representatives of such pensioners who may have

died prior to the issuance of their pension certificates and this Affiant being denied justice by the said Commissioners of Pensions, and there being to other tribunal to whom he can appeal for justice, he now prays the Congress of the United States to enact a special law directing and authorizing the payment of the same out of such monies as may be appropriated and set aside for that purpose. And this he will ever pray, or
Petitioner hereby constitutes and appoints H. W. Hawes of Louisville Ky, his Agent and Attorney to prosecute this claim before the said Congress of the United States and authorizes him to procure, furnish and file with it during its pendency before the said Congress, any and all evidence that may be required to establish the same hereby ratifying and confirming any and all of his legal acts in and about these premises, the same as if they had been done by your petitioner, all of which is respectfully Submitted.
Jesse McCoy
Sworn and subscribed to before me by Jesse McCoy and he at the same time acknowledged the power of Attorney embraced therein to be his voluntary act and chose for the uses and purposes therein stated, and I further certify he is known to me and is the identical person he represents himself to be. Witness my signature and seal this 23 rd March 1880
Thos. N. Eastin Notary Public

State of Kentucky Jefferson County Boet
Be it Remembered that on the 4 th day of January 1838. William M c Coy obtained from the Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid a license to marry Susan Hannas which appears by reference to the Marriage Register now on file in said Court and that the said Marriage Register shows no return of the said license and there is no record in my office (the proper office in which to record the same) that the said marriage was ever performed
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this 6 th day of June 1863 J. Jack Conn CLK

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR JAN 23 18 PENSION OFFICE
Retained copy

State of Kentucky } County of Jefferson }
On this 10 day of January A.D. 1869, personally appeared before me J. H. Easton, a Notary Public in and for the County & State Aforesaid, J. B. Collins aged 57 years, a Citizen of Louisville Ky, who being duly sworn deposes and says that he has been acquainted with "Jesse McCoy" of Louisville Ky for about 25 years - Also personally appeared John Heller a Citizen of Louisville Ky, aged 46 years, who being duly sworn deposes and says that he has known said Jesse McCoy since childhood years and said two witnesses being questioned by me, jointly & severally swear that they know he is the identical Jesse McCoy mentioned in the will of Susan McCoy, widow of William McCoy, a late Revolutionary Pensioner, which will is of record in the Jefferson County Court of Ky, a copy of which marked A duly certified by the County Clerk was this day shown us and is filed here with and made part of his Application for the Arrears of Pension due to the said "Susan McCoy" That said "Jesse McCoy" is at this time in our presence

and is the identical person named in said will, and is said Susan McCoy's legal and lawful legatee and is also the only living legal heir & representative of the said William McCoy being his only son, & only living child, all the other children being dead -
we further respectfully state, that we have interest directly or indirectly in this claim
J. N. Collins
signed in our presence
J. P. Pilcher
Milton Prine
John X Heller Mark
Sworn and subscribed to before me and I certify that I have no interest direct or indirect in this claim. I also certify that the witnesses are known to me, are respectable persons and entitled to belief -
Witness my signature and Notarial Seal at office in Louisville Ky. this the day of January 1869

Admitted April 28/80 WIDOW'S BRIEF No. 2. Hathaway Revolutionary War Cert Claim No. 7.155
Soldier, William McCoy Levins C. White , Ex't N. O. W. and B. S. Ad. April 28/80
Immediate cause of death, .....
Remote cause, .....
Medical Reviewer

REVOLUTION WAR OF THE REBELLION.
Restoration for Re-enlistment of negroes not returned
Act of July 14, 1862, and subsequent acts.
Louisville Ky. 1895 William McCoy
WIDOW'S PENSION.
(ORIGINAL WITH INCREASE.)
Cert. 7000
Susan McCoy
Deceased Private
widow of
Rank, Private Company, Regiment, Revolutionary War.
Residence of claimant, Jefferson
County, and State of Ky
Post Office, Louisville, Jefferson Co. Ky. Hon. A.S. Willis H. of R. to be informed.
Attorney, H. W. Hanes, Louisville, Jefferson Co. Ky.
Fee, $ Articles of agreement, having been filed
Rate of pension, $ 80 per month commencing February 3 rd , 1853, the date of passage of act ending July 17, 1863 and two dollars per month additional for each child as follows:
  By former marriage. { Born, 18 } { Commencing, 18  { Sixteen, 18 } { " , 18  { Born, 18 } { " , 18  { Sixteen, 18 } { " , 18  { Born, 18 } { " , 18  { Sixteen, 18 } { " , 18  { Born, 18 } { " , 18  { Sixteen, 18 } { " , 18  { Born, 18 } { " , 18  { Sixteen, 18 } { " , 18   By last marriage. { Born, 18 } { " , 18  { Sixteen, 18 } { " , 18  { Born, 18 } { " , 18  { Sixteen, 18 } { " , 18  { Born, 18 } { " , 18  { Sixteen, 18 } { " , 18  { Born, 18 } { " , 18  { Sixteen, 18 } { " , 18  { Born, 18 } { " , 18  { Sixteen, 18 } { " , 18   none.
Payment on all former certificates covering any portion of the same time to be deducted. ADMITTED, April 28, 1880 Lewis C. White, Examiner. APPROVED, April 28, 1880 S. Holtzclaw, Reviewer.
DATES SHOWN BY PAPERS.
Enlistment, in Rev. War. 1876 Right accrued, Feb 3 rd 1853 Muster into pensionable rank, 18 Claim completed, July 27 1863 Discharge, 18 Former marriage of soldier, 18 Death, Feb 10 1842 Death of former wife, 18 Invalid app. filed, under Act of June 7, 1832 Claimant's marriage to soldier, Jan 4 1838 Invalid last paid to Feb 10 1842 18 Widow's app. filed, 18
Pension Cert. issued to widow after her death. Returned and cancelled. no payment made.
CAUSE OF DEATH, not shown PLACE OF DEATH, Louisville Ky.
Claim for funeral expenses filed by Jesse McCoy.

ALLEGATIONS OF CLAIMANT.
Other children of soldier by former wife,
Other children of soldier by claimant,
Loyalty of claimant,
 SUMMARY OF PROOF. 
FORMER MARRIAGE OF SOLDIER.
The marriage of _____ to _____
 is shown by 
DEATH OF FORMER WIFE.
MARRIAGE OF SOLDIER TO CLAIMANT.
The marriage of _____ to _____
 is shown by 
 DATES OF BIRTH OF CHILDREN. 
 DATES OF DEATH OF CHILDREN. 

Rev. War Susan H. Boyd with Wm. DIVISION OF RECORDS AND ACCOUNTS.
July 1879
Respectfully
to
The Commissioner verbally decided that as the widow's title was not established under sec 4778, R.S., her claim cannot be allowed. Moore Chief div. The attention of the Commissioner was called to the provisions of sec 4778 prior to adjournment.
Return of papers of Susan H. Boyd to her son, John H. Boyd for his use in establishing her title as widow of Wm. Boyd Rev. War

WAR OF REB. the revolution.
Brief in the case of Susan M c Coy widows of William M c Coy - a Private in the revolution
Jefferson County, and State of Kentucky -
Act of July 14, 1862. Feb. 3 d 1853. 2 d Section
Post Office address of Applicant, Louisville Ky.
Claim for Widow's pension.
Declaration and Identification in due Form.
PROOF EXHIBITED.
William M c Coy was a pensioner under act of 7 th June 1832. from the State of Indiana and died as appears from the vouchers in the 3 d Auditor's Office, on the 10 th day of February 1842. drew $80. per annum. Same vouchers shew, that the last payment was made to Susan M c Coy. his widow, on certificate of the court of Jefferson Co. Indiana - that W m  M c Coy. died at Louisville Ky. at the time above stated, leaving a widow named Susan M c Coy.
Proof of marriage -
Certificate of the Co. Clerk of Jeff. Co. Ky. that a license was obtained 4 th Jany. 1838. by William M c Coy. to marry Susan Harmon. but that no return of the same was made. Two witnesses, Jesse M c Coy. a son of the Pensioner, by a former wife, and Daniel J. Litherall. a grandson. both certified to be bedridden. Testify that they witnessed the ceremony of marriage between the applicant & the Pensioner, and that she has remained a widow since, the pensioner's death. Declarant states she is old. eighty four years, and bedridden.
Power of Attorney properly executed -
Admitted July 27 E 1863, to a pension of $ 80. 80. per annum  per month , commencing on the 3 d Feb. 1853. 1853.
Gibson & Beattie -
L. M. Drury.
Name and Residence of Agent
Louisville - Ky.
Examining Clerk.

State of Kentucky— ss. County of Jefferson ss.
I know all men by these presents that I Jesse Mc c oy administrator of the estate of Susan Mc c oy do make constitute and appoint Pat O. Keawed my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to collect for me as said administrator from the Government of the United States whatever there may be due me as said administrator of the late Susan Mc c oy as a pensioner of the United States, by reason the decision of the Second Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury under date of the 4 th day of February A.D. 1869, and also under date of the 1 st day of March A.D. 1869, said Pension being due the said Susan Mc c oy as the widow of the late William Mc c oy who was a pensioner on the rolls of the U.S. Pension office. My said attorney is by these presents authorized to do any and all legal acts that may be necessary to collect the said Pension by these presents ratifying the same as if I have present and did the same in my own proper person. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed

my seal, this the 24 th day of October A.D. 1871.
Lissa McCoy Eva
State of Kentucky B.S.S. Fulton County.
This day personally appeared before me in my office, Isaac McCoy & me well known to be the person he represented himself to be who signed and acknowledged the foregoing power attorney to be his own free act and deed. I further certify that I have no interest in this claim or in its prosecution, and that a copy of my Notarial Commission is on file in the office commissioner of Pensions and that my term of office expires on the 5 th day of March A.D. 1873. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my notarial seal. This
24 th October 1871
Ebenezer S. Hays Notary Public Joff Co Ky
Oct 24 1871

Greensborough N.C. April 29. to 833
J. L. Edwards
The amended applications of John Bayer and William McCoy are then returned to the Department, I presume they are made correctly although I have not been permitted (from business) to carefully revise them. The old men are very respectable, and there is no doubt amongst those who have a personal knowledge of them, but that they are revolutionary soldiers, John Bayer informs me that he has declared to the Department, that there is no living witness of his service of whom he has a knowledge. The old men are all very able from age, and their neighbors are extremely anxious that they should receive pensions.
I only submitted the presentation of their applications to the Court, the papers are drawn by Wm. Smith a very reputable respectable citizen of the County and a neighbor of the old men.
J. L. Edwards
Yours in haste John Testin
Please forward to me the return

State of Kentucky 3 Jefferson County 3 d Set.
We it remembered that at a County Court held in and for the County aforesaid at the Court house in the City of Louisville on the 6 th day of March 1869, which Court is a Court of record having probate jurisdiction and power to grant Administrations &c the following order was entered of record to wit -
On Motion of Rufus McCoy who made oath according to law Administration of the estate of Susan McCoy deceased late of this County is granted him, thereupon he executed bond as required by law with N. W. Hanes as his security the amount being required
In Testimony Whereof, I have that the foregoing Order is truly and completely copied from the records of said Court. I hereby set my hand and affix the seal hereof at Office in Louisville by the 6 th day of March 1869.
S. McCoy Clk Jeff. Co. Court

State Kentucky } County of Jefferson } S.S.
On this 1 st day of February A.D. 1869 before me Thomas N. Kashia Notary Public in and for said County personally appeared "Jesse M c Coyle" a residant Citizen of the City of Louisville in the County and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn, deposes and says, that, he is the legatee of "Susan M c Coyle" deceased late widow of "Wm M c Coyle" deceased a vet. of Co. in the Regt U.S. Army in the war of the Revolution, and who died at Louisville in the County of Jefferson & State of Kentucky on or about the 10 th day of February A.D. 1842 and that he is also the only living heir & son of the said "Wm M c Coyle" deceased. That the said "Susan M c Coyle" the widow of the said "Wm M c Coyle", did in conformity to act of Congress dated Feby 3 rd 1853, 2 nd Sec, & several acts amendatory thereto make application for a continuation of the Pension of her said deceased husband, or for such part thereof as is provided for under the act named and which Application was made some time in June 1863 and is Number 7155 . That a Certificate for a Land Warrant and Arrears of Pension, amounting to about the sum of Eight Hundred Dollars bearing date some time between 20 th & 27 th July 1863 was actually issued by the Department to said "Susan M c Coyle" but that said "Susan M c Coyle" died on the 17 th Feby 1863, about ten days prior to the issuance thereof, and said Certificate & Land Warrant was returned by her Attorneys to the Department be- cause it could not at that time be lawfully paid

to her heirs or the heirs of said William M c Leoy". Affiant states however, that said Susan M c Leoy did by Will, bearing date 5 th day of June A.D. 1863, a Certified Copy of which, is herewith filed marked (A) "give, devise, and bequeath to this Affiant all of her property of every kind and description whatsoever Real, personal & mixed, including said Land Warrant & all Arrears of Pension due or to become due her from the United States by reason of the Military Services of her said deceased husband, the said William M c Leoy". That the Com d . of Pensions of the United States, after fully investigating the claim of the said "Susan M c Leoy" did on or about the day of July A.D. 1863, (finding same just) issue to her a Land Warrant & Pension Certificate dated _____ and husband and which Pension Certificate amounted to about the sum of Eight Hundred Dollars, and this Affiant being the only living heir & representative of the said W m M c Leoy deceased as well as the Legatee of the said Susan M c Leoy now claims and demands payment of said Pension as said legal representative & Legatee under said Will, as provided for by act Congress approved July 27 th 1868 Authorizing the payment of same to the heirs and legal representatives of such Pensioners as may have died prior to the issuance of their Pension Certificates, and further this Affiant prays for all proper relief in these premises - is etc. -
Affiant hereby constitutes and

as points "Henry W. Haver" of Louis- ville Kentucky his agent and attor- ney for prosecuting this claim, and fully Authorizes said Attorney to receive any the scrap warrant, Certificate, draft or check that may issue to and in behalf of this Affiant, in liquidation of this claim, giving and granting unto said Attorney full power & Authority to furnish any further evidence that may be required to establish this claim and from time to time to do and perform any and all acts necessary to its insure its final settlement, and all such of his acts, shall be as legally binding upon this Affiant as if done by himself Attest
Jesse McCloy
J. E. Pickens Milton Paine.
Sworn and subscribed to before me and I certify that I have no interest direct or indirect in this claim.
Witness my signature and Notarial Seal at Office in Louisville Ky This 1 st day of February A.D. 1869
Thomas H. Austin Notary Public

Genl. M c Coy Adm d of Susan M c Coy decd
A Copy
See Sl. 50/77 Paid

State of Kentucky Jefferson County 3. etc.
Be it remembered that at a County Court held for Jefferson County at the Court House in the City of Louisville on the 6 th day of August 1869 which Court is a Court of record having probate jurisdiction and power to grant Administrations to the following Order was entered of record.
On Motion of Jesse McCoy who made oath according to law Administration of the Estate of Susan McCoy deceased late of this County is granted him. Whereupon he executed bond as required by law with H. H. Harris as his surety. The estate being less than $1000 x no stamp is required.
In Testimony Whereof said the foregoing is truly and completely copied from the records of said Court. I hereby certify that the same is a true and correct copy of the original thereof at Louisville this 1 st day of April 1870. J. Lock Young Clerk Off. Co. Court.