Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31181, for Joseph Kennaday, Virginia

SERVICE
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Va.
Kennaday Joseph or Kennedy
S. 31181
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SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Kennaday Joseph or Kennedy
S. 31181
CONTENTS

23193 Kentucky
Joseph Kennedy
of Boone in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Triford of the regt commanded by Coll Boyer in the Virginia line for 7 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of Decr 1833 and 1 March 1834 Thomson H.C.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 58.33 Pension allowance ending 4 March 11.64 $70.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan Boyer Clerk Book E Vol. 7 Page 16
Letter to Pensions 83 and 27 March 1839. Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4th Sept 1837 to 4 March 1838. Age Notified 11 April 1839.
W Graves Bureau

no 28.587 Joseph Kennedy Boon Co. Ken
for 1780 pounds of mts
$ 23.33 33 / 100
Kennedy Joseph
W. Graves Boon Co.
Hon. R.M. Johnson T.R.R.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of Kentucky Boone County 3 rd S et
On this 7 th day of October 1833. Personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the Boone County Court now sitting & it being a Court of Record Joseph Kennedy a resident of said county of Boone aged Seventy years this month who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832:
That the entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated - (viz)
That in the fall of the year 1780. in the County of Rockbridge and State of Virginia where he then lived; he was drafted to serve a tour of three months of duty under a captain James Bo- 3:haman as a private Militia Man, and shortly after said draft he was marched under said Bohaman to Portsmouth and was engaged at Bohannon to Portsmouth in guarding the country against the enemy. & he was frequently in scouting parties during which three months service Gen l Muhlenburg was principal commander Col Doyen & Maj s Long were also there in command - after serving said three months he was discharged at Portsmouth - & returned home
Some time after his return home he volunteered as a private militia man under a captain James Telford to perform a tour of duty in a mounted horse company. they were marched by order to meet Col Tarleton & oppose his march into Virginia & they went as far as the White House or Rocky Mills not far from Richmond but when they arrived there Tarleton had left that part of the country. & after serving one month in this tour he was discharged & returned home. He was with him a Col Bell & other troops from Rockbridge County in the service of the Continental Congress.

3 Some time in the latter part of the Summer 1781. he was again drafted to serve a tour of three months as a private in the Man. under a Capt Andrew Moore. & served said tour of three months by being marched to York Town Virginia & in said Service: he was in the Siege of York & was there when Cornwallis was taken. in said Service he was under Col. Lewis John  John  Brady . He also saw & knew Lafayette and the other Principal Officers in Command. after serving out his three months he again was discharged & returned home. & then his services in time of the Revolutionary War Closed.
That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Attest W. Graves CLK
Joseph Kennaday Seal
We Francis Craig a Clergyman residing in the County of Boon and State of Kentucky and Robert B. Vickers residing in the same County and State do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Kennaday who has subscribed and sworn to the above declara- tion; that we believe him to be Seventy years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolu- tion and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Attest W. Graves CLK
Francis Craig Seal Robert B. Vickers Seal

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Dept. meant that the above named Joseph Kennedy the applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states — and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Francis Cranz who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in said County of Boone State of Kentucky and that Robert B. Vickers who has also signed the same is a resident of said County and State and is a credible person and that their statements are entitled to credit.
I Miles Cranz Clerk of the said Boone County Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Kennedy for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and Seal of Office this 7 th day of October 1833 and 42 year of the Commonwealth.
W. H. [unintelligible] J. P. [unintelligible]

February 14, 1934.
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BA-J/ady Joseph Kennaday S.31181 Am
Mrs. Scott C. Hanna 3421 Irving Avenue South Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to one Joseph Kennedy, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.31181, based upon his military service in that war.
Joseph Kennaday, pensioned as Kennedy, was born in October 1763, day and place not stated. No reference is made to his parents.
While a resident of Rockbridge County, Virginia, he enlisted in the fall of 1780 and served three months as private in Captain James Bohannon's Virginia Company. Some time after this service he enlisted and served one month as private in Captain James Tilford's Company of Horse, Colonel Bell's Virginia Regiment. He enlisted in the latter part of the summer of 1781, served three months as private in Captain Andrew Moore's Company, Colonel Lewis' Virginia Regiment and was in the siege of Yorktown and taking of Cornwallis.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 7, 1833 while a resident of Boone County, Kentucky.
There are no data whatever in regard to family nor are the names James Kennedy and John Kennedy shown.
The War of 1812 records of this office fail to show that pension was ever claimed on account of the services of Stephen Smith as described by you.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.
Date of death not on a.B.

Burlington Nov 24 th 1833
Col R. H. Johnson
Dear Sir
Enclosed. I send you the declarations of four revolutionary soldiers for pensions among them is one for your old friend. David Clarkson. of whom you spoke when I saw you at your house - I am sorry that I have to announce to you that he died a few days ago his widow & family however are deserving & need the pension. - The case of W m Hamilton is one of merit. he & his family & connections generally are particularly friendly to you & always have been. his extreme age & loss of mind & recollection makes it difficult to get his statement - as it no doubt ought to have been had he not been in particular attention to his case - The other two cases. Ken- nedy & Goldings are also cases of merit & will no doubt receive your friendly aid &c. I presume you will have a lengthy important & interesting session of Congress -
Respectfully yours M c Ilvain

Pension Case
Burlington
Wm R. M Johnson B.R

Free
Col. R. M. Johnson
City Washington D. C.
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MRS. SCOTT CLAY HANNA 3421 IRVING AVENUE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
Petroleum Administrators Washington, D. C.
My dear Sirs - Please refer to your files for record of the soldier Joseph Kennedy who applied for pension while residing in Boone Co. Ky 1833 He formerly lived Rockbridge Co. Va. Jas & John Kennedy give testimony - please record all information given. Do you have record of

Stephen Smith of the Ashtabula Co. Ohio Roster of 1812. He enlisted Harpersfield Ash. Co. Ohio in Capt. Jacob Bartholomew Co 3rd Reg. Col. Nathaniel King, Frontier service.
Thanking You
Very truly
Elonice B. Hanna
Feb. 2-1934.

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[Arrangement of 1870.]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
April 2 d , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Joseph Beneday, ————— a Pensioner on the Roll of the Lexington Ken'y, Agency, at the rate of Twenty three Dollars and thirty three Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1837. to the 4 th March, 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
Wilson B. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.