Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6,768, for John Mc Kinney, Virginia

SERVICE
Va. (1774)
McKinney John Policy.
NUMBER
Pv. 6768
CONTENTS

✓ Kentucky W
John M c Kinney
Heretofore a state pensioner of Virginia, allowed by that state, at the rate of $6 25 / 100 , from the year 1800, to the 11. January, 1817.
Inscribed on the roll of Kentucky by authority of the acting Secreta- ry, at $8 per month, to com- mence on the 17 th January, 1817.
Certificate of pension issued the 27 th January, 1817, and sent to the hon ble Genl. Joseph Desha and Col o Rich d . M c Johnson, Members of Congress for Kentuck- y, City of Washington.
Carried to 11 th of March, 1817. 1 month 19 days. . . . $12 96 / 100
Total, .. Total. $9

State of Virginia to wit.
I James P. Preston, Governor of the State of Virginia aforesaid, do hereby certify and make known unto all persons whom the presents shall or may concern, that William Robertson whose name is subscribed to the annexed copy of an advice of Council taken from the Journal of the proceedings in the Council of State, was at the time of subscribing the same, and now is Clerk of the said Council of State, duly appointed and qualified. and that John Burfoot, whose name is subscribed to a certificate, also hereto annexed was at the time of subscribing the same and now is Auditor of Public Accounts for this State, appointed and qualified according to law. Therefore, all due faith credit and authority, are had, and ought to be given to all their attestations, or other proceedings in their official capacities respectively done, as such -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the great seal of this State to be affixed. Done at the City of Richmond, this fourteenth day of January in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen.
James P. Preston

In Council July 11 th 1787
It appearing that John M c Kinney comes within the requisitions of the Pension Act.
It is advised that he be continued on the list of Pensioners, with an allowance of fifteen pounds per annum, to commence from the first day of January 1786.
Copy from the Journal
Teste
W m Robertson, Clerk of the Council.

It appears that Mo. McConney was placed on the Pension list and in 1786 and received a warrant for $50 per share on the stock since that time is the present for $75 per share.
Mo. McConney
Richmond authy off N. Jan 3 1817

Jan y 27 th 1816
I do certify that I am personally acquainted with the within named John McSweeney, and that he is much debilitated by several wounds Rev d which wounds I have always understood he rec d while in the service of his country
Jos. Desha
To be placed on the pension list at the highest rate of pension, from the 14 th of Jan y 1817.
Jos. Desha Jan y 27 th 1817
Certificates of the governor and auditor of Virginia, in the case of John McSweeney, heretofore a state pensioner.
accompanying letter to the acting Secretary of War, from col s R. L. M. Johnson, and gen l Joseph Desha, members of Congress for Kentucky, received January 22, 1817. answered same day.

James Wallasey
Affidavit

The affidavit of James Wallace of the county Fayette and State of Kentucky states that he is in his seventy first several year of age, and came to Kentucky in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty five. He and Capt John McKinney and were cousins, our mothers were sisters, he living in Augusta county & I living in Rockbridge county where I first became acquainted with him, which was in my early boyhood. I this affiant was at the mar- riage of the said John McKinney with Polly Trimble in the said county of Augusta, which was in the fall of the year Seventeen hundred hundred & Eighty five. That same fall this affi- ant came to the State of Kentucky in company with the said John McKinney & his wife. Some years afterwards he moved to & settled in the present county of Bourbon where he lived until his death & this affiant visited him during his last illness. This affiant lost his wife in the year Eighteen hundred & twenty three & it was a few year or two afterwards that Capt McKinney died. He had lived there for some years before his death & his residence is within a few miles both of Andrew Scott & Thomas Scott This affiant always understood & believes that said Capt John McKinney was in the war of the Revolution & in the battle of the Kanawha point. The counties of Augusta & Rockbridge before spoken of are in the State of Virginia given under my hand & seal this third day of May Eighteen hundred & forty one
James Wallace

State of Kentucky } Fayette County } J. B. H.
This day the within named James Wallace who is personally known to the undersigned a Justice of the peace for the county aforesaid appeared before him and made oath that the facts set forth in the within affidavit are true to the best of his knowledge and belief. Given under my hand & seal this 4 th day of May Eighteen hundred & forty one
State of Kentucky, Fayette County to wit I James C. Rodes, Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid do certify that John P. Innes whose name is signed to the above Certificate is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County Court aforesaid duly Commissioned and qualified according to Law: That his said Certificate and attestation is in due form.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County Court this 24 th June 1841. and of the Commonwealth the 49 th Year Attest. J. C. Rodes CLERK

X 7.899 Polly M. Kinney Declaration

State of Kentucky, Ser. 3
On this 21 st day of June 1841, personally appeared before the undersigned, a Justice of the County Court of Bourbon County & State aforesaid Polly M c Kinney, a resident of the County & State aforesaid and aged eighty one years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed 7 day of July, 1838, entitled an "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of John M c Kinney who was a private in the revolutionary army. The particular services performed by him, she cannot remember or describe with certainty. But she states that during his life he drew a pension for his services rendered in the revolutionary war from the General Government of the United States, and the papers evidencing the fact, she supposes are on file in the proper department at Washington City, and she refers to them for greater certainty.
She further declares that she was married to him, the said John M c Kinney on the 13 th day of September, in the year seventeen hundred and eighty five; that her husband, the said John M c Kinney, died on the 27 th day of September, 1825; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, Vir; at the time above stated.
Polly M c Kinney
Sworn to & subscribed, on the day & year above written, before the undersigned, a Justice of the County Court of Bourbon County & State aforesaid, who hereby also certifies that the above applicant for a pension, the s d Polly M c Kinney, is unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity
W m Piner J. P. B. 6

State of Kentucky Bourbon County Court. I Thomas P Smith clerk of the County Court of said County do certify that William Pierce Esqr whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate is and was at the signing of the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County Court of said duly Commissioned and qualified according to Law. Which is certified to all whom it may concern.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Paris this 26 th day of June A.D. 1841. Tho: P. Smith. Clk. By Tho: P. Smith. B. Clk.

August 14, 1936
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BA-J/MCS John McKinney, R. 6768
Mrs. Hadley Chapman 650 Kenilworth Avenue Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the records of Revolutionary War soldiers, William Black, John McKinney and Alexander McPheeters.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon the military service of soldiers in that war. A careful search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the services of the William Black described or of any soldier named Alexander McPheeters.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, R. 6768, based upon the disability of John McKinney, which disability was incurred during his military service.
John McKinney of Augusta County, Virginia, was wounded in the battle of Kanawha Point in 1774, no details of service given.
Because of disability resulting from said wound he was pensioned from January 1, 1786, by the State of Virginia and from January 17, 1817, by the United States.
He married September 13, 1785, in Augusta County, Virginia, Polley Trimble.
He died September 27, 1825, in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
In 1841 his widow, Polley, was living in Bourbon County, Kentucky, aged eighty-one years.

In 1841 James Wallace, resident of Fayette County, Kentucky, and "in his seventy-first year of age" stated that he and John McKinney were cousins, their mothers being sisters, that John McKinney formerly lived in Augusta County, Virginia, and he lived in Rockbridge County, that in the fall of 1785 they moved to Kentucky together and that some years afterward John McKinney settled in what later became Bourbon County, Kentucky, and lived there until his death.
One James H. McKinney was living in 1840 but it was not stated that he was related to the soldier.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1768
P.O. Willy M. Murray Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
RECEIVED
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: The printed list of 1832 gives cause of repugnance as Re-enlisted: "Served before the commencement of the Revolution any war."
Attorney: _____ P.O. _____
_____ Recognized, _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18
1919 May 28. Hist. to Mrs. M. H. Burrell and 1920 Jan. 3. Hist. to Miss Ray Barnett and 1923 Dec 23. Hist. to Mrs Lee Boyer, and 1932 Sept. 8. Hist. to Mrs. W. H. Welch. 1933 May 10. Hist. to Mr. A. C. Pettit 1933 Aug. 14. Hist. to Mr. W. A. Shelton 1936 Aug. 14. Hist. to Mrs. Hadley Chapman 1939 Oct. 12. Hist. to Margaret Tallmadge
m.c.s. m.c.s. m.c.s. m.c.s. m.c.s.

Polly McKinnon of John Kentucky
Rejected
See let 16 July 41 Hon. G. Davis.
served before com- mencement of Rebell. war
6768
Act 7 July 1838

On the 8 th day of September 1840 I left at Mr Carlos law office the war department of John McKinney & a - receipt  certificate of wounds, & showing that he drew a pension of 8 dollars per Month for the benefit of John McKinney who fought in revolutionary of 1774. at the Brandywine point and that the Department was drawn in 1817. and signed by several good men and the certificate at - also - all of which I left with said
Mr Carlos office James F. McKinney
Enquire of J. L. Edwards I sent him these papers latterly to Mr. McCall

From Col d Richard M. Johnson, and gen l . Joseph Desha, mem- bers of Congress for Kentucky, in the case of John M c Kinney, heretofore a state pension er of Virginia, dated the 17. January, 1817.
received 22 d January 1817.
answered same day.
John M c Kinney Esq r Pensioner
Mr. Johnson

We will thank the Caring Sec of war to have John Mc Kinney placed on the U. S. Pension list as soon as convenient to oblige us by sending the Certificate of Pension to his O. S. S. J.
M. M. Johnson
J. D. [?]

William Lambuth Esq 209 the warden

July 16. 41
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Pen. Office July 16. 1841
282
Sir,
The papers in the case of Mrs. Polly McKinney widow of John M c Kinney, dec d , have been examined. It would appear that her war her husband was an invalid pensioner having been disabled by wounds received at the battle with the Indians at the mouth of the Kanawha, in 1774, That battle took place in before the commencement being before the commencement of the revolutionary war. The act of 7 th July 1838, does not provide for any widow whose husband did not serve at least six months during said war. The claim has consequently been rejected and the papers filed and in this office.
Hon. Garrett Davis. H. R.
O. C. L 7899 act '38

From
Col. Richard W. Johnson son, Member of Congress for Kentucky, in the case of John McKinney, State Pension of Virginia, to be inscribed on the roll of U. S. pensioners, Kentucky.
dated, 23. Jan. 1817.
recd. 25 th Jan. 1817.

Washington City 23 d Jan 1857
Sec
Your letter has been read upon an examination of the Laws I find nothing necessary, but the evidence of the applicant being on the State Pension Roll by him from the time to which he has been paid or to the day when he is transferred from one roll to the other - upon which transfer he is entitled to the pension allowed by the laws of the United States but will give to Mrs. M c Kinney 96 75 per annum - If you defer in sentiment on this subject please consult the acting Sec or as our object is to get to 96 75 dolls. for him per annum.
With Sentiments of great respect your obedient
R. M. Johnson

House of Rep 14 th July 1841
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Sir
I herewith enclose you the application & accompanying papers of Polly M c Kinney for a pension. I bespeak your early attention to the case
respectfully
Yr obt
Servt
Garrett Davis

Scotts Statement in case of Mrs McKenny

The affidavit of Andrew Scott of the County of Fayette & State of Kentucky states that he was sixty two years of age on the 10 th day of March last; that as early as Seventeen hundred and ninety three or four he became acquainted with Capt John McKinney & Polly his wife; that shortly after this affiant became acquainted with said McKinney & wife they settled in Bourbon County & State aforesaid about three miles from his residence. He knew them both up to the time of the death of said McKinney which happened he thinks about the year Eighteen hundred & twenty five up to which time they had lived together as man & wife. Polly McKinney still survives her husband and is a widow living on the same tract of land on which her husband died - never having married since his death. This affiant was well acquainted with Capt McKinney & his wife & has always understood that he was a soldier of the Revolutionary war & for some years before his death drew a pension from the General Government. He has always understood that they came from Virginia & probably from Augusta County

to the State of Kentucky some years previous to this affiant becoming acquainted with them Given under my hand & seal this 23 d day of May 1841
Andrew Scott
I Thomas P Smith clerk of said Court do certify that the foregoing record of proceedings of the said Court on the application of Polly McKinney for a pension, are truly copied from the record in my office except the affidavit which is the same affidavit then subscribed and sworn to in open Court.
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Paris this 3 rd day of May A D 1841.
Tho: P Smith Clk By Tho: P Smith Ex Ple.

State of Kentucky and County of Bourbon (ss.) At the May term of the County Court of said County On the 5 th day of May 1841.
Polly M c Kinney Widow and Relict of John M c Kinney deceased preparatory to an application for a pension under a law of the United States granting pensions to the Widows of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary War brought into Court Andrew Scott Sew who made oath that the facts contained in his affidavit are true to the best of his knowledge and belief - (See next page)

Tuesday
My dear Sir:
Will you please send me the Rev. Records of John Mc Kinney who died in Bourbon Co. Kentucky 1805. He lived in Rockbridge Co. Va. prior to coming into Kentucky. Married 1784 Augusta Co. Va. Mary "Polly" Trimble his second marriage. He served during the Revolution from Augusta or Rockbridge Co. Va. Wounded at the battle of Point Pleasant.
Sincerely
Margaret Tallmadge
He may have died in Mo. but his estate settlement was in Bourbon Co. Ky.
Sir M. Sycamore St Lansing, Michigan

Rev Sec New York, May 7th, 1919 46 Seventh Avenue.
To the Honorable Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly send me the abstract of the pension statement of
On Roll John McKinney, Pri. Ky.Mil. Jan.27,1817 D.Spt.27,'25 Pension $96.00 per annum,
so I can see if I will need the photostat copy? There were several John McKinneys, and it is, of course, desirable to obtain the right man. They were settled in N. C., Ky., Ga. and Tenn., but I am quite posi- tive the Kentuckian was the right ancestor.
Awaiting your favorable reply, I am
Yours very truly,
(Mrs.) M. H. Durace
(Taken from Sen.Doc., 1st sess., 23d Cong.)

Woodford Hotel
GEO. H. SMITH, PROP. VERSAILLES, KENTUCKY
Subject Revolutinary War.
4/17/33.
Director of Pensions.
Washingtons, D.C.
Dear Sir:- John Mc Kinney , served in Virginia, Troops, During Revolutionary War, moved to Ky. his Wife, was Elizabeth Coleman, (first Wife) 2nb was it same John, who married Jane Coleman, (Jonnie) Dec 19th, 1797. Clark Co, Ky.
John Mc Kinney, our subject did he have a Bro Brother, Robert, both died in Clark, Co. Ky. I feel they enlisted in Augusta, Co, Va. earley reply please.
Yours Verry Respt'
A.C. Pettit.

aw Rev. War Section.
P6768
May 22, 1919.
Mrs. W. H. Burrell, 48 Seventh Ave. New York City, N. Y.
Madam:
In reply to your letter of the 7" instant, you are advised that from the papers in the pension claim R. File 6768, it appears that John McKinney of Augusta County, Virginia, was wounded at the battle of Kanawha Point in 1774, no details of service given. He was pensioned on account of said wound by the state of Virginia from January 1, 1786 and was placed on the pension roll of the United States by a certificate which issued January 27, 1817.
It further appears that he was married in Augusta County, Virginia, September 13, 1785, to Polley Trimble. They moved to Kentucky and settled in Bourbon County, where he died September 27, 1825. It is not stated whether they had any children.
Very respectfully,
J. M. Fitzgerald
Commissioner.
I did not mention rejection of widow's claim as it was only a legal point

August 14, 1933
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John McKinney, R. 6768 BA-J/MCS
Mrs. W. A. Shelton Versailles Kentucky
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of John McKinney.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, R. 6768, based upon the disability of John McKinney, which disability was incurred during his military service.
John McKinney of Augusta County, Virginia, was wounded in the battle of Kanawha Point in 1774, no details of service given.
Because of disability resulting from said wound he was pensioned from January 1, 1786, by the State of Virginia and from January 17, 1817, by the United States.
He married September 13, 1785, in Augusta County, Virginia, Polley Trimble.
He died September 27, 1825, in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
In 1841 his widow, Polley, was living in Bourbon County, Kentucky, aged eighty-one years.
In 1841 James Wallace, resident of Fayette County, Kentucky, and "in his seventy-first year of age" stated that he and John McKinney were cousins, their mothers being sisters, that John McKinney formerly lived in Augusta County, Virginia, and he lived in Rockbridge County, that in the fall of 1785 they moved to Kentucky together and that some years afterward John McKinney settled in what later became Bourbon County, Kentucky, and lived there until his death.

One James H. McKinney was living in 1840 but it was not stated that he was related to the soldier.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

May 10, 1933
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John McKinney, R.6768 PA-J/MCS
Mr. A. C. Pettit Woodford Hotel Versailles Kentucky
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of John McKinney.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, R. 6768, based upon the disability of John McKinney, which disability was incurred during his military service.
John McKinney of Augusta County, Virginia, was wounded in the battle of Kanawha Point in 1774, no details of service given.
Because of disability resulting from said wound he was pensioned from January 1, 1786, by the State of Virginia and from January 17, 1817, by the United States.
He married September 13, 1785, in Augusta County, Virginia, Polley Trimble.
He died September 27, 1825, in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
In 1841 his widow, Polley, was living in Bourbon County, Kentucky, aged eighty-one years.
In 1841 James Wallace, resident of Fayette County, Kentucky, and "in his seventy-first year of age" stated that he and John McKinney were cousins, their mothers being sisters, that John McKinney formerly lived in Augusta County, Virginia, and he lived in Rockbridge County, that in the fall of 1785 they moved to Kentucky together and that some years afterward John McKinney settled in what later became Bourbon County, Kentucky, and lived there until his death.

One James H. McKinney was living in 1840 but it was not stated that he was related to the soldier.
The papers in this pension claim contain no data relative to a Robert McKinney who was the soldier's brother.
The above is the history of the only soldier who enlisted from Virginia by the name of John McKinney that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office and said records fail to afford any information in regard to a Robert McKinney who died in Clark or Bourbon County, Kentucky.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

September 8, 1932
Mrs. W. H. Welch The Porter 511 Townsend Street Lansing Michigan
BA-J/MCS John McKinney R. 6768
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter requesting information in regard to John McKinney.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, R. 6768, based upon the disability of John McKinney, which disability was incurred during his military service.
John McKinney of Augusta County, Virginia, was wounded in the battle of Kanawha Point in 1774, no details of service given.
Because of disability resulting from said wound he was pensioned from January 1, 1786, by the State of Virginia and from January 17, 1817, by the United States.
He married September 13, 1785, in Augusta County, Virginia, Polley Trimble.
He died September 27, 1825, in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
In 1841 his widow, Polley, was living in Bourbon County, Kentucky, aged eighty-one years.
In 1841 James Wallace, resident of Fayette County, Kentucky, and "in his seventy-first year of age" stated that he and John McKinney were cousins, their mothers being sisters, that John McKinney formerly lived in Augusta County, Virginia, and he lived in Rockbridge County, that in the fall of 1785 they moved to Kentucky together and that some years afterward John McKinney settled in what later became Bourbon County, Kentucky, and lived there until his death.

One James H. McKinney was living in 1840 but it was not stated that he was related to the soldier.
This is the history of the only soldier who enlisted from Virginia by the name of John McKinney that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

W. H. WELCH, M. D. THE PORTER LANSING, MICH.
Nov 18/12
W. H. WELCH, M. D. THE PORTER 511 TOWNSEND STREET LANSING, MICH.
Dear Sir:
Can you give me the Rev war record of my ancestor John M c Kinney. He came from Va, perhaps Bath Co to Fayette Co, Ky in 1779 where he taught the first school in Ky. Several years later he moved to Bourbon Co, Ky where he lived for many years. I have letters to him from Col John Brown and Maj John Brown of Bath Co, Va. I will greatly appreciate any information.
Sincerely
Yrs W. H. Welch. John M c Kinney had a brother David.

Rev Sec 1.91
225 West 7th St., Stuttgart, Ark. December 14, 1919.
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Please send what record you have of John McKinney of Augusta County, Virginia, Revolutionary soldier, and oblige
Yours very truly,
Miss Ray Barnett

Deadwood S.D. Nov., 18, 1925.
Bureau of pensions, Washington, D.C.
Sirs:-
In trying to trace a line of ancestry for admission to the D.A.R. organization I wrote you inquiring as to pension records of William Martin of Virginia. I find the following information authenticated by Virginia State records.
none born as here William Martin, born, Augusta County, Virginia, on November, 28, 1738. Wife's name Elizabeth. Lived at "Reedy Springs" Campbell, Co. Va. Died in Va.
Collections of the Virginia Historical Society, New Series, Volume one, page 35, gives a list of volunteers at Luctra, June 17, 1775. This list includes the name of William Martin which we believe is the William Martin described above.
That this William Martin served in the Revolutionary war is recorded in the report of the Virginia State Library, 1912, page 300, and in the Council Journal, 1876, in the War Dept.
Another line of the family bears the family name of Austin, and we find that Mary Austin married William Martin Jr. in 1803.
She was the daughter of Richard Austin who served in the Rev. War according to Virginia State Library report, 1812, and in the council journal in the war dept. none of Va Troops
R1768
Yet another branch of the family has the family name of McKinney and we find that John McKinney, born 1742, married Mary Trimble, and died in 1824, served in the revolutionary war. His will was proved August, 1762 , according to page 71 Vol. 3, Abstracts of Augusta County, Va.
Now if you can give me any pension records of either of these three branches of the family it will enable me to close my application to the D.A.R. and you may be sure I do deeply appreciate this and any other favors you may render in my search for data.
Again thanking you most cordially, I am,
Isabel Koch Boyer
Mrs - Lee Boyer #4 Ingleside Apts., Deadwood, S.D.

650 Kenilworth Ave., Glen Ellyn, Illinois.
August 4, 1936
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I am endeavoring to establish the Revolutionary war records of the three following men:
William Black, born Augusta County, Virginia, married Sarah Hickling in 1763, and died Clark County, Kentucky, 1811.
John McKinney, lived in Augusta County, Va. during period of the Revolution, moved to Fayette County, Ky. 1785, married Polly (Mary) Trimble 1785, and died 1825 near Clintonville, Bourbon Co., Ky.
Alexander McPheeters, lived at one time in Augusta County, Va. died in Bourbon County, Kentucky. Do not have as yet the name of the widow.
Will you kindly furnish me the records, if any, that you have of these men for their service in the Revolutionary War.
Yours very truly,
Lucile P. Chapman
(Mrs. Hadley Chapman)

Mrs. W. A. Shelton
Versailles, Ky.
Personal request August 14 J 1933
John McKinley R-6768