Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19866, for Hugh Mc Keen, New Hampshire

SERVICE
N. H.
NUMBER
W. 19866
or McLean, Hugh McLean
Mary
CONTENTS

New York 24. 568
Dead
Hugh M. Keen
of Allegany Co in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Wilkins of the 12 th Reg t . commanded by Col. Beattle in the N.Y. State Militia line for 12 mos.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 to from 4 March to 30 th June 1840. etc. Notified, 23 rd May 1843
Inscribed on the Roll of New York the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of Jan 1834 and sent to Hon. C. Howell H. Rep t .
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept 1833 - $ 100.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Feb 1834. 20.00 $ 120.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book C Vol. 4 Page 106

6459 New York
Dep Dec 11/43
No 291 act 17. June 1844
Mary McKeen, widow of Hugh McKeen, N.Y. who was a private in the New Hampshire
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of Dec. 181111 and sent to Solomon McKeen New Hudson N.Y.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 4 217 June 44 Vol. 2 Page 80

FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
Hugh M c Keen & Joanna Danforth Daughter of David Danforth of Bellerick Joined in Matrimony February 23 1779
Also who Married to Mary Gragg Daughter of William Gragg of Winsham - New Hampshire December the 16-1784
My Brothers & Sisters Births Agnes Born March 25-1756 Samuel M c Keen Born February 18-1757 John M c Keen Born April 24-1760 Janet M c Keen Born 15-1762 Martha M c Keen Born Dec r 22-1763 Ephraim M c Keen Born Jan y 21-1766 Hester M c Keen Born Dec r 16-1769 Isaac M c Keen Born Sept r 30-1771 Abner M c Keen Born Jan y 4-1774 Abi M c Keen Born Sept r 20-1779
Sons MARRIAGES. Wives
Samuel M c Keen and Polly Clark Married Oct r 2-1808 Hugh M c Keen & Joanna Danforth In Marriage May 28-1805
David Danforth M c Keen & Lydia Page Married Jan y 19-1809
John Calvin M c Keen & Mandwell group Married March 18-1813
Solomon M c Keen & Susanna Osgood who Married March 19-1816
Petabiah Clark & Mary M c Keen Joined in Marriage March 19 1818
Dillon Campbell & Joanna M c Keen Joined in Marriage Sept r 2-1828 of the Town of Cuba in the State of New York
Their first Child named Maria Born Sept r 9-1829 In the Town of Cuba State of New York County of Albany

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
Hugh M c Keen Owner of the Book now of Neworth but born In the town of Londonerry in the year of or Lord (1755 January - The 14 - - - - -)
Hugh M c Keen & Joanna Banforth  M c Keen
There first Child Still Born Jan y (23) 1780 - - - - -
Also there Second Child Born Febr y The (3) (1781) Baptized Samuel
Moreover there Third & fourth born Dec r the (15) & (16) 1782 - Baptized
Hugh & David Banforth - - - - -
And there Mother Died December the (28) - 1782
Aged (28) years 8 Months & (28) days Moreover She was Born in the Year (1754) March (30) - - - - -
BIRTHS. Mary M c Keen
There first Child Born August The (2) 1785 baptized Alexander
There Second born August 13 - 1787 Baptized John Calvin
Third Child A female was Still Born June the 2 - 1789
There fourth born July (21) 1790 Baptized Joanna
There fifth born Jan y The (19) (1793) Baptized
William gragg - - - - -
There Siset born Febr y The (16) 1795 Baptized Solomon
There Seventh born June The (8) 1797 Baptized Mary
There Eight born March the (25) 1800 Baptized Joanna
There Ninth born Nov r The 26 - 1802 Baptized
William gragg - - - - -
Moreover Mary there Mother Was born March
The (17) 1757 - - - - -

State of New York } Allegany Co, } ss } On this second day of March 1844 Personally the undersigned one of the Judges of the Court of common Pleas in and for the county of Alle- gany Mary McKeen aged eighty Seven years who first being duly sworn by me accord- ing to law took an oath to make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July the seventh 1838 that she is the widow of Hugh McKeen who was a private in the War of the Revolution as she believes will appear by reference to his paper now on file in the Pension- Office or War Department that her husband drew a Pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 at the rate of forty Dollars per annum that he resided at the town of Belfast in said county of Alle- gany at the time he drew his pension and that her husband said Hugh Mc- Keen died at the town of New Hudson county of Allegany state of New York on the 29 th of June 1840 and that his original certificate has been returned to the Pension Office And she further declares that she was married to the said Hugh McKeen at the town of Windham New Hampshire by the Rev. Simeon Williams on the 18 th day December 1784 and that her maiden name was Mary Grayg

before her marriage to the said Hugh McKeen and that she has a family record of her marriage and the ages of her children 9 in number which she had by her husband said Hugh McKeen which will be attached here unto and that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but that she was married to him previous to the first day of January 1899 named by on the day aforesaid
And she further declares that she is still the Widow of the said Hugh McKeen and has not since married
And further this deponent saith not
sworn and subscribed before me this day and year first above written
for Mary J McKeen mark
One of the Judges of Albany County
Common Pleas Courts
I hereby certify that from personal examination of the above named Mary McKeen who made her mark to the above Declaration in my presence is unable by reason of age and bodily infirmity to appear in Open Court or write her name A Glyn Green
State of New York | William Hudson clerk of said

Allegany County ss } County do hereby certify that I Abraham D Lyon Esqr Before whom the foregoing Affidavit or declaration pur- ports to have been taken was at the date of the same of one of the Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas in and for said county duly Commissioned and sworn and dwelling in said County. And I also certify that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Judge & firmly believe the signatures to the foregoing Affidavit or Declaration & Certificate are his genuine Signatures. Witness my hand and the seal of said county at Angola this 21 st day of March 1844.
William Windsor Clerk

Hoag Wilson allegany Co N York 23. 400
Schmidt Private 12 mo
Hn. E Howell

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
June 3 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Hugh McClean
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1 Dec 1776 1 Capt Wilkins Col. Beattle From Amherst to Wilpole to Chubeter to Pittsfield to Tiendawaga to Crown Point & to Canada 77 years Amherst New Hampshire a living witness  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, 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 enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, 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 not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

23400
In the matter of the Application of Hugh McKeen for a Pension
Declaration - and Afft. of service -
Done -
Found on Rolls of Wilkins's Co. & Beedels Co. in 76 - Recd S.F.
I certify that the within papers passed through the hands of the Clerk in the same state they remain July 8 th 1834
H. Howell Clerk

State of New York Albany County - 3 d
On this 31 day of October personally appeared before the the  to the  court of  commissioners of the  said  High  Albany  Wetmore a resident of Belfast in the County of Albany and State of New York aged 77 - years years who being first duly sworn, according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 -
That he then enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1776 with and served in the Regiment of the New Hampshire line under the following named officers viz Captain Daniel Wilkins, first Lieutenant Pettigill and Second Lieutenant John Miles and Ensign William Bradford which company was attached to the regiment commanded by Colonel Brattle - that he entered the service as and was enlisted for one year about the first of January in the said year of 1776 - and that he continued in the service until near the expiration of the year, when he was dismissed a few days before the expira- tion of his term of service by the Ensign of the company, he being the only commissioned officer present belonging to that company -
That when he first went into the service he lived in the Town of Amherst in the State of New Hampshire - that he was not engaged in any regular Battle - that he marched from Amherst to Walpole and then to Charleston and from there to Rutland in the State of Vermont and then to Ticonderoga and then to Crown Point and then marched to St. Johns in Canada and then to a place called the Breeders, where he was taken prisoner by the Indians, and was discharged from impri- sonment on parole - and returned to Mount Independence where he was discharged -

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year afore said.
Hugh McKern
W Shenman Clk

And the said Court do hereby certify declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
J. M. Griffin John H. Miller Asa S. Allen
I, blank James W. Sherman of the court of Common Pleas of the said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Hugh W. Keen for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 31 st day of October 1832
J. W. Sherman

23400
In the matter of the Application of Hugh McLean for Pension Declaration - and App't of service -
Dowd -
Found on Rolls of McLean's a. B. records Co. in 76 - Rec'd J.F.
I certify that I am well acquainted with Hugh McLean & that he is a man of good character - January 13 th 1984 entitled to full credit -
Howell de Courcy
I certify that the within papers passed through the hands of the Clerk in the same state they remain Jan'y 9 th 1984 Howell de Courcy

July 7, 1939.
Mrs. Grace Pratt Carpenter 1179 Central Avenue Dunkirk, New York.
BA-J/ILL Hugh McKeen W. 19866
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Hugh McKeen, a pensioner of Allegany County, New York, in 1832, also, information in regard to Captain Asa Pratt of Lyme, Connecticut, and Lieutenant William Pratt of Saybrook, Connecticut.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to comply in full with each request pertaining to veterans of that war. The record of Hugh McKeen follows; the data were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 19866, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Hugh McKeen was born January 14, 1755 in Londonderry, New Hampshire; the names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Amherst, New Hampshire, Hugh McKeen enlisted January 1, 1776, served as private in Captain Daniel Wilkins' company, Colonel Bedel's New Hampshire Regiment, went on the expedition to Ticonderoga and Crown Point, thence to the Cedars in Canada, where he was taken prisoner by the Indians, was paroled subsequently and was discharged at Mount Independence, having served one year.
The soldier resided at some time after the war in Acworth, Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
Hugh McKeen was allowed pension on his application executed October 31, 1832, at which time he resided in Belfast, Allegany County, New York. He moved later to New Hudson, in that same county, and died there June 29, 1840.
The soldier married February 23, 1779, Joanna Danforth, daughter

of David Danforth, of "Bellerick"; she was born March 30, 1754, the name of her mother not shown.
The first child of Hugh McKeen and his wife, Joanna, was still-born on January 28, 1780; Samuel, their second child, was born February 3, 1781; their third and fourth children, Hugh and David Danforth, were born December 15 and 16, 1782. Joanna McKeen, the soldier's wife, died December 28, 1782.
Hugh McKeen married December 16, 1784, in Windham, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, Mary Gragg, the daughter of William Gragg of Windham; Mary was born March 17, 1757, the name of her mother not shown.
Mary McKeen, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed March 3, 1844, at which time she resided New Hudson, Allegany County, New York.
Hugh McKeen and his wife, Mary, had nine children, whose names and births are shown as follow:
Alexander McKeen born August 2, 1785. John Calvin " " August 13, 1787. A daughter still-born June 2, 1789. Joanna McKeen " July 27, 1790. William Gragg McKeen " January 19, 1793. Solomon McKeen born February 16, 1795. Mary " " June 6(?) 1797. Joanna " " March 25, 1800. William Gragg " November 26, 1802.
The marriages of the soldier's children are shown as follow:
Samuel McKeen and Polly Clark October 2, 1808. Hugh McKeen " Hannah Smith May 28, 1805. David Danforth McKeen and Lydia Page January 19, 1809. John Calvin McKeen and Mendwell Grout March 18, 1813. Solomon McKeen and Susana Osgood March 19, 1816. Pelatiah Clark and Mary McKeen March 19, 1818. Dillon Campbell and Joanna McKeen September 2, 1828, of the town of Cuba, New York State.
There is shown also- The first child child of Dillon Campbell and Joanna McKean, named Mary -- born September 9, 1829, in Cuba, Allegany County, New York.

The names and births of the brothers and sisters of Hugh McKeen, the Revolutionary War soldier, are shown as follows:
   Agnes  McKeen  born  March  25, 1756.    Samuel  "  "  February  18, 1759.    John  "  "  April  24, 1760.    Jenet  "  "  -----  15, 1762.    Martha  "  "  December  22, 1763.    Ephraim  "  "  January  21, 1766.    Kesia  "  "  December  16, 1769.    Isaac  "  "  September  30, 1771.    Abner  "  "  January  4, 1774.    Abi  "  "  September  20, 1779.   
In 1844, Solomon McKeen resided in New Hudson, New York, his post office, Black Creek.
In 1843, John Gregg (as he signed his name), stated before a Justice of the Peace in Acworth, Sullivan County, New York, that he was present at the marriage of Hugh McKeen and Mary Gregg of Windham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, in 1784; he did not state any relationship to said Mary. Mary's name is shown Gragg in other papers on file in this claim.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of persons paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following data:
Mary McKeen, widow of Hugh McKeen Certificate #6459 Issued December 3, 1844 Rate $40 per annum Commenced March 4, 1843 Act of March 3, 1843 New York Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Dec 5 '96 To Miss Emma C McKeen St Louis Mo
Feb 14-1900 Hist. to Miss Alice C. Gray St Paul minn 1939. July 7 - Hist. to Mrs. Grace P. Carpenter - I.H.R.
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19866
Mary M c Keen wid. of Hugh M c Keen Rev Rev. War
Act: Mar. 3 rd  193
Index:—Vol. III , Page 24

8742
New York
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Mary M c Keen widow of Hugh M c Keen who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 29 June 1840 of Allegany in the State of NY who was a Pri in the Co commanded by Captain Wilkins of the reg commanded by Col Binile in the NY line for 12 mos
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of $10 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1836. 29 June 1840
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Sep 1844 and sent to A. J. Lyons, Rushford NY
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by J. D. Swann Clerk, Book Vol. 1 Page 169

Allegany County Pa. Andrew Byington of the town of Angelica in the county aforesaid being duly sworn deposeth and says that he is Ninety six years of age That he is personally acquainted with Hugh McLean That he saw the said Hugh McLean at the Cedars in Canada, and at Mount Independence, in the year 1776 in the service of the United States Army, and from the different times he saw him is satisfied and verily believes, he was in the service during the whole year
Sworn and subscribed this 31 st day of Oct. 1832 before me
Andrew his X Byington mark
Samuel C. Wilson A.P.

Alleghany County Clerks Office for I. G. Mason W. Shenman Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Samuel C. Wilson before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn to upon the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County. And that I am well acquainted with his hand writ- ing and verily believe his name subscribed thereto to be his own proper hand writing & signature Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 31 st day of October 1830
J. W. Shenman

10888
m 64
d. 29 June 1840

1 N.Y. Sullivan County ss.
October 7th 1843
John Gregg being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was present and witnessed the marriage of Hugh McReen and Mary Gregg of the town of Windham Rockingham County state of N.Y. Said marriage was performed in the month of December A.D. 1784 by the Rev. Simon Williams of the town and county aforesaid since deceased
John Gregg
Subscribed and sworn before me at Acworth N.Y. on the seventh day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred forty three 1843
David Blanchard Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above deponent the said John Gregg is a person of truth and veracity & to be believed on oath
David Blanchard Justice of the Peace Acworth N.Y. Oct. 7th 1843

State of New Hampshire Sullivan County ss. I, V. M. Gilmore Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature of the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that David Blanchard is in acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned & qualified; that his commission was dated on the 21 st day of May 1839 and will expire on the 20 th day of May 1844; and that the within Signature purporting to be his is in my belief genuine — Given under my hand and the Seal of said County the 17 th day of Oct A. D. 1843. V. M. Gilmore Clerk
ms 64 A. 29 June 1840
1088

10th day of March 1844 Hugh Gregg Register of Probate
I certify that I have examined the Records of the town of Windham and the marriage of Hugh McLean and Mary Gregg is not recorded and no other marriages solemnized by the Revd Simon Williams who recorded about the year 1784 Windham March 11th 1844
Isaac M c Guire Town Clerk of Windham
State of New-Hampshire March 11 - 1844 Rockingham county ss. Be it known that before me David Flounders a Justice of the Peace in and for said county personally came Isaac M c Guire and made oath in due form of law that the above certificate by him subscribed was true Before me
David Flounders Justice of the Peace
State of New-Hampshire. ROCKINGHAM, ss. THE subscriber, Register of the Court of Probate, for said County, hereby certifies and attests, that on the 23rd

State of New-Hampshire.
ROCKINGHAM, SS.
THE subscriber, Register of the Court of Probate, for said County, hereby certifies and attests, that on the 25 th day of November in the year of our Lord 18 39 , at Probate Court then holden, at  in said County, by the Hon.  Judge of said Court,
David Manders Elgine of Sandown in said County was duly appointed a Justice of the Peace for and within in said County as a Justice of the Peace original Commission now before me the Subscriber appears, which Com- mission will expire on the 25 th day of November A.D. 1844- and that he is duly authorized to administer oaths of office &c; and that his signature to the certificate hereto annexed is in his own proper hand and genuine
and the said  accepted of said trust, and gave bond for the faithful performance thereof, agreeably to the laws of said State. And I further certify, that said appointment has never been revoked, but remains in full force, as by the records of said Court appears.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court, at Exeter, in said County of Rockingham, this
20 th day of March , A. D. 184 4 David A. Gregg Register of Probate

10858
Mary McKeen
N.Y.
Act 7 th July '38
Admitted
one year
Pris
$40 per annum
to commence from June 29 th $40. (the day of her husband's death)
A. P. Lyon Esq
Rushford
N.Y.

Pension Office Sept r '44
Sir. The papers in this case of Mary McKeen widow of Hugh McKeen claiming a pension under the act of July 7 th 38 have been examined and filed with the exception of the Four clerk's certificate herewith returned for proper authentication. A Register of Probate has no authority to attest the official character of a Justice of the Peace.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
April 27 th , 1843.
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," and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The widows of Hugh McReen, decd., a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of — Forty — Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of March to the 30 th June 1840,
Respectfully, yours,
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

6697

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. County of Albany
On this 12th day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty- four before the subscriber, a Judge in and for the said County
personally appeared Mary Mc Keen a resident of the town of New Hudson — in said county, aged eighty seven years who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3d of March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolu- tionary war:
That she is the widow of Hugh Mc Keen who was a revolutionary Soldier & a Pensioner under the act of June 7th 1832
She further declares that she was a Pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, and that the annual amount of the pension which she received under the said act was Forty Dollars
She further declares that she is still a widow.
her Mary Mc Keen mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day } and year first above written. }
Wm Hicks a Judge of Albany Co. Courts
I Certify that the above declarant is personally known to me.
Wm Hicks a Judge of Albany Co. Courts
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. County of Albany
I, William Mueson clerk of said county, do hereby certify that William Hicks was on the day of the date of the above jurat and certificate, a Judge of Albany Co. Courts in and for the said county, duly appointed and qualified, and that the signature above, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of of- fice and subscribed my name, this 15 day of November 184 4 .
Wm Mueson clerk

10538 April 24-1844
No Mary McKern 7 July 1838
32 Hugh
then Hon. J. S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Kingsford April 18 1843
Sir
Enclosed I send you the Declaration and Evidence in a claim of Mary McKeen Widow of Hugh McKeen for a pension under the act of July 7 th 1834 and 3 rd March 1843 I think she has come up to the rule and is entitled to a pension
I have the Honor to be your Humble Servant A H Lyon
Hon J L Edwards Com of Pensions

6697
Nov 27 44
May Mar 3 rd 1843 Mary McKeen acts 43 & 44 444
$40 per an
Edward Washington
Solomon McKeen
New Hudson
York
face
Commissions of Pensions
D.G.
4

Direct the paper to Solomon W. Keen Crow Hudson Black Creek, P.O. Alleghany Co. W. Va.

own her Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: Can you give me some record of a pension, received by my great grandfather, Hugh M c Keen, for service in the war of the Revolution? I think the pen- sion was granted

in 1880, or thereabouts.
I shall be most grateful for any information concerning this pension.
Very sincerely,
Alice C. W m Clary.
412 Bates Avenue
Saint Paul
Minnesota
January the thirtieth -

cf. 8742-26
3749 Delmar Ave.
St. Louis Mo.
To the Honorable. Commissioner of Pensions - Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
Will you please send me a copy of the military service of Capt. Hugh McKeen.
The pension records state that "he was placed on the pension rolls, Jan. 14th - 1834, while a

resident of Alleghany County New York."
His service however was in the state of New Hampshire troops during the Revolutionary war.
Sincerely yours -
Emma C. McKee.
Saturday
November the thirteenth.

Dunkirk, N.Y.
April 30-1939
Veterans Administration, Wash. H.C.
Dear Sirs -
I am much interested in information concerning the record of one Hugh M c Keen - for the purpose of joining the D.A.R. and would greatly appreciate your help. Have the following record - D.A.R. Lineage No. 62205 - Vol. 63 Page 67 - Hugh M c Keen (1755-1835) pensioned 1832 in Allegany Co., N.Y. for service as a private in Capt. Daniel Wilkins Company Col. Bedell's New Hampshire Regiment. Born in Amherst, N.H. died in Allegany Co.
Thanking you kindly
I am Pratt Mrs. Grace Carpenter,
1179 Central Ave.
Dunkirk - N. York.
P.S. Would also like any information, if possible concerning Capt. Asa Pratt of Rev. War of Lyme, Conn. and Lieut. Wm. Pratt of Saybrook, Conn.
Thank. You.