Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File for John Mc Kinstry, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
McKinstry, John
Dis.
In papers.
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Nov 7 th 1906 J. W.

McKinstry, John
O. K.
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of New York, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on July 21, 1795 and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 157.
Rank; Captain.
Regt; Colonel Patterson's.
Disability; Wounded in his left leg and thigh, by musket balls, and, after being made a prisoner by the Indians, received two other wounds in his belly and breast, by a blow with the muzzle and butt end of a musket.
When and where disabled; Canada.
Residence; Livingston.
To what pension entitled; One-third.
Remarks; Militia.
No evidence produced in support of his claim but that of the examining physicians.
(Columbia Co. N.Y.) Invalids
Allowed see 1836 list

149 Willow Street Brooklyn, N. Y.
Pension Bureau
Washington D. C. Will you kindly send me the Revolutionary Record -272- N. Y. in Revolution - of John McKinstry or (MacKinstry) (probably Orange County) Thank you,
Mrs. Edith Van Buren

Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
W.S. Am
March 30, 1928.
Dis. pen
Mrs. Dewitt VanBuren, 149 Willow Street, Brooklyn, New York.
Madam:
I advise you that from the Revolutionary War records of this bureau it appears that John McKinstrey or McKinsty served as a captain in Colonel Patterson's Massachusetts Regiment during the Revolution, length of service not given. While in Canada he was wounded in his left leg and thigh by musket balls and after being made a prisoner by the Indians he received two other wounds in his abdomen and breast by a blow with the muzzle and butt end of a musket.
On account of this disability he was pensioned from January 18, 1787.
At one time he was a resident of Livingston, Columbia County, New York, date not stated.
There are no data on file relative to his family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.