Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13,891, for Archibald Mc Killep, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
McKillop Archibald McStillup or McKellip or
S. 13,891
carded
CONTENTS

2085
New York
Let to Hon. C. Ellis 22 Feb '44.
Archibald McKillop, of Oswego in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Bates — of the Reg't commanded by Col. Schaeck in the New York line for 16 months,
Archibald McKillop*
Records corrected Oct. 4/61. S.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 53 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Novem- ber 1832 — and sent to Elmwood
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 — $79.99 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 26.66 $106.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Geo. C. Shilly Clerk Book D Vol. 5 Page 115

Interrogatories proposed to Archibald McKellip in relation to his claim to a pension under the act of June 1832 by James O'More First Judge of Allegany County & his answers thereto on oath.
Ques - Where & in what year were you born
Ans. On the 12 th July In the year 1755. at New Castle in Pennsylvania as he has been told he was only four years old when he left there & therefore cannot speak from his own knowledge
Ques - Have you any record of your age & if so where is it
Ans. I have at home in my Bible
Ques. Where were you living when called into service & where have you lived since & where do you now live.
Ans. When called into service I lived in Cherry Valley. After Cherry Valley was burned in 1778 I moved to Schenectady county at that time Albany county & lived there 4 years & returned to Cherry Valley where I have lived ever since & now live.
Ques - How were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute.
Ans. I volunteered every time except in the militia. I was then ordered out & was obliged to do duty or be fined I never served as a substitute for any person.
Ques. State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the Troops where you served such Continental & Militia Regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your service.
Ans. When I did service in Capt Gates company in Col. Van Schaiks regiment the Col did not go with us to Canada but Major Gansevoort took command of the regiment & acted as Col. I have seen Genl Schuyler Montgomery. Arnold. Hon Col Morgan Lewis. Col Willet the general circumstances of my service are detailed in my affidavit & declaration hereto annexed.
Ques - Did you ever receive a discharge from the service & if so by whom was it given and what has

became of it
Ans I rec d discharges from Capt s Gats. & Benedict which I presume have been burned.
Ques. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood & who can testify as to your character for veracity & their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution
Ans s Thomas Thompson & John Thompson testify positively as to some of my services & Alexander M c Corwan & Peter Clough & William Campbell testify as to my character for veracity whose depositions are hereto annexed.
Sworn & subscribed
this 8 th day of November
1832 before me
W h B. Miller
J. O. M c Manus First Judge V. Otsago Co

State of New York Otsego County p 3
On this 8 th day of November 1832 personally appeared before me James O'Callaghan First Judge of Otsego County Archibald M c Killip a resident of Cherry Valley in said County who being duly sworn doth depose & declare for the purpose of amending (amending to the instructions of the department of war) his declaration heretofore made by him in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas of said County on the 25 th of June last past in support of his claim to a pension under the act of June 7. 1832 an Exemplification of which is hereto annexed as follows.
That sometime in the summer of the year 1775. he this deponent voluntarily enlisted as a soldier in a company of New York State Troops under the command of Capt. Christopher P. Yates in Colonel Van Schaick's regiment of the 2 d battalion of said New York State Troops. (That Andrew Fink was 1 st Lieutenant & Peter Keyser the 2 d Lieutenant of said company.) and and that they immediately marched to Canada where they besieged & took the Fort called St Johns at the outlet of Lake Champlain where they remained six months in said Yates company. at the expiration of which said six months this deponent voluntarily enlisted into Capt. Elisha Benedict's company of the same regiment & battalion under General Montgomery who also commanded at the taking of St Johns as aforesaid. and marched to Quebec where they arrived sometime in March 1776 as this deponent now verily believes. Before arriving at Quebec they learned that Genl. Montgomery had been killed in battle & that Genl. Arnold then commanded. They did not remain long at Quebec Quebec but

returned back to their former post. & were discharged about the last of April or first of May 1776. being about 4 months actual service under said Capt. Elisha Benedict. This deponent says that from the time of his said first enlistment until he was finally discharged in May 1776 was full eleven months And he further says that the aforesaid enlistments were as a soldier of the line & not by civil contract.
This deponent says that the next service mentioned in his said declaration of 7 mo. & 4 p. m. under Captain Peterson & Martin he believes were performed under civil contract.
This deponent further declares that the next service he performed in the war of the revolution was in the regular Militia of Cherry Valley the place of his residence as a soldier & was as follows.
By the laws of his country he was liable to do duty in the Militia whenever called upon & about the 1 st of May 1778 he was ordered out & actually turned out & did service in a company of militia under Capt. Thomas Whitaker in Col. Samuel Campbells regiment till some-time in the summer of that year when said Whitaker moved away from Cherry Valley when this deponent was transferred to Capt. Ballard's company in Col. Arden's regiment & served till the 11 th November 1778 when Cherry Valley was burned & destroyed by the Indians being a little more than six months actual service from the time he was ordered out in Capt. Whitaker's company till he was discharged from Capt. Ballard's company as aforesaid.

while he was in Capt. Woodhull's company he marched to Ticonderoga and Saratoga General Montgomery
And this deponent further declares that he always considered that while he was engaged in the before mentioned services he was a soldier & not at any time acting under a civil contract. He hereby declares that his name is not on the pension roll agency of any State & relinquishes every claim to a pension except the present.
Sworn & subscribed
This 8 th day of November
Isaac Miller
1832 before me
James D. Munn First Judge of O.S.C.
Co
State of New York Otego County } ss } 3
Thomas Thompson of the town of Cherry Valley in Otego County & State aforesaid being duly sworn doth on his oath depose & say that in the war of the Revolution this deponent resided in Cherry Valley aforesaid and was acquainted with Archibald McClellan who has made the preceding affidavit at that time and well recollects that in the year 1775 the said Mr. McClellan enlisted as a soldier and went with his company away from Cherry Valley & remained from home a number of months. how long this deponent cannot exactly recollect. This deponent says that he thinks he can recollect that the name of the officer under whom the

said McKellip enlisted as aforesaid was Capt Christopher P. Gates though from the great lapse of time since that event took place his recol- lection on this point is not absolutely certain & distinct.
And this deponent further says that he recollects that in the month of April or May of the year 1778 the said Archibald McKellip was ordered out as a militiaman in the regular militia of Cherry Valley under Capt Thomas Whitaker in Col. Campbell's regiment & served in that company until sometime in the summer of that year when Capt Whitaker moved away from Cherry Valley & the said McKellip company was then transferred into  after that commanded by Capt Ballard of Col. Rulins' regiment until the 11 th November 1778 when Cherry Valley was burned by the Indians. & that the said McKellip remained in the said company all the time doing duty as a private soldier a little more than 6 months. And this deponent further says that he was with said McKellip during this last mentioned service & knows that the said said service was performed as before stated and further saith not. Thomas Thompson Sworn & subscribed.
this 8 th day of November
1832 before me
L. O. Morn Front Indg of Otsego Co
State of New York
Otsego County ss } John Thompson of Cherry Valley in Otsego County & State aforesaid being duly

sworn doth on his oath depose & say that in the war of the Revolution this deponent resided in Cherry Valley aforesaid & was acquainted with Archibald McKellip who has made the preceding affidavit & well recollects that said McKellip did enlist as a soldier into Capt. Christopher P. Yates company & went away from home & was gone sometime how long this deponent cannot exactly recollect but thinks it was as much as 9 or 10 months. He further says that he distinctly recollects that in the year 1778 the said McKellip was called out as a soldier in the militia under Capt. Whitaker & Ballard as stated in his said affidavit & served until the 17 th November 1778 when Cherry Valley was burned being a little more than six months And he further says that he was with said Archibald McKellip during this last mentioned service in the militia & knows that the service was per- formed as above stated. And that said McKellip was always considered as a very faithful & active soldier And further saith not Sworn & subscribed this
8 th day of November 1832 before me
John Thompson
Jamies C. Moore Court Judge of Otsego Co.

State of New York,
Otsago County 3 d . We Alexander M c Cowan a Clergyman & Peter Mayhew a merchant of Cherry Valley do hereby certify that we are acquainted with the before named Archibald M c Kellip & believe him entitled to full credit on oath or otherwise & the said Peter Mayhew further certifies that he has been acquainted with said M c Kellip about thirty years & that said M c Kellip has always sustained a good reputation for truth & veracity & further that said M c Kellip is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he lives to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that he the said Peter Mayhew concurs in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed
this 8 th day of November
1832 before me J. C. Mosen First Judge of Otsago Co.
Alex d M c Cowan Peter Mayhew
State of New York
Otsago County 3 d I James O l Mosen First Judge of said County do certify that I am well acquainted with Archibald M c Kellip Thomas Thompson & John Thompson & that they are men of good standing in community & entitled to belief whether on oath or not. & that the Rev d Alexander Cowan & Peter Mayhew who have made the affidavit last preceding are inhabitants of this village & worthy of implicit confidence on oath or otherwise & further that I am fully convinced of the truth of the matters set forth in the several affidavits preceding
J. C. Mosen
Dated Cherry Valley
Nov. 8. 1832

State of New York }
Otsego County ss } Samuel Wilson of Middlefield in said County, being duly sworn, says that he is seventy four years of age according to his best knowledge & belief that he has known Archibald McKittrick ever since the year 1775, that he well recollects that the said McKittrick in the month of June 1775 enlisted in Capt. Yates's company of State Troops & marched to Canada & served in said Yates's company in Col. Van Schaick's Regiment for six months & was discharged and enlisted in Captain Benedict's company in the same regiment & served six months more - That this deponent served both of said periods with said McKittrick - This deponent further says that he was informed at the time & believes that in the year 1776 the said McKittrick served in Captain Peterson's Company seven months on the north river above Albany, that this deponent saw said Mc Kittrick when he came home to Cherry Valley & has no doubt of his service.
That the said McKittrick in the year 1777 served four months in Captain Martin's Company and that in the year 1778 said McKittrick served seven months in the companies of Captains Whitaker & Captain Ballard and that this deponent served the said last two periods in the same companies with said McKittrick, that the service in Martin's Company was on the Mohawk & Hudson rivers.

That the firm of Whitaker & Bards Company, was in building & garrisoning the fort of Cherry Valley & in going out on scouts. — Samuel Willson Sworn & subscribed this 6 th day of July 1832 before me James O. Moore Hunt Judge of Otsego County courts.
I certify that I have known the above named Samuel Willson for more than twenty years that he is a man of excellent character & of strict truth & integrity & that I give evidence to his afft. J. O. Moore
State of New York Otsego County Clerk's office } I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the courts of said County do certify that James O. Moore was when the preceding affidavit was taken & that is a judge of said county courts, & that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & believe his signature to the foregoing affidavit & certificate to be genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set the seal of said courts this 9 th day of July 1832
Horace Lathrop. Clerk

is a judge of said court, and has hereunto affixed his hand writing & luted his signature to the foregoing affidavit & certificate to be genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set the seal of said court this 9 th day of July 1832
Horace Lathrop. Clerk
The People of the State of New York by the grace of god free & Independent To all to whom these presents shall come or may concern Greeting Know ye that we having inspected the records of proceedings remaining in the Clerks office of our Court of Common pleas for our County of Otsego do find therein the record of certain evidence of proce- edings in the matter of the following to wit

In the matter of Archibald McKee, a soldier of the Revolution.
Exemplification &c
July 21 1884
L. Off.
Amendm aff d
James Pettibone attorney
admitted

Otsego Com pleas
of June Term 1832
(State of New York)
Otsego County Is. I Rec't remembered that on the 25 day of June personally appeared in open Court being the Court of Common pleas in & for the County of Otsego & State of New York & a court of Record proceeding according to the principles of the Common law with power of final imprisonment etc. Archibald M c Killip age d 76 years a resident of the town of Cherry Valley in said County of Otsego who being duly sworn according to law with deposed declare in order to obtain a pension under the provisions of the act of Congress approved June 7. 1832 Entitled an act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the revolution that he lived at the same place where he now resides in the year 1775 that sometime in the summer of that year he the said Archibald M c Killip enlisted as a volunteer under the command of Capt. Christopher P. Yates in Col. Van Schaick's regiment of the 2 d battalion of New York State troops for the period of six months this deponent went into actual service in the war of the revolution under the enlistment as such volunteer as aforesaid in said Yates Company was stationed at the outlet of Lake Champlain in Canada at the expiration of the said six months this deponent again enlisted under the command of Capt. Elisha Benedict of the same regiment & battalion as before for the period of 10 or 11 months & remained in Canada until about the first of May 1776 & until the expiration of Eleven months from the time of his first enlistment as aforesaid at which time he this deponent was discharged & this deponent further saith that after his discharge before his return home to Cherry Valley he again enlisted as a volunteer under the command of Capt. William Peterson who was engaged in transporting provision & ammunition from Albany to Canada & remained in this service from about the first of May 1776 until the 13 th or 14 th November following being the about term of 7 months & this deponent further saith that about the 13 th March 1777 he again enlisted as a volunteer under the command of Capt. John Martin & went to Albany where he was engaged about 4 months in transporting provision & ammunition up to half Moon point as it was then called being the same place now known as the town of Waterford when he received orders to March from there up the Mohawk river to Fort Stanwix & this deponent further saith that their passage was intercepted by the Indians they were prevented from proceeding

to the place of their destination, she further saith that Capt John Martin was made prisoner by the Indians & his company disbanded when this deponent returned home having been engaged in this last mentioned service about the space of 4 1/2 months, this deponent further says that he did duty in a company of Militia commanded by Capt Thomas Whitaker of Cherry Valley, belonging to a regiment commanded by Col. Samuel Campbell of the same place from about the first of May 1778 till some time in the summer of that same year when he was attached to the regiment of Col. Holden under the command of Capt Ballard & served until the 11 th November 1778 when the said town of Cherry Valley was burnt by the Indians. While in this last mentioned service this deponent says he was employed in scouting & helped to build the Fort in Cherry Valley aforesaid. The said Archibald M c Kellip further declares in manner aforesaid that he hath not at any time heretofore received any annuity or pension under any law of the United States, that he has never until now made any application for any such pension for services rendered by him in the war of the revolution. Sworn & subscribed in open Court in the Archibald M c Kellip Court of Common Pleas of the County of Otsego the 25 th day of June 1832.
Horace Lathrop Clerk
State of New York
Otsego County, ss. Samuel Wilson of the town of Middlefield in the County of Otsego & State of New York aged 77 years & six months being duly sworn in open Court in the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Otsego & State of New York doth depose & say that he lived where he now does in the year 1775 & knew the said Archibald M c Kellip who then lived in the town of Cherry Valley in the County of Otsego & this deponent well recollects that in the summer of 1775 the said Archibald M c Kellip enlisted under the Command of Capt. Christopher P. Yates in Col. Van Schaick's regiment of the 2 d Battalion of New York state troops for the period of six months that the said Archibald M c Kellip went into actual service in the war of the revolution under such enlistment & was stationed at the outlet of Lake Champlain in Canada that at the expiration of said six months the said Archibald M c Kellip again enlisted under the Command of Capt. Elisha Benedict of the same regiment & Battalion for the period of 3 or 4 months.

remained in Canada until about the first of May 1776 about Eleven Months from the time of his first enlistment under Capt Gates as aforesaid this deponent was with the said M c Kellip in the same service during all the time of the above mentioned service this deponent further saith that he recollects that the said Archibald M c Kellip again enlisted under Capt John Martin sometime in the month of March 1777 went to Albany this deponent was with the said M c Kellip at the time he was engaged in the same service to wit trans- -porting provision & ammunition up the river as stated in the decla- -ration of the said M c Kellip preceding this deponent says that every thing mentioned & set forth in said declaration is literally true as this deponent recollects & this deponent further says that he served with the said Archibald M c Kellip in the militia in Cherry Valley during the year 1778 that he recollects that the time manner kind of service then performed by said M c Kellip was the same as stated in his declaration preceding further saith not State of New York Otsego County In Thomas Thompson of the Town of Cherry Valley & County of Otsego & State of New York aged 68 years being duly sworn in open Court deposes & says that in the year 1778 he this dep- -onent lived in Cherry Valley aforesaid & he recollects that the aforesaid Archibald M c Kellip was engaged in the militia service during the summer of that year that the time manner kind of service then performed was as stated in the said M c Kellip's declaration preceding further saith not
Thomas Thompson
Sworn & subscribed in open Court this
25 th day of June 1832
Horace Lathrop Clerk
Otsego County In I James O'Callaghan a Judge of the County of Otsego do certify that I am acquainted with the said Archibald M c Kellip who has made the preceding declaration on oath that the said Archib- -ald M c Kellip is a man of good character fair standing in community & entitled to full credit on oath or otherwise
State of New York
Otsego County In
We the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Otsego do certify that Archibald M c Kellip appeared before us in open Court at the present June term of said Court

I made her declaration to oath in manner form as above specified for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the provisions of the act of Congress of June 7, 1832 produced before said Court the deposition & certificate preceding which is to us satisfactory evidence of the truth of the matter set forth in the declaration of the said Archibald McKellar aforesaid In witness whereof we the said Judges have hereunto subscribed our names in open Court at the Court house in Cooperstown this 26 th day of June 1832
J. H. Malvath J. O. Morse } Judges Elisha Foote
All which we have caused by these presents to be exemplified & the seals of our said Court of Common pleas to be hereunto affixed Witness George Morell Esquire said Judge of our said Court at Cooperstown in the County aforesaid the 27 th day of June AD 1832
Horace Lathrop. Clerk
In the matter of Archibald McKellar. a petition of the Revolution.
Exemplification re
July 21 1832
P. Off.
Amendm affix
James O. Morse
Attorney
advised

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
See 13891
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Archibald McRillip or McRillip or McRillip a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1 1775 June 1775 11 mos Pvt Christopher P. Yates Elisha Benedict John Van Schaick NY   May 1 1776 7 mos Wm Peterson Morgan Lewis   Mar. 1 1777 1 1/2 mos. John Martin   May 1 1778 to June 1778 Thomas Whitaker Samuel Campbell   June 1778 to Nov. 11 1778 Ballard Alden  
Battles engaged in, Siege of St. John Residence of soldier at enlistment, Cherry Valley NY Date of application for pension, June 25 1832. His claim was allowed Residence at date of application, Cherry Valley Otsego Co. NY Age at date of application, July 12 1755 at New Castle Pa. Remarks: It is not stated whether he was married
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
Elisha was Col Campbell's Sgt

1928 Nov. 13. West. Adms H. L. Sorbert and 1930 Jan. 20. Photos mailed to N.B. Alter & Fin. Rev. ntf. a.p. pf.
Rev. War
13891 INVALID.
File No. 13891
Archibald McKillop
Prim. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: — Vol. 1 , Page 248
[Arrangement of 1870.]
7m Rellip Archibald McKillop Records corrected. Oct. 4/06. R.

No 35381
Nicholas Thomas Aug 20. '42 to Alex. McSkellip Sep. 14. '42 M. Nichols June 6/51.
copy June 1852

State of New York § I Horace Lathrop, Clerk Otsego County § of the said County do hereby § certify, that Julius O. Morse, before whom the annexed Affidavit and declaration of Archibald McCallister, and the affidavits of John Thompson & of Thomas Thompson, and the Certificate of Alexander McBrown & Peter Mosher purport to have been severaly sworn, and whose name is subscribed to the annexed Certificate of James O. Morse, was at the date of the same, First Judge of the said County of Otsego; And that I am well acquainted with his handwriting, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said several Certificate Affidavits & declaration, to be his proper handwriting and signature. — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and Seal of Office this 9 th day of November, 1832
Horace Lathrop, Clerk.

Application of Archibald M c Killip under act of 7 th June 1832, for increase of pay
11 mo s - in 1775 7 " - 1776 7 " - 1777 25 m s pay per day 6 m s in Militia
In charge of Hon. C. Ellis of the House of Representatives.

State of New York County of Otsego
Ischibald McKillop
of the town of Cherry Valley in said County, aged eighty-eight years and upwards, being duly sworn doth depose to the here and say, that he is a pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832, and receives an annual stipend of $53 32 . From the amount he thus receives, he is satisfied that he does not receive the amount he is justly entitled to by reason of his services in the war of the revolution, he having served in the aggregate for a period exceeding two years. That the amount of pension he now receives, he has reason to believe was graduated by the length of the term he served as a regular soldier & Militia man only, and not for his other services in the Quartermaster Department. He this Declarant understood at the time and believes the same to be true, that for the service last described, at the time his pension was allowed in 1833, or thereabouts, no pensions were granted, but that now a different rule obtains. He has, he believes, set forth all his services in the revolution when he made his original application at the time aforesaid, yet would now recapitulate the same - to wit:

That this Declarant about the latter part of May or 1 st June 1775 enlisted into the Company of Captain Christopher P. Yates in the New York troops in the Regiment under command of Colonel Goose Van Schaick for during the Northern Campaign of that year to Canada and at the end of seven months from the time this enlistment commenced. Captain Yates & other officers returned to New York, and being then in Chamblee fort, he then and there immediately thereupon enlisted into the Company of New York forces being at that time there, under command of said Colonel Van Schaick viz, the Company of Captain Elisha Benedict , & served therein for four months in said last named Company, or until about the 1 st of beginning of May 1776, when on his way home, at  at Stillwater N.Y. he enlisted into the Company of fatigue men, bateauxmen and laborers commanded by Captain William Peters of Schenectada N.Y. for the season, at said Stillwater, Saratoga & intermediate places, John Verner being Commissary & Colonel Morgan Lewis being chief in Command - And he this Declarant served in said Company of Captain Peters for seven months or until the 13 th day of November 1776, when on the North river being closed by the frost, his services being no longer required he was discharged. In the month of January 1777, he declarant being then at his place of residence, Cherry Valley , John Martin Captain of a company of Bateauxmen, fatigue men & laborers, enlisted this Deponent, his brother Daniel, Samuel Atkinson & others from said town - and he this Declarant was directed to be 7 mo  there for the month of March then next at the city of Albany which Deponent did, & served in said Company of Captain Martin pursuant to his enlistment until the month of August 1777, when he said Captain Martin was taken prisoner by the enemy while on duty at a carrying place near Little Falls  Fort Stanwix when his company dispersed & were not called upon to serve again during said year in said Company. The remainder of the military services of this Declarant was performed in different tours in the Militia in the Regiment under Command of Colonel Clyde, Col. Campbell, & Col. Helden, as particularly set forth & described in his original papers under said act of 17 June 1832 .
Subscribed & sworn this 15 th day of Novr  Novmber 1843, before me - Chas. McLean Justice of the Peace. State of New York - County of Montgomery . I Samuel Russell Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that Charles McLean Esq. before whom the preceding deposition was sworn, was at the time thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly appointed & qualified, and that the signature to the jurat of said deposition purporting to be his, is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my official seal, this 17 th day of November 1843. Samuel Russell Clerk.

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IN REPLY REFER TO
8-1885
Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON
December 28, 1929.
Mr. N. Berton Alter Nelliston New York.
M.O.# 46218 - 2 85
Dear Sir:
I advise you that photostat copies of original papers on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 13891 of Archibald McKillep of Cherry Valley, New York, will be furnished you at the rate of fifteen cents a page.
The number of pages to be copied is nineteen. Should you desire to have the set certified, allow twenty-five cents additional.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this Bureau by Money Order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.
It is regretted that you have been inconvenienced in not receiving an earlier reply, but due to the very large number of requests similar to yours, and the lack of a clerical force available for the purpose, it has not been possible to make immediate reply to each request for Revolutionary War data.
Very truly yours,
E. W. Morgan
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.
M.O. for $2 85 enclosed - Send as requested. N. Berton Alter Jan 9. 1930

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
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December 28, 1929.
Mr. N. Berton Alter Welliston New York.
Dear Sir:
I advise you that photostat copies of original papers on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 13891 of Archibald McKillep of Cherry Valley, New York, will be furnished you at the rate of fifteen cents a page.
The number of pages to be copied is nineteen. Should you desire to have the set certified, allow twenty-five cents additional.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this Bureau by Money Order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.
It is regretted that you have been inconvenienced in not receiving an earlier reply, but due to the very large number of requests similar to yours, and the lack of a clerical force available for the purpose, it has not been possible to make immediate reply to each request for Revolutionary War data.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner. 19 15 195 1985

N. BERTON ALTER DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS CANAJOHARIE, N. Y.
Dec. 24, 1929.
War Department Bureau of Pensions Wars of Revolution & 1812 Division Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:- Please reply to my communication of many weeks since about record of Archibald McKellip.
Very Truly
N. Berton Alter
Use my McAlister P.O.

Welliston, N.Y.,
Nov. 13. 1929.
NOV 15 1929 BUREAU OF PENSIONS WAR OF REVOLUTION AND 1812 WARS Bureau of Pensions
War of Revolution and 1812 Division Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: - Archibald Mc Killip
Served in the Revolution. He was granted a pension, if at all, under the act of June 7. 1832. He came from Cherry Valley, N.Y. He died about 1846 at the age of about 90+. Have you any thing in your records to show this? If so, what will photostat copies cost?
Truly
D. Berton Aetn

Sept. 30, 1920. Rev Sec
Please give me the military record during the Revolution of:
1. Archibald M c Kellip who resided in Connecticut or in Otsego Co. New York. 2. Johan Peter Wagner or Waggoner, who resided in Eastern New York - said to be a Lieutenant Colonel, and was in the battle of Oriskany. 3. Johan Peter Wagner Jr; son of the above - said to be a Captain, also in battle of Oriskany. Residence the same as above.
Troy Co.

none see negative 4. Alexander Struthers of Pennsylvania, a Lieutenant who was killed at Detroit in 1813.
The military records of the foregoing are asked that they may be used in compiling a family history.
Respectfully,
Mrs. H. C. Torbert No. 20314 Daughters of the American Revolution
Address: 317 Clarendon St. Syracuse N.Y.

Torbert
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BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Mc Killin, Edward GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 10,002 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED March 29, 1791 to Edward Mc Killin
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.