Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16644, for John Mc Kinley, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (comm. or m.t.)
McKinley, John Sarah
No. 16644.
CONTENTS

New York Albany Sarah Mc Kinley deced widow of John Mc Kinley who died on the 15 July 1811 of Albany in the State of New York who was a Private in the Regiment commanded by Captain of the commanded by Conn. in the Revolution line for two years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 240 Dollars 111 Cents per annum, to commence on the 1 st day of March, 1821. & ending 14 th March 1821.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of April 1857 and sent to Dickens & Co. agents Arrears to the 4th of Present Semi-annual allowance ending
One from $1445 Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 rd Registered by Meighan Book L. Vol. 2
A. 1. 13

1555 Sarah M c Kinlay Application for Pension
Admitted
Private of Arlofi- cans 2 years -

State of New York Montgomery County ss.
Be it remembered that on the fifteenth day of March in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty seven personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of said County in said State (being by the laws of said State a Court of Record) Sarah McKinley and then and there before said Court was duly sworn in order to obtain the Pension she conceives herself entitled to in virtue of & under an act of the Senate & House of Representatives of the United States and approved the Fourth of July last past entitled "An act granting half pay to widows or Orphans where their husbands and fathers have died of wounds received in the Military service of the United States in certain cases and for other purposes" That John McKinley deceased was her husband that the said John departed this life on the fifteenth day of July in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and eleven at the Town of Johnstown in the County and State that at the time he died he was the husband of her the said Sarah, that she the said Sarah has not since the death of said John become a married woman & is not now a married woman, that she did intermarry with the said John on the seventeenth day of July in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty at Danbury in the State of Connecticut & in the presence of Jesse Foot and Elizabeth Foot whose deposition is hereto annexed. And this deponent farther saith that at the time of her said intermarriage she was then informed and believed it to be true & she has never heard it to the contrary that the said John had before her marriage enlisted in the Army of service of the United States for three years & that his term of service was not expired at the time of his marriage with this deponent, And this deponent farther says that after her marriage with said John she saw him frequently at Danbury aforesaid doing duty in the service of the United States and knows that he was in the habit of drawing his clothing & provisions from the United States Officers and Stores whilst in said service

as the Officers and privates usually did, that the said John as near as she now can state was discharged regularly from the service of the United States about six months after her marriage that she has frequently seen the paper that her husband always called his discharge that she knows that he handed it to his children to play with adding that he did not know as it was of any service to him. And she is confident from the manner it was handled that it must be worn out mutilated & destroyed & is no longer in existence. That the service of the said John was at Danbury aforesaid excepting occasionally he was dispatched for temporary purposes to other places and that he was doing duty in the Corps of Artificers during his service in the said Army of the Revolution, that the said John was discharged at Danbury aforesaid that she cannot state the exact time of his discharge but believes it was the spring after her marriage and she knows that after his discharge the said John was hired by the Artificers Officers at Danbury to continue a while longer & he accordingly served under said contract to hire, that she believes that the said John whilst in the said service under his enlistment was not in any battle but was attached to & kept in the Artificers department & as private. And that she was married by & before a Presbyterian Minister by the name of John Peck then a resident of the regular settled Minister at Danbury. That she was at the time her husband served informed and believes it to be true that an Officer of the United States Army called Major Starr had the command at Danbury and that her husband was enlisted in the State of New Hampshire & that by Captain Wood and that he once served in Captain Osborn's & Horton's Companies and is unable to state more fully the Officers under whom he was enlisted & served. That this deponent always understood & believes it to be true that her husband under his said three years enlistment served between two & three years but cannot be exact as to his period of service under that enlistment that she is in the seventy fifth year of her age & is the same person referred to by the deposition of Jesse & Elizabeth Root annexed
Sarah cur  X  Mark  McKinley
15 March 1837

Subscribed Room in Open Court March 15th. 1837
Geo: D. Ferguson, Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, that the above named applicant Sarah M c Kinley was the wife of John M c Kinley a revolutionary soldier, that she was married to the said John M c Kinley as she states, and that the said John served in the revolutionary Army as stated by the said Sarah
I, George D. Ferguson, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, do hereby certify and declare that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Sarah M c Kinley for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 15th March 1837.
Geo: D. Ferguson, Clerk

Mr Valentine Albany N.Y.

State of New York County of Fulton
On this 27 th day of June 1850 before me Lucius Rice — a Justice of the Peace in and for said county personally appeared Alexander Mc Kinlay of Mayfield in said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain an increase of pension in the case of his mother Sarah Mc Kinlay Deceased, under the Act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836. That he is one of the children of Sarah Mc Kinlay who was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of one hundred and forty four Dollars per Annum. That said Sarah Mc Kinlay died in said County of Fulton on the fourteenth day of March in the Year one thousand eight hundred and forty one — That the following named are the only children of the said Sarah Mc Kinlay that are now living viz John Mc Kinlay, James Mc Kinlay, Jenett Mc Sachlin, Daniel Mc Kinlay, Elizabeth Buchanan, Rachel Stewart, Sabaz Mc Kinlay, Margaret Green, Alexander Mc Kinlay and Catharine Wells. And each of them are over twenty one Years of age In support of which claim this Declarant refers the pension Department to the evidence on file in that office and hereby appoints Mr Valentine of Albany N.Y. the Agent for the prosecution of said claim And the pension Department is hereby authorized and requested to correspond with no other person than said said Valentine or his substitute for the term of one Year from this date Subscribed & sworn to before me this 27 th day of June — 1850 Lucius Rice Justice of the Peace
Alex s Mc Kinlay
I certify that I am personally acquainted with Alexander Mc Kinlay and that he is the identical person above named and described And his statement is entitled to full faith and credit. Lucius Rice Justice of the Peace

Mc Kinley

State of New York } County of Fulton - }
Phineas Bennis & Elisha Stone residents of Mayfield — in said County who being first duly sworn according to law Deposeth That Sarah McKinley a pensioner of the United States died in said County on the fourteenth — day of March — in the Year one Thousand eight hundred and forty one — That the following names are the only children of the said Sarah McKinley that are now living viz John McKinley, James McKinley, Jerrett Mc Lachlin, Daniel McKinley, Elizabeth Buchanan, Rachel Stewart, Jabez McKinley, Margaret Green, Alexander Mc Kinley and Catharine Wells And each of them are over twenty one Years of age Subscribed & Sworn to before me this 28 th day of June 1850 Lucius Rice Minister of the Gospel Phineas Bennis Elisha Stone
I certify that I am personally acquainted with Phineas Bennis and Elisha Stone — And that they are persons of good moral character and standing and their statement is entitled to full faith and credit — Lucius Rice Minister of the Gospel

State of New York County of Fulton Surrogate Court
On this 1 st day of July 1857, it was proved by the adduction of the annexed testimony which is satisfactory to said Court that Sarah Mc Kinley a pensioner of the United States died in said County on the fourteenth day of March in the Year one thousand eight hundred and forty one. That the following named are the only children of the said Sarah Mc Kinley that are now living viz John Mc Kinley, James Mc Kinley, Jemett Mc Leachman, Daniel Mc Kinley, Elizabeth Buchanan, Rachel Stewart, Iabez Mc Kinley, Margaret Green, Alexa -nder Mc Kinley and Catharine Wells And each of them are twenty one Years of age
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said Court the day and Year first above written
John Wells, County Judge Surrogate Surrogate of Fulton County
State of New York Fulton County Clerk's office
I Stephen West Clerk of said County of Fulton do hereby certify that Lucius Rice before whom each of the foregoing affidavits was made and taken was at the date and time of taking the same a justice of the Peace in and for said County dwelling in said County, elected and sworn and legally authorized to take the same and further that his name subscribed to each of the foregoing affidavits and certificates is the genuine signature of the said justice of the peace. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name

and the Seal of said County, and the Seal of the County Court of said County this 2 d day of July A D 1856 Stephen West Clerk
Mr. Kirby
Wilkins & Co. Ltd.

July 21, 1931
A. J. Buchanan Fourth Avenue Durango, Colorado
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section MLB
Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 18644, that John McKinley enlisted in 1778, in New Hampshire, and served two years as private in Captains Wood's, Osborn's and James Horton's companies in Colonel Baldwin's Corps of Artillery Artificers.
He died July 15, 1811, in Johnstown, Montgomery County, New York.
Soldier married July 17, 1779 or 1780, at Danbury, Connecticut, Sarah, whose maiden name was not given.
On account of the Revolutionary War services of John McKinley, his widow, Sarah, was allowed pension on her application executed March 18, 1827, at which time she was a resident of Montgomery County, New York, aged seventy-four years.
She died March 14, 1841, in Fulton County, New York, survived by the following children, who were all living in 1850:
John McKinley James McKinley Jemett Melashlin Daniel McKinley Elizabeth Buchanan Rachel Stewart Jabes McKinley Margaret Green Alexander McKinley, a resident of Mayfield, Fulton County, New York Catharine Wells
signed Alexander McKinlay
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Assistant to Administrator

Albany 719
Sarah M c Kinley
widow of John M c Kinley
who died on the 15. July 1811 of Montgomery Co. in the State of New York who was a P. of Artif. in the commanded by Captain of the commanded in the Revolution line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 144 Dollars _____ Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of April 1837 and sent to A. Haring Johnstown, N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March '37 864.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 6. Sep. " 72.00
$ 936.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 — }
Recorded by D. Brown Book _____ Vol. 1
Vol. 1 - Page 13

91 John S. City 6 Nov 14, 11.4
Rev WIDOW, &c.
No. 16644
Sarah McKinley Widow of John McKinley Artificer New War
Act July 1 st 86
Index: Vol. 14 , Page 24
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1891 Dec 19 - History to Hon Sanford T.
Mar 1-1900 - H. Jas. W. Green, 4 Love
1917 Feb 7. Edgar Buchanan furnished list of service. aw
1922 Nov 25 - History to Elma D. Morris - See letter in claim Hendrick Route W. 24704 - aw.
1931 - July 21 - Hist. to A. J. Buchanan - m. L. B.

Sarah McKinley, dec due to $200, be 89/11/41 per annum, comg 4 March 1831 & 1839 11 March 1841, payall to John James Daniel Isabell & Alexander McKinley, Jennett McLaughlin, Elizabeth Buchanan, Rachel Stewart Margaret Green, & Catharine Wells only surviving children
Alby
Dickens & Coombs Present

Washington, August 10 th 1850.
Sir:
Enclosed we present you the declaration of Alexander McKinlay, one of the children of Sarah McKinlay, late of New York, who was a pensioner at the rate of $144 per annum, on account of the services of her husband as an artificer, in the war of the revolution. An increase of said pension is now claimed upon the authority of the decision lately made in the case of Thomas Sygget, of New York.
Very respectfully Your obt servt.
Deborah Hoomby
J. S. Edwards Esq Comm of Pensions

Brief in the case of Sarah McKinley, widow of John McKinley, Tulsa County and State of New York act 4 July 1836
Claim, ( "original" or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Allowed as an Artillery Artificer at $240 per annum, deducting former pay at $144 per annum
Name and residence of Agent.
Lockeus Hoopes Present
S. Cole Examining Clerk.

Washington, Sept. 16 th 1857.
Sir:
I beg leave, most respectfully, to call your attention to the claim of Alex r M c Kinley, son of Sarah M c Kinley , who was a pensioner on the New York roll, under act of 1838, at $144 per annum, claiming an increase of Pension.
This claim was presented by me, on the 12 th of August 1850 - was informally referred to you, with my consent, so that it has never been decided.
I respectfully request that it may now be taken up and decided.
I am, very respectfully Your ob dt serv t J. J. Coonley
J. E. Heath Esq Comm r of Pensions

State of New York
Montgomery County ss. Jesse Foot & Elizabeth Foot of the town of Johnstown in said County being duly sworn say that the said Jesse is in the eightieth year of his age and that the said Elizabeth is also in the eightieth year of her age that they severally were well acquainted with John McKinley now deceased and his now widow Sarah McKinley in the Revolutionary War that their acquaintance was with the said John & Sarah previous to their marriage of the said John & Sarah & ever since, that the said John & Sarah were married in the presence of these deponents at Danbury in the State of Connecticut and in the Revolutionary War and whilst the said John was in the service of the United States in said War. that the said John was belonging to Captain James Horton's company of Artificers in Colonel Baldwin's Regiment. that these deponents well recollect that the said marriage took place in harvest time that they are not able to be positive in what year it took place but believe it to have been as near as they now can state in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine and that they are positive that it did take place & whilst he was in the army of the United States in the Revolutionary War. that the said Sarah resides near these deponents and that these deponents have never heard nor do they believe that the said Sarah has married since the death of the said John McKinley & believe her to be still his widow. that this deponent the said Jesse for himself saith that the said John was belonging to the same company with this deponent in said War and the said John and this deponent were frequently mess mates and doing duty together. And as near as this deponent is able to state the said John was enlisted in the year 1778. and for the term of three years and was discharged after about two years service at Danbury aforesaid. at the time Major Starr had the command at that place. that the said John

departed this life about the month of July in the year 1811 and that these deponents the said Jesse & Elizabeth both attended his funeral. And this deponent the said Jesse farther saith that the said John was a very scientific & expert artificer amongst the first class of workman & aided & assisted in the manufacture of the great chain thrown across the Hudson River near West Point in said War and this deponent the said Elizabeth at the time heard the same fact but she did not personally see the chain or the progress of its manufacture.
Subscribed & sworn to this 2 4th day of March 1837 I certify that the deponents are respectable and credible witnesses Before me
Jesse Foot Elizabeth Foot mark
John W. Cady Justice of the peace of the County of Montgomery State of New York.
State of New York Montgomery County. ss.
I George D. Ferguson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County aforesaid do hereby certify that John W. Cady before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn was in the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County: And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & Verily believe that his name subscribed to said affidavit is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of my Office this 15th March 1837.
Geo: D. Ferguson. Clerk

Appl 4. Jan - at N.Y. 4 July '36 3 - etc -
J. L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Dear Sir
At the strenuous solicitation of Mrs McKimly with whom I have been acquainted nearly half a century I am desired to take charge of her business enclose the within to you & receive your decision as soon as convenient & Report to her the result without delay.
I hope & believe her proof is satisfactory to the Department & there can I think be no question as to the merits of the application & I will add that is of the most respectable class of our neighbors.
Accept I pray you my respects for your health & welfare may you be blessed in your basket and store Johnstown 29 th March 1837. Respectfully A. Haring
P.S. My health is tolerable but my family for years past and yet is in a most unhealthy condition

Wm Green NZ
Heena b 1891
John McKenlay } from Scotland and Sarah do
16644

GLOVERSVILLE, N. Y., 6 June 189 1
Pension Office, Washington, D. C. As I do not know to what particular officer or bureau to apply, I hope that the above general direction will be received.
What I want is this: My maternal grandfather, John McKinlay was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and after his death, which occurred in 1811 , his widow, Sarah McKinlay received a pension from our government. I suppose that the papers filed in the Pension Office would disclose the Regt and Co. to which the said John McKinlay (her husband) had belonged.
I wish to become a member of the Society of Sons of the Revolution, and I derive eligibility from the said John McKinlay, and for that reason I need the information requested. The said John McKinlay emigrated to this County from Scotland, only a short time before the Revolution, and I have now no means of ascertaining from which of the colonies he entered the service.
Very respectfully Wm Green

Durango, Colo. June 27 '31
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:- Will you please send me the Revolutionary War record of John M c Kinley Artificer of Baldwin's corps, New York State.
Very Respectfully A. J. Buchanan Fourth Avenue. Durango. Colorado.

RITTER AND BUCHANAN ATTORNEYS AT LAW DURANGO, COLORADO
Rev Sec Enc 1
January 24th, 1917.
Honorable Commissioner Of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I am advised a John McKinley was a soldier in the Revolutionary army, and that he died sometime during or about the year 1831 . He was at one time a resident of Danbury, Connecticut, and afterwards moved to Fulton County, N. Y. John McKinley married Sarah Benedict at Danbury Connecticut, who evidently lived until during the month of March, 1841. I am advised that the children of Sarah McKinley, wife of John McKinley, received a pension of $240. per annum from the 4th day of March, 1831, to the 14th day of March, 1841. This was evidently a back pension maturing to the widow, that the children afterwards received. I am also advised that the children consisted of; John McKinley, James McKinley, Daniel McKinley, William McKinley, Jabez McKinley, Alexander McKinley, Charity who married Peter Robb, Elizabeth who married John Buchanan, Janett who married Archibald McLachlan, Rachel who married John Stuart, Sarah who married Daniel Christy, Catherine who married Williams Wells, and Margaret who married Gideon Green, and that evidence was furnished the Pension Department as to their being children and descendents of John and Sarah McKinley.
I desire to procure evidence more especially with reference to Elizabeth who married John Buchanan.
Will you advise me if any such proof exists in your Department and what the expense will be for a certificate

showing facts in relation thereto, as I have a niece who desires this proof to show that she is a descendent of John McKinley, as she desires to become a member of the Daughters Of The Revolution. She is a great granddaughter of Elizabeth who married John Buchanan; said Elizabeth being a daughter of said John McKinley.
Will you please advise me in reference to the matter.
Very truly yours,
Edward Buchanan

Ans
NOV 2

GLOVERSVILLE, N. Y., 21 Nov. 189 1
Record and Pension Division War Department
My maternal Grandfather, John McKinlay, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and after his death his widow, Sarah McKinlay received a pension from the U. S. Government. I think that papers on file in your office will disclose the Regiment and Company to which the said John McKinlay belonged, and it is very important for me to find this out.
Will you kindly advise me as to this matter, and if these facts cannot be obtained from your office, inform me if there is any other source to which I can apply.
Of course I am willing to pay any fees that may be charged for such a search.
Yours respectfully Wm Green

Oct 26
Present Spencer

Gloversville New York
14 October
Chief of Bureau - Revolutionary Records -
Sir,
My Maternal Grandfather. John McKinlay. was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War -
After his death. his Widow Sarah McKinlay Received a pension from the Government of the U.S
I desire to ascertain to what organization Regiment and Company the said John McKinlay belonged
I assume that the papers filed with Sarah McKinlays claim will disclose these facts which I am anxious to have. and willing to pay any necessary expense incurred in the matter
I am very Respectfully Your Obl Servt -
address - William Green Prosecuting Attorney Gloversville New York -

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
W. 16644
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Mc Kinley a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1778 2 years Pvt. { Wood Osborn James Norton Baldwin's Corps of Artificers          
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enl. in N.Y. Date of application for pension, Mar. 15, 1837. This d. was al. Residence at date of application, Montgomery Co. N.Y. Age at date of application, 74
Remarks: Adm. at Danbury Conn. July 17, 1780, 1779 or Sarah  He died at Johnstown, Montgomery Co. N.Y. July 15, 1811.  He died in Fulton Co. N.Y. Mar. 14, 1811 - leaving the following children  Alexander, John, James, Daniel, Fanny, Janet, McLaughlin, Rachel, Stewart,  Margaret, Green, Catherine, Wells and Elizabeth Buchanan (There is no  further data on file as to Elizabeth Buchanan.) This clause is only for  letter of Feb. 7, 1917
Respectfully,
Commissioner.