Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 2,147-300, for John Mc Neese, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
McNulse, John or McNeels.
B.L.Wt. 2147-300.
CONTENTS

State of North Carolina Greene County. We the undersigned Heirs at law and legal representatives of Captain John McNeese do upon oath testify and declare that to the best of our knowledge & belief, the said Capt. John McNeese did serve from some time in the year - 1778 to the close of the war in one of the Regiments of the North Carolina line in the service of the United States in the war of the Revolution; We further declare that we have never received a war- rant for county lands promised to the said John McNeese on the part of the United States, nor do we believe that we ever received it or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatever - Therefore Know all men by these presents, that we the undersigned Matthew Hill and Nancy his wife, Riddings Jones and Gatry Jones Heirs or legal representatives of the said Captain John McNeese do hereby constitute and appoint Richard H. Mosby, of Warren County North Carolina to be our true and lawful attorney for us and in our names to demand, and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States a warrant for the quantity of land due us as aforesaid, and our attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him for the special purposes above expressed - Witness our hands and seals this first day of January 1836..
Ben M. Murphy S.P.    Matthew his Hill  (Seal)    Nancy his Hill  (Seal)    Riddings his Jones  (Seal)    Gatry his Jones  (Seal)  
Greene County State of North Carolina Personally appeared the above named Matthew Hill and wife Nancy, Riddings Jones and Gatry Jones subscribers to the foregoing declaration and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subscribed to be their act and deed, Witness my hand and seal this first day of January A.D. 1836 -
Ben M. Murphy S.P.

I William Williams Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Greene, of the State of North Carolina do hereby Certify Bennet W. Murphy Esqr was a magistrate, authorized to administer oaths, take acknowledgments &c. in the State of North Carolina at the foregoing date say the first day of January 1836 and that his name subscribed to the foregoing Certificate appears to be in his usual signature I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office and subscribed my name and quality as Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of Greene at Snow Hill this first day of January 1836. Wm Williams Clk
Matthew Hill Esqr others To R. H. Morley

State of North Carolina
Lincoln County — —
At a Court held for the County of Lincoln State aforesaid, on the first Monday in January one thousand eight hundred and thirty six, Satisfactory evidence was then adduced in open Court, to prove that Nancy Hill wife of Matthew Hill and Riddling Jones and Galen Jones are the only Heirs and representatives of John McKee late a Captain of the North Carolina line of the war of the Revolution
Lewis C. Seamon Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions for the County of Lincoln do hereby Certify the foregoing contains a true Copy from the minutes of said Court in the matter aforesaid, In witness of which I have set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Hinton, this fifth day of January 1836 — Lewis C. Seamon Clerk
I Blount Coleman Chairman of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions for the County of Lincoln do hereby Certify that Lewis C. Seamon Esq. whose name appears to the foregoing Certificate is Clerk of said Court, and that the said Court is a Court of Record, In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal this 5 th day 1836. B. Coleman Chas. (Seal)

State of North Carolina This day personally appeared Gruene County - 3 before me Samuel R. Bridgen Esqr one of the Justices of the Peace for the State & County aforesaid, Agulla Suggins, and being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God deponeth & saith, That Nancy Hill wife of Matthew Hill is the only surviving Sister of John McNeese late a Captain in the North Carolina line of the war of the revolution and that Redding Jones and Gentry Jones are the Children of Hannah Jones died who was also a Sister of John Mc- Neese late a Captain as aforesaid and that the said Captain John McNeese left no Children never having been married, and the said Nancy Hill wife of Matthew Hill is his Sister and that Redding Jones and Gentry Jones are the Children of Hannah Jones died, who was also his Sister and mother of him, sworn to and subscribed before me this 28 th march 1836 In Witness of which I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 28 th march 1836
Sam l R. Bridgen J.P. Agulla Suggins
State of North Carolina I William Williams Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions for the County of Gruene State aforesaid do hereby certify that Samuel R. Bridgen Esqr before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn to & subscribed was at the date of the doing thereof an Acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly Commissioned & qualified and authorized to administer Oaths in and for said County and that due faith and Credit are due his Official Acts as such, In Witness of which I have hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said Court, at Snowville this 28 th day march 1836.
Wm. Williams Clk

May 3, 1937
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Mr. James G. McNees 3718 Warwick Boulevard Kansas City, Missouri
BA-J/SEL John McNeese-B.L.Wt.#2147-300
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to John McNees, who served as lieutenant in the North Carolina Line, War of the Revolution.
The data which follow are obtained from the papers filed in the claim for bounty land based upon the military services of John McNeese or McNees in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of John McNeese or McNees are not shown.
John McNeese or McNees entered the service sometime in 1778, place not shown and served as captain in the North Carolina Line; length of service, until the close of the war.
The date of his death is not shown. It was stated that he was never married. Two sisters are named, Nancy, wife of Matthew Hill, and Hannah Jones, name of her husband not given. She was dead in 1836. The date of her death was not given.
January 1, 1836, Matthew Hill and his wife, Nancy, Redding and Gatsey Jones, children of Hannah Jones, deceased, all of Greene County, North Carolina, applied for the bounty land which was due on account of the service of John McNeese or McNees, captain in the North Carolina Line, War of the Revolution.
Warrant No. 2147, for three hundred acres of land was issued May 26, 1836, on account of the services of Captain John McNeese or McNees, captain in the North Carolina Line, War of the Revolution. Said warrant was issued for the benefit of the above named heirs.

In order to obtain information in regard to the location of the land cited above, you should address The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish that official with the number of the warrant, the acreage and the date of issuance.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

R o May 11. 1836

State of North Carolina
I William Williams Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions for the County of Gran- tham aforesaid do hereby certify that I have made diligent search among the records of the Court aforesaid for the last will and Testament of Captain John McRae of and find that he left no last will & Testament of record in said Court — In Witness of which I — hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said Court — this 6 th day of January A D 1836.
Wm Williams CRR

John M c Nees N o 2147.

H. of Representatives
May 1836.
To Mr Gordon of the Bonyon Land office
Sir,
Mr Mosby the bearer of this has submitted to me for examination an affidavit of Agrippa Sugg Jr. of the County of Green N. Carolina, which was taken before Samuel Pridgen Esqr of the said County, and attested by William Williams as Clerk. I have to say that I have examined the signatures attached to the affidavit and feel confident from my knowledge of the parties that they executed it and that full faith and credit is due to the same.
I have also examined a power of attorney executed by Mathew Hill, Nancy Hill, Redding Jones and Gatsy Jones, I know that such persons reside in the County of Green, and have no doubt that they signed the instrument referred to, and that full faith and credit is due to the instrument.
Respectfully

JAMES G. MCNEES 3718 WARWICK BOULEVARD KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
Veterans Administration Washington.
Gentlemen:
Could you tell me anything of the pension or wife or family of one, John McNees , (N. C.) 2nd. Lieut. 3rd. North Carolina, 8th. March, 1777; 1st. Lieut., 20th. November, 1777; taken prisoner at Charlston, 12th. May, 1780; exchanged 14th. June 1781; transferred to 1st. North Carolina 1st. January, 1781; was in 3rd. North Carolina February 1782 and served to close of war. Of course, you understand this is the military record of him in the Continental army. Any information you can give me will be appreciated.
Respectfully,
James G. McNees