Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,852, for Charles Mc Kinney, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
McKinney Charles
831852
CONTENTS

Order to pay Jan. 19. 1837
Alabama 13284
Charles McElhinney of Sunestown in the State of Alabama who was a private in the Co. commanded by Captain Collier of the Regt commanded by Col Lucas in the Virginia line for 8 months and 6 days
Date of death not on A.B.
Inscribed on the Roll of Alabama at the rate of 27 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of June 1833 and sent to Hoard C.C. Clay Huntsville Alabama
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $54.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 13.17
$68.33
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nobles Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 8 Page 48

Charles W. Kinney Limestone County Alabama
Adm 8. Months 10. days.
Hon. J. C. Clay Huntsville Alabama.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show 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, showing the Service of Charles U. Kinney  Sumter Co Alabama
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1. Oct 1780. 4. Capt Collier Col Lucas Gen Stevens 70 years Brunswick County N.C. Traditionary.   20 Feb 1781. 42 Cap. Eldridge Gen Muhlenberg   Summers " 42x Cap. Jones Col Tucker Gen Larsoo   20. Aug 1781. 8 16 Cap. Naughton Col Edmunds  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
+ 21 trees Infantry 4 " Artillery.

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) _____, who has 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 days 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 the 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.

Charles McKinnon
Declaration

I Robert Austin Jr. Clerk of the County Court of the County of Limestone and State of Alabama do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Charles McShinny for a pension —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Office this 7th day of May 1833 and 57th year of American Independence.
Test Robert Austin Jr. Clerk of Limestone County Court
The State of Alabama I George W. Lane Judge of the County Court of the County of Limestone and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Robert Austin Jr. whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate was at the time of subscribing the same Clerk of the Court aforesaid and that the said Certificate is in due form of Law. Given under my hand and seal this 7th day of May 1833
Geo W Lane (Seal)
I know the above named Sampson Lane, Wm Mason and Thomas McLin, personally, as well as by character; and say, without hesitation, that they are all men of unquestionable character & credibility.
May 28th 1833.
C. C. Clay.

A declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 The State of Alabama County Court of Limestone County 35e
On this seventh day of May 1833 personally ap- peared in open court before the judge of said County Court in & for the County of Limestone in the State of Alabama, now sitting, Charles W. Kinney a resident of said County of Limestone, aged seventy 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 Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 -
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers served as herein stated, that on the first day of October 1780, being then a resident of the County of Brunswick State of Virginia, he was drafted as a private into a company of the militia of the State of Virginia commanded by William Collier as Captain, Ephraim Parker Lieutenant as Ensign that said company belonged to the regiment commanded by James Lucas as Colonel. That immediately on being drafted as aforesaid he was marched with said troops together with the militia from Lunenburg & Nottoway Counties under Colonel Gist, to Hillsboro & North Carolina, where said troop came under the command of General Stevens. That while at Hillsboro his said Captain Collier & Lieutenant were discharged & they had no other Captains afterwards but Captain Thomas Threadgill From Hillsboro he was marched to Salisbury from thence to Shallow hills on Piedmont where he came

under the command of General Greene that was at this place when Laretan was defeated by Morgan at the Cowpens in January 1781. That he was marched back to Virginia with the prisoners taken at the Cowpens and was discharged at Petersburg about the middle of February 1781. That he served as a private in the infantry drafted as aforesaid for six months in said campaign — That again as well as he recalls on the 20th Feby 1781 — he went as a substitute in the place of his brother Thomas McKinney who had been drafted into the militia of said County of Brunswick Virginia who was taken sick whilst still on the Wicwasic River above Suffolk — That officer as a substitute as aforesaid, joined the company of said militia commanded by Howard Elridge as Cap- tain in the regiment commanded by Ralph Lauen- than as Colonel & that said troops were under the command of General Muhlenberg, that whilst with said troops he was marched to Suffolk & Portsmouth Va., & finally discharged at Bath old field — There he served as a private, in the infantry as a substitute as aforesaid, six weeks on this campaign — That on his return home to the County of Brunswick in the summer of the year 1781 but he can not now specify the month, he was marched as a substitute for one William Newman and in the company of militia Infantry, of Brunswick City, commanded by Peter Jones as Captain, Beckner still as Lieutenant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Tucker That he was marched with said troops under the com- mand of General Lawson for the Point of Forks on James River to prevent the enemy from crossing

ing our magazines there, but failed in the object That he joined the Barras Steubens retreating from the Point of Forks just before he reached there He learned that the enemy had destroyed the magazines He was then marched to Prince Edward County where where he was placed in the Artillery service under the Command of Captain Williams before Holcomb He was then marched to Charlotte County where He was then discharged - That he served on this campaign as a substitute as aforesaid, in the infantry, two weeks in the Artillery four weeks, as a private - That again on the 20th August 1781, he was marched as a substitute for his brother Thomas McKinney in the company of drafted Militia from Brunswick commanded by William Vaughan as Captain David Morris as Lieutenant in the regiment com- manded by Colonel Thomas Edmunds to Smith's Point on James River where he was stationed under the command of said Colonel Edmunds, until a little before the surrender of Lord Cornwallis when he was discharged - That he served on this campaign as a private six weeks - That he was in actual service as aforesaid during the war Eight months two weeks never received any written discharge - That he remembers to have seen General Greene, whilst on the campaign to the Carolinas General Greene, General Morgan & Colonel Washington of the regular service & afterwards in Va. he saw the Barras Steubens - he has already stated the Militia Officers that he knew - That he was born in Brunswick County State of Virginia on the 7th March 1763 - That his age was entered by his father in a record kept by his father after his death left with his

Brother That after the revolutionary war, he continued (with the exception of three years that he lived in the State of North Carolina) to live in said County of Brunswick Virginia until the year 1826 when he removed to Limestone County State of Alabama where he has lived ever since still resides - That he has no documentary evidence of his said service that he knows of no one, whose testimony he is now able to procure, to prove his service He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state, that he refers to his affidavit subscribed in Charles H. McKinney open Court Test Robert Austin Jr CLK
Me Tarpon Lane a Clergyman - residing in the County of Limestone & William residing in said County hereby certify that we are acquainted with Charles H. McKinney who has subscribed oath to the above declaration, the said William Mason & Thomas Macklin have been acquainted with him thirty years that we believe him to be in the seventieth first year of his age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he now resides & where he heretofore resided, to have been a soldier of the revolution that we can vouch that opinion. I Lane sworn to subscribed in open - Court the day & year aforesaid - Robert Austin Jr CLK Wm Mason Thomas Macklin

I Robert Austin Jr. Clerk of the County Court of the County of Linnestown and State of Alabama do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Charles McKinney for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Office this 7th day of May 1833 and 57th year of American Independence.
Robert Austin Jr. Clerk of Linnestown County Court
The State of Alabama I George W. Lane Judge of the County Court of the County of Linnestown and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Robert Austin Jr. whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate was at the time of subscribing the same Clerk of the Court aforesaid and that the said Certificate is in due form of Law.
Given under my hand and seal this 7th day of May 1833
Geo W Lane Seal
I know the above named Sampson Lane, Wm Mason and Thomas Maclin, personally, as well as by character; and say, without hesitation, that they are all men of unquestionable character & creditability.
May 28th 1833.
C. C. Clay.

February 6, 1933
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CHARLES MCKINNEY S. 31852 BA-J/MLB
Mrs. D. B. Hollingsworth Box 275 Edgefield, South Carolina
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 31852, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Charles McKinney.
He was born March 9, 1763, in Brunswick County, Virginia; the names of his parents are not stated.
While a resident of Brunswick County, Virginia, he enlisted October 1, 1780, served as a private in Captain William Collier's company, Colonel James Lucas' Virginia regiment, and in the company of Captain Thomas Threadkild, was in the battle of Cowpens and guarded the prisoners taken in that battle back to Virginia; length of service four months. On February 20, 1781, he went as a substitute for his brother, Thomas McKinney, who had been drafted and was taken sick, and served six weeks as a private in Captain Howel Eldridge's company, Colonel Raleigh Downman's Virginia regiment. After his return home to Brunswick County, Virginia, he served two weeks in the summer of 1781, as a private in Captain Peter Jones' company, Colonel Tucker's Virginia regiment, marched to Prince Edward Court House where he was placed in the artillery service under Captain Williams and Major Holcombe and served four weeks. On August 20, 1781, he again went as a substitute for his brother, Thomas McKinney, and served as private in Captain William Vaughan's company, Colonel Thomas Edmunds' Virginia regiment, length of this service six weeks.
After the Revolutionary War Charles McKinney lived in Brunswick County, Virginia, with the exception of three years which he

spent in North Carolina, date and exact place of that residence not shown; in 1826 he moved from Brunswick County, Virginia, to Limestone County, Alabama.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 7, 1833, while a resident of Limestone County, Alabama.
There are no family data in the claim other than the reference to soldier's brother, Thomas McKinney.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

31852 Rev INVALID.
File No. 31,852
Charles McKenney Rev Rev
Act: June 1 st 1891
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 263
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1916 May 20 Hist. to Mrs. F. M. Burns. 1919 June 6 Hist. to Miss Dorothy Burns. 1933 - Feb. 6 - Hist. to Mrs. D. B. Hollingsworth - (See ltr. in class of Middleton Brooks, p. 31572) mlp

13.284 Jan 16
Chas. Kinney Ala.
Dea
H. Edwards Esq. Commr of Pensions City of Washington

M. of the Bank of the State of Ala. December 31 st Dec r 1836
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner by Sir
Enclosed Charles McKenney's Pension Papers — please return if correct Very Resp t Sam l Durno (C o ) p o Grand Pensions Ag t

Rev Sec Colorado, Texas, May 13 th 1916.
Bureau of Pensions, Dept of Interior Washington D.C. Dear Sir,
Will you kindly send me the Rev. pension record of Charles McKinney of Limestone Co. Ala.
He was an old man past seventy when he made application. Va was his native state but he came to Ala to spend his last days with his children.
Yours truly, Mrs F. M. Burns, Colorado, Texas.

RECORD MAY 14 1919 DIVISION
PENSION U. S. MAY 18 1919 OFFICE.

May 8 - 1919
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs
Will you please send me a copy of the pension records of Charles McKinney - Born in Brunswick Co. Va. in 1783 - and enlisted late in 1780 - served as private under Capt. Parham. also in Gen. Greene's Brigade at Battle of Cowpen - served as substitute for his brother Thomas McKinney of Brunswick Co. was discharged at

Charlotte Va. He lived many years in Limestone Co. Ala. and from there made application for pension.
Sincerely
Miss Dorothy Burns Colorado Mitchell Co. Texas

February 6, 1933
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BA-J/MLB Qu
Middleton Brooks, S. 31572 Charles McKinney, S. 31852
Mrs. D. B. Hollingsworth Box 275 Edgefield, South Carolina
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of January 26, in which you request the records of Middleton Brooks, of Jackson County, Georgia, and Charles McKinney, who served in Virginia and was pensioned in Limestone County, Alabama, both soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
You are furnished herewith the histories of both soldiers as requested, the data of which were obtained from the papers on file in their claims for pension based upon military service in the Revolutionary War.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
N.Y. 3185-2
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Charles McKinney - 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.     Oct. 1. 1780 Feb. 1781 Pvt. William Collier James Lucas Pa.   Thomas Broadbeld Gen.   * Feb. 20. 1781 6 weeks " David Coldridge Raleigh Dorman   Summer 1781 6 weeks " Peter Jones Tucker   Aug. 30 1781 16 weeks " William Vaughan Major Holcomb   * Enl. for his brother Thomas Colonel Edmunds  
Battles engaged in, Cowpens
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Brunswick Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, May 7. 1833
Residence at date of application, Limestone County, Ala
Age at date of application, born Mch. 9. 1763 in Brunswick Co. Va.
Remarks: There is no other data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.