Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23954, for Abner Mc Kenney, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
McKenney, Abner Sarah
W 23954
CONTENTS

Dead - lot to the State Feb 18 - 1845 Ex. G. Dickinson Sept 25/53 C. F. Leavitt Nov 17/55 W. H. Goodwin Sept 10/58
Date of death not on all
Maine 3235
Sarah M c Kenney, Abner M c Kenney,
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 23 d December 1830 of York - in the State of Maine who was a Pm. & Sgt. in the Comp y commanded by Captain Tyler of the Reg t commanded by  in the Mass s line for 22 m s 15 d s
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 99 Dollars 16 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of June '39, and sent to and Hon. J. C. Fairfield, Saco, Me.
Arrears to the 4 th of Mar. - $297.48 Semi-annual allowance ending 49.58 $347.06
{ Act July 7, } { 1838. }
Recorded by R. Burain Clerk, Book A Vol. 15 Page 15

Rufus M Kenney Admr of Sarah McKenney Appel for Balance of unpaid Pension
Filed by Geo P. Dickinson Washington D.C.

Know all men by these presents, That I Rufus McHenry of Waterloo, County of York and State of Maine, Administrator of the goods, estate, chattels, rights and credits of Sarah McHenry, late of Waterloo, do hereby make, constitute, and appoint John P. Dickinson of Washington City D.C.
my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name, place, and stead, to apply for demand and receive from the proper officer of the Government any and all sums of money, pay, pension, arrears of pension &c due the estate of Sarah McHenry dec'd widow of Abner McHenry, who was pensioned under Act of 1838, at the rate of $99.16 per annum, and died Dec 5th 1842,
giving and granting unto my said Attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as I might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution  hereby hereby revoking all power and authority over the same heretofore given to any other person, and ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney or substitute shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Witness my hand and seal this eleventh day of June 1855
Sealed and delivered in the presence of
Rufus McHenry
As knowned and subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of York and State of Maine - In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this eleventh day of June A.D. 1855 - Charles F. Southwick Justice of the Peace

State of Maine.
YORK, SS.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court, Alfred, June 13 A. D. 18 55. }
I, James O. McIntire,
CLERK OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT,
In and for said County of York, certify that
Charles F. Leavitt is an
Acting Justice of the Peace,
within and for the County of York as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that his COMMIS- sion is dated November 18 A. D. 18 51 and will expire
November 18 A. D. 18 61.
and that the following SIGNATURE purporting to be his is GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
James O. McIntire Clerk.

State of Maine.
County of York, ss.
I, Francis Dacow Register of the Court of Probate for said County, hereby certify that, at a Court of Probate held at Kennebec within and for said County, on the fourth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five Rufus McKenney of Waterborough in said County, was appointed
Administrator of the estate of Sarah McKenney late of said Waterborough, deceased.
and gave bond to the acceptance of the Judge of said Court, for the faithful performance of said trust according to law.
I do further certify that it appears by the Records and Files in the Probate Office of said County of York, that said appointment remains in full force, and in no wise revoked, reversed or annulled.
In Testimony Whereof , I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, at the Probate Office aforesaid, this fourteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
Francis Dacow
Register as aforesaid.

State of Maine.
York, ss.—
I, JOHN SKEELE, Register of the Court of Probate, within and for the County of York, being a Court of Record, hereby certify that
William C. Hayes is Judge of said Court of Probate and that William P. Haines is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and that the signatures to the papers hereunto annexed and purporting to be theirs are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this twenty second day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- eight .
John Skeele
} Register of Probate York County.

Declaration of Sarah McNeeney of Laco, made in order to obtain the benefit of an Act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 - entitled "an Act granting half pay pensions to certain Widows." -
The said Sarah McNeeney now appears before the Hon William A. Hays, Judge of the Court of Probate within & for the County of Nash & State of Maine, being a Court of Record - and after being duly sworn, in open Court, doth declare.
That she is now a resident in Laco in said County & State, and of the age of seventy five years. That she is now the Widow of Abner McNeeney late of Scarborough in the County of Cumberland & State aforesaid. That her said husband Abner McNeeney, according to her belief, in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy five enlisted in the service of his Country, and marched under Capt. Abraham Tyler, as she believes, of said Scarborough, and marched with  him to Cambridge, Massachusetts, where, she believes, he remained for the term of nine months. - That he then returned to Scarborough and shortly afterwards, enlisted again and served again for the term of eight months, under the same Capt. Tyler, but where she does not remember. - That afterwards, he enlisted under Capt. Jonathan Andrews of Scarborough, and served for the term of three months. - That he again enlisted for the term of three years under the same Capt. Tyler, but whether between or after the foregoing periods of service, she cannot tell. - She believes that her husband served at White Plains - at Peekskill - & at Haverstraw, but during which of said periods of service, she does not know. - That during a part or the whole of said three years, he was a Sergeant in the Company. -
That after the return of said McNeeney from the service - and on the twenty eighth day of November in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred & eighty three, as she believes, she was married to said Abner McNeeney, by Rev. Mr. Chadwick of said Scarborough, where they both then resided. -
That said Abner McNeeney died on the twenty third day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty, as she believes. -
That he never received any Pension - nor had she any papers, by which to show his service -

but relies upon the testimony of a living Witness and the papers on file, as she supposes, in the proper Department at Washington-- As she has received two hundred acres of land on account of said service, agreeably to an act of the State of Maine.
That she was not married to said Abner Mc Kenney during the period of his service - but after the expiration of his service, to wit, on said 28th day of Nov. A.D. 1783 - as she believes, and before the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety four, - and that she still remains the widow of said Mc Kenney, & unmarried. -
In presence of Wm. H. Maine
Wm. H. Hayes -
her Sarah + Mc Kenney mark.
Subscribed & sworn to the day and year heretofore mentioned, to wit, on this sixteenth day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty eight by the said Sarah Mc Kenney in open court
Before me Wm. H. Hayes Judge of Probate York County Maine,

November 9, 1939
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
ABNER MCKENNEY W. 23954 BA-J/MLB
Mr. Leslie A. Carter 2324 West Wisconsin Avenue Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Dear Sir:
The data which follow were obtained from the papers in pension claim, W. 23954, based upon service of Abner McKenney in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of Abner McKenney and names of his parents were not stated.
While residing in Scarborough, Cumberland County, Maine, Abner McKenney enlisted sometime in 1775, served as private in Captain Abraham Tyler's Massachusetts company, stationed at Cambridge, length of tour nine months, then returned to Scarborough. He enlisted again under Captain Tyler and served a tour of eight months as sergeant. He enlisted and served a tour of three months as sergeant in Captain Jonathan Andrews' Massachusetts company. He enlisted and served three years as sergeant in Captain Tyler's Massachusetts company. Further dates of enlistments and date of discharge are not shown.
The soldier died December 23, 1830, in Scarborough, Maine.
Abner McKenney married November 28, 1783, in Scarborough, Maine, Sarah Carter, daughter of Benjamin Carter of that place. At the time of their marriage, both the soldier and his wife were living in Scarborough, Maine. The date and place of birth of Sarah Carter and name of her mother were not given.
Sarah McKenney was allowed pension on account of the service of her husband, Abner, on her application executed August 6, 1838, at which time she was aged seventy-two years and a resident of Saco, York County, Maine. She died December 5, 1842 or 1845 (both years given) at Waterborough, York County, Maine.

Rufus McKenney, son of Abner and Sarah McKenney, was living in Waterborough, Maine, in 1855, and was administrator of his mother's estate; his age was not stated. No other reference was made to children.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension and name and address of the person paid in the case of Sarah McKenney, soldier's widow, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Sarah McKenney widow of Abner McKenney Certificate #3235 Issued June 19, 1839 Rate $99.16 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of July 7, 1938 Maine Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Reg
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23954
Sarah M c Kenny
Wid of
Abner M c Kenny
Sgt Mass line
Act July 7 th 1838
Index: Vol. m , Page 25
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1892 Mar 8 He to J.H. McKenney City 1939 Nov 9 - stub to Lelia Carter MFB

Ans? Fairfield & Hairy
Oct 4-38
To. Cottan. J. Fairfield. H.R. 6.
Dec. '38 (Rev. not draft refers to in balance)
do. How H. I. An out said
Flats 25-39 (Rfms in several values)
99.66 70.25 99.72

Sarah McHenry, widow of Abner, Maine Pension Roll, Act of 1838 - allowed;
D. Dickinson

Wetherough Park August 3 1853
Dear Sir
Your letter of the 18 th inst. was duly re- ceived. I should have an- swered sooner but I was absent when it was re- ceived.
I have taken the affi- davits of two persons who were present at the funeral of Mrs Sarah M c Grath.
I think I stated to you in my communica- tion relative to this claim, that she died in 1842. That was a mistake of mine -

In relation to the claims of Walker and Hanson for pension - I think it is somewhat doubtful whether the case of Walker can be brought within the rules of the Department - I have re- ceived a communication from the Captain of the Company relative to the matter - he has no recollection of any sick particular sickness of W he says "they had ex- pensive enough to make any man sick."
Walker says that he can prove him by his his "fellow soldiers" that he was sick, and that he has not been a

some man since he left the service - The case of Henson I think can be brought within the rules - and I shall, as soon as I am able to attend to the matter send you the process
Yours &c
C. H. Leavitt
John P. Dickinson Washington D.C.

Alfred (Maria) Sep. 1. 1858
Hon. Geo. C. Whitney Com r of Pensions Sir,
In June 1858 Rufus Mc Kenney, of Waterborough, in this State made application to your Department for the Pension money due his mother, Sarah Mc Kenney for the services of her husband, Abner Mc Kenney, in the Revolu- tionary War. The petitioner wishes us

to ascertain what action, if any, has been had on his application.
Very resp ly Yrs. Appleton & Groton.
Mrs. M c Kinney rec d a Pension from 1833 to 1838. after which time she rec d nothing. She died in 1842.
Not having heard from his application, the petitioner has not the No. of it.

25- 15- 7 29 76
Waterloo Centre Me.
June 18 1856-
Dear Sir-
Enclosed you will find the Power of Attorney of Rufus Mc'Henry Administrator of the goods &c of Sarah Mc'Henry.
Yours &c C. G. Lenoitt
To John P. Dickinson Washington D.C.
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V 2091
Sarah McKenny widow of Abner
Me
act 7. July '38
some record
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14. 15 Sergh.
$99. 14/100
No deduction
His Excellency
Gov Fairfield to  to  to  to
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I Anthony Richards of Scarborough in the County of Cumberland & State of Maine, Man. of the age of seventy two years, do hereby say that about the close of the Revolutionary war, I lived with Benjamin Carter of Scarborough, and was present when Abner McVeeney of said Scarborough was married to Sarah Carter the daughter of said Benf. Carter. — They were married by Rev. Mr. Chadwick. — I do not remember the month or the year — but know it was just before the close of the war — and am perfectly certain the marriage took place after said McVeeney left the service of his country in the Army, & before the first day of January A.D. 1794. — That said Abner McVeeney died seven or eight years ago — and that said Sarah McVeeney is now living and still remains the widow of said Abner McVeeney, & unmarried. In presence of M c Veeney his mark Anthony Richards

State of Maine County of York, ss. On this fifteenth day of September, A.D. 1888, personally appeared Anthony Richards, within named, & subscribed the within deposition in my presence & made oath that the same is true. —
Before me Wm. Haines Justice of the Peace
I also certify that said Anthony Richards is a man of truth & veracity.
Wm. Haines Just. Peace

John Grace of Yaco in the County of York and State of Maine,erman, of the age of seventy eight years. depose & say that I was well acquainted with Abner Mc Kenney late of Scarborough in the County of Cumberland, deceased, having lived near him in his lifetime - That I well remember that he enlisted in the service of his country in the Revolutionary war - under Capt. Abraham Tyler of said Scarborough - & served at least three months at Cambridge - that my father served with him - that he served afterwards eight months, as he believes, under said Tyler - and also for the term of nine months under the same Capt. Tyler - with myself, that we were together at at Boston, White Plains, New York, Peekskill, West Point, & Haverstraw - during which time said Mc Kenney was Sergeant of the Company. - That he served with Capt. Nathan Andrews - at the lastward for the term of three months - That I also know of his enlisting for the term of three years under said Tyler - and that he served his full term - I'm

fact. I will remember he saved his country during nearly the whole period of the war. —
In presence of Wm. Haines
John Grace Mark
State of Maine
York County S.S. On this Fourteenth day of September A. D. 1838 - personally appeared the above named John Grace and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition -
Before me Wm. Haines Justice of the Peace.
I further certify that said John Grace is a man whose character for truth & veracity is good. Wm. Haines Just. Peace.

Miss Fairfield Ohains
Oct 4- '38
26

War Dep
Pen: H
Dec 4 th 38.
Gentlemen
In the cases of Mrs Louis a Staples widow of Joseph Staples dec'd & of Mrs Sarah McKenny widow of Abner McKenny dec'd under the act of 7 July 38 the evidence as to the date of the marriage is not as satis- factory as it should be - Before parol testimony so liable to err respecting  as to dates can be deemed sufficient to establish such a fact, it should be shown by the certificates of the proper officers of the Town Church of Great, where the mar- riage was solemnized that no register of marriages or births were kept whereby their relation of husband & wife prior to Jan'y 94 could be established.
The service in the case of Mrs Sarah McKenny is not set forth as definitely & fully as is required by the regulation & requisite for a satisfactory examina- tion of the rolls - For instance it is asserted that he enlisted & served three years

under Capt Abraham Tyler - But where, at what period - in what Regiment he does not appear - As there were no enlistments for 3 years except for the Continental army if this statement be true, it should be shown why he did not apply for a pension under the act of 18 March 1818
Mrs. Fairfield H. Haines
Oct 4 th '38
6
M rs . of Fairfield Haines Taco Me.

Washington Feby 17-1845
Sir
Will you please give me the information called for by the accompanying letter, and oblige
Your Obs Servt J. H. Church
Col. J. S. Edwards Com d of Pensylvania Washington D.C.

No 1. Herrn's.
Feb. 18/98.

Pension Office Feb 18. 1845
Sir,
I herewith return the letter of Mr. Downing, and have the honor to state that Sarah McKinney McKinney, widow of Abner McKinney, was pensioned under the act of July 7. 1838 at the rate of $99:16 per annum, for five years, from the 4 th . of March 1836, which ceased on the 4 th . of March 1841. Between that date and the 4 th . of March 1843, no provision was made for such pension, and as she died on the 5 th . December 1842, there is no further amount of pension due in the case.
Hon. J. Henrick W. R.

Pension Office Feb 18. 1845
Sir,
I herewith return the letter of Mr. Downing, and have the honor to state that Sarah McKinney McKinney, widow of Abner McKinney, was pensioned under the act of July 7. 1838 at the rate of $99:16 per annum, for five years, from the 4 th of March 1836, which ceased on the 4 th of March 1841. Between that date and the 4 th of March 1843, no provision was made for such pension, and as she died on the 5 th December 1842, there is no further amount of pension due in the case.
Hon. J. Henrick W.R.

Washington D.C. Sept 18 th 1855 J. Minot Esq. Sir:
I present herewith the application of Rufus M c Kenney Admr of Sarah M c Kenney, for any unpaid balance of Pension that might have been due the intestate at the time of her death, Please report as early as practicable, Resp ly &c Ino. T. Dickinson

W. P. Dickinson
Sept 26 1835.

Pension Office Sept 25, 1855
Sir
The application for arrears in right of Sarah M c Kenney, deceased, widow of Abner, late of Maine, who was a pensioner under the act of 1838, has been examined.
It appears both from the declaration of the late widow's son and administrator and from the correspondence in the case, that the widow died on the 5 th of December 1842; yet the testimony of two witnesses is that she died on the 5 th of December 1845. I desire an interview with you before you communicate with the claimant.
Jno P. Dickinson Esq Present.

Watkins Oct 2 nd 1855
Dear Sir
I received yours of the 28 th ult o , and in answer to your inquiries concerning Dwight Thompson and Richard Hamilton would say that I believe them to be men of repute and veracity so far as my knowledge extends of them. I am not so well acquainted with Mr Thompson but never heard any thing against him as to his truth and veracity.
Respectfully
Yours
Joseph Allen
P.R.R.
I think of the Pension Office Washington

Waterborough York Co Maine
November 10 1855.
To the Honorable Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
I received a communication from you by yesterday's Mail, asking for an explanation of the discrepancy existing between the statements of Miss Mc Kenney administrator and son of Sarah Mc Kenney deceased widow of Abner Mc Kenney a Revolutionary Soldier, who has made a declaration for pension appears supposed to be due the intestate, and the statements of Jacob Thompson and Richard Hamilton who gave their depositions as to the time of the death of the intestate.
In reply to your communication, I can only say that some time during the War the over.

April last Mr McHenry came to my office for advice rela- tive to this case - he exhibited to me a communication from one S. M. Wright, a Plain agent in Washington stating to him that there were pension arrear- ages due to her, or her heirs -
I informed him that I knew nothing about the matter & did not having had any business in that line - but that I would write to an agent, who had been recom- mended to by Hon Wm C Allen of York Co Pa, who is employed in the Post Office Department, J. P Dickinson and state the case to him, and obtain his opinion on the case - After having examined him as to the tone of his Mother's death, the amount of her pension &c, I stated the case to Mr Dickinson - he

informed me that there might be a small sum due - and that if I would forward to him the necessary papers and author- ity he would present the case to the Department - After having received this communication I made out for Mr. Hovey the necessary papers and forwarded them to Dickinson
I heard nothing more of the case until the latter part of July when I received a com- munication from Mr. Dickinson stating to me that it would be necessary to prove the ex- act time of Mrs. McHovey's death
I accordingly notified Mr. Hovey of the fact - and during an interview with him at that time he informed me that he was mistaken as to the time of the death of his mother - that over-

She died in 1845 instead of 1842 That when he mentioned the matter to his family, they in- formed him of his mistake -
Proving the character, of the Apprentice-ward Deponents, for- thfulness and veracity and their standing in community I mean nothing of the matter.
My impression is, though I have no copy of my communica- tion of that. I called Mr Dickinson's attention to the discrepancy with an explanation - I am not positive as to that fact -
I supposed at the time and now suppose that it arose from the faulty recollection of Rufus McKinney - the Ap'rent
Maloney, Thompson and Ham- ilton are men that I have been personally acquainted with for some eight or ten years and

know them to be men whose principles for truth and secur- ity cannot be called in question. I have written this explanation without having seen Mr. Mc- Kinsey - If this explanation that I have given is not satisfac- tory, if you will inform me of the fact I will satisfy you beyond a doubt as to the character and standing of the parties - and such other facts as are in my power to furnish
I am very respectfully Your Obed Servant
C. H. Lovitt
Nov 12.
Since I wrote the above I have seen McKinsey and read the above statements to him - he says over

They are correct and assign another reason for his mistake viz that no family record has been kept by him or his family and that his atten- tion had not been called to the matter until I called his attention to it, for several years.
Very respectfully Yours O. H. Leavitt

Pension Office,
Nov. 17, 1855.
Sir:
Your letter of the 10th instant relative to the date of death of Sarah McKenney, whose son, Rufus, is applying for pension arrears, is received.
The witnesses who testified that the widow died Dec r 5th, 1845 have manifestly misstated the date, as the correspondence in this office shows that in February 1845, ten months before the alleged date of her death, there was in this office a letter written in behalf of Rufus, in which it was stated that she died on the 8th of December 1842.
Inasmuch, therefore as the statement that the widow died in December 1845 is clearly false the claim for arrears is suspended.
C. F. Seavitt Esq Waterboro' Maine.

Sarah M c Kenney, widow of Abner, late of Saco, and Waterborough was pensioned under act of July 7, 1838, and pension at the rate of $99 16 / 100 allowed and paid her from March 4 th 1836 to March 4 th , 1841. From Mar 4 th 1841 to Mar 4, 1843 no pension was allowable. The widow died Dec r 5 th 1842, as appears by a correspondence with Hon J. Herrick in Feby 1845.
Application is made by Rufus M c Kenney, son and adm r of the pensioner, for any arrears that may be due in his mothers right; and his declaration, made in June, 1855, states that she died Dec r 5, 1842.
In the same enclosure (probably) and The affidavits of Jacob Thompson and Richard Hamilton, of Waterborough, made July 31 st 1855, in which both state that the widow died Dec r 5 th 1845, Thompson remembers it because Rufus rented his farm that year, and deponent was pall bearer. Hamilton was the undertaker and made her coffin & attended her funeral - and the charge for the coffin is dated Dec r 6, 1845.
All these papers are sworn to before Chas F. Leavitt, J.P. and attested by him - He also is the agent for the claim. He first sent the power of Atty to Mrs P. Dickinson, the resident Agent in this city, June 18/55. In his letter of Aug 3 rd /55, transmitting the new papers, affts of Thompson & Hamilton,

he states that the statement that the widow died in 1842 was a mistake.
(How then could it have been that in January or February 1845, the friends of the widow stated that she died Decr 5th, 1842 - while, if this Seavitt and the witnesses tell truth, she was then alive)
The P. M. at Waterborough writes that Thompson and Hamilton are credible men.

Appleton v. ...
Sept 10.

Genl. Adm. Office. Sept. 10 th 1858.
Gentlemen.
In reply to Your letter of the 1 st Instant. You are informed, that the Claim of Rufus M c Kenney. for the arrear of pension due Sarah M c Kenney. at her death was suspended Nov: 17 th 1855.
Application for such arrear should be made to the Chief Auditor of the Treasury.
Messrs. Appleton Goodnow. Alfred. Me:

State of Maine.
YORK, SS.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
Alfred,
August 2 A. D. 18 61 }
I, James O. McIntire,
CLERK OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT,
In and for said COUNTY OF YORK, certify that
Charles F. Leavitt is an
Acting Justice of the Peace,
within and for
the County of
York
as appears by
the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that his Commis-
sion is dated
November 18 A. D. 18 61
and will expire
and that the following SIGNATURE purporting to be
his
GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
James O. McIntire
Clerk.

I Jacob Thompson, of Watersborough in the County of York and State of Maine of lawful age do depose, tes- tify and say that Mrs. Sarah Melan- ing, widow of Ebenezer Melaning, died in Watersborough aforesaid, on the fifteenth day of December A.D. 1843= I know that she died at that time, because her son, Rufus Melan- ing visited my farm that year and I attended her funeral, and was one of the bearers—
Jacob Thompson
State of Maine } County of York } ss
On this thirty first day of July A.D. 1855, I, Jacob Thompson, the above named Jacob Thompson and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit, and have subscribed—knowing that I am the person described in and who executed the foregoing affidavit.
Charles G. Leavitt Justice of the Peace

I Richard Hamilton of Watkinsville in the County of York and State of Maine of lawful age, do depose, testify and say that I was acquainted with Mrs Sarah Mc up Kenney, widow of Abner Mc up Kenney and that she died on or about the fifth day of December A D 1845. I know that she died about that time for I made a coffin for her, and attended her funeral - and upon examination of my account-book I find that I charged her son Benjamin Mc up Kenney with the making a coffin for his Mother Sarah Mc up Kenney on the sixth day of December A D 1845 -
Richard Hamilton
State of Maine } County of York } ss. On this thirty first day of May A D 1855 personally appeared the above named Richard Hamilton, and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true - I certify that I know no affiant to be a credible person. Before me
C. F. Leavitt Justice of the Peace

O. W. & N. DIV. F.S.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 7, 1892.
Sir:-
Replying to your communication requesting a statement of the military history of certain alleged soldiers of the Revolutionary war, bearing the name McKenney, you are informed that no record is found of any of the persons mentioned but ABNER and Isaac McKenney. You will please find below a statement of their services.
ABNER MCKENNEY.
He first entered the service at Scarborough, Maine, in the year 1775, and was in actual service 8 months as private and 14 months and 15 days as sergeant. This information is taken from the application for pension of his widow, Sarah. She states therein that her husband rendered service under Capt. Abraham Tyler and Capt. Jonathan Anderson, both of Scarborough, and that he served at White Plains, Peekskill and Haverstraw. She was married to the soldier November 28, 1783, at Scarborough. Her age and date of death are not given. The soldier died December 2e, 1830, but is age is not mentioned. The name of Rufus McKenney is mentioned as a son of the above.

2324 W. Wisconsin Ave. Milwaukee, Wis. October 18, 1939.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
For genealogical purposes, I would appreciate very much a summary of the pension record of both, Abner Mc-Kenny and his wife Sarah, of Scarborough, Maine. He served in the Revolutionary War. Wife's maiden name was Carter.
Would also appreciate knowing whether Robert Mc-Kenny or wife Jane Holmes of Scarborough, Maine, applied for pension. Robert served in the Revolutionary War.
Margaret 18 Mass but did not have wife Jane mother 1811 1830
Sincerely yours,
Leslie A. Carter

me
DWJL

OFFICE OF THE CLERK Supreme Court of the United States Washington, D. C.
February 24 th 1892
Hon: G. B. Ramm Commissioner of Pensions City
Sir
I wish to obtain for family history any information that may be disclosed by the records of the following named Soldiers of the Revolution viz;
 James McKenney } These names all appear on the rolls of the Massachusetts Troops - State House Boston.  Jeremiah " "  Abner " " No. 23954  George " "  John " "  Isaac " " No. 37234  Samuel " "  Thomas " "  Moses " "  
These names all appear on the rolls of the Massachusetts Troops - State House Boston.

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OFFICE OF THE CLERK, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D. C.
Also as to James Kenney or his widow Mary Information desired is, Dates of Birth - Death - Residence - Service Names of Wife & Children &c Very respectfully John H. Lord James H. McKenney

November 9, 1939
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Mr. Leslie A. Carter 2324 West Wisconsin Avenue Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Abner McKenny, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, and of his wife, Sarah, whose maiden name was Carter, of Scarborough, Maine, also of Robert McKenny whose wife was Jane Holmes of Scarborough, and who served in the Revolutionary War.
In order to identify the particular record of the soldier named Robert McKenny in whom you are interested, should it be on file, in addition to the name of his wife, please furnish as much as possible of the following data in regard to him, when another search of the records will be made and a report furnished you: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and state whether he ever had a wife other than Jane.
The record of Abner McKenny (W. 23954) is furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator