Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7973, for David Kennedy, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Kennedy, David Jane
W 7973
CONTENTS

Lt. A. Smith, Nov. 12/55, 4
Kentucky Jane Kennedy widow of David Kennedy who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Pensions per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1818.
21 Sept 1830 Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of April 1830 and sent to
James W. Smith Mount Vernon Rockcastle Co. Kentucky
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 75 Vol. A.

22137 Kentucky
David Kennedy of Garrard Co in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the com d commanded by Captain Kennedy of the " " commanded by " " in the Virginia line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 80 Dollars & Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Oct 1833 and Hon R P Setchell Lancaster
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 200.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 March 40.00 $240.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan Bay Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 13
Paid at the Act from 4 th 1841. Agt 1841
the Treasury under of the V. Act 1838 Sept 1840. to 4 March Notified 28 Dec

State of Ky Garland County ss
On this 17 th day of Sept 1833 personally appeared before John L. Bridges Judge of the Garland Circuit Court David Kennedy a resident of the county and aged sixty since the 21 st day of September (first)  last who being first duly sworn, according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by an act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832 - That he enlisted as a spy in the Spring of the year 1780 in then District of Ky, at Kennedys station under Capt. John Ashe Kennedy, that he served faithfully as an spy Indian spy from that period until after long after the peace of 1783, the Indian War not having termi- -nated - He believes it was about the 15 th May 1780 when he first enlisted, and he was in active service constantly in spying

and hunting and was off and on for four or five years out with his company on what was called the wilderness trace to protect the new comers against Indian depredations and hostilities. The service he performed was of the severest and hardest kind, finding his own arms his own provisions, and his own cloth- ing if clothing it would be called, and always surrounded with danger—
The movements of his company were as understood principally under the control of Col. Brayer Logan, who was himself often with them, and often told them when and where to go. He has never recd a cent for all his services. He has no written evidence of his services but he can establish facts which

he hopes will be satisfactory. He does not know a single human being who is now alive and who belonged to his company.
Interrogatories propounded by the court where and in what year were born answer In the state of North Carolina and the year of 1668 - I have no record of my age in this country, tho' there is one in Farnifree in the possession of my sister.
Where you were you living when called into service, were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute. Answer. I was living in Ky. - I have lived there ever since I engaged in the service, and I still live there - I engaged in the service as an Indian spy voluntarily.
The 6 th  th Interrogatory is already answered - I am known to Timothy Logan and Joseph Kennedy two reputable old soldiers and many others who

I can establish facts connected with my service.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any state
Sworn to and subscribed.
David Kennedy
This day came into open court Timothy Logan a witness of undoubted veracity & good character, a citizen of Garraid, Colo. & made oath that he first became acquainted with David Kennedy, at Kennedy's Station, in Ky in the year 1780. That he knows that the said Kennedy was engaged in the service of his country as an Indian Spy when he first knew him, and that officer was frequently at Kennedy's station, and known for the period of least two years, as he often passed from Bryant's to Kennedy's station and Kennedy was so employed when this officer saw him - That after two years, this officer

went on Black's campaign, but from what he has always understood and believes the said Kennedy has correctly set forth his services. He has lived in the same neighbourhood with the applicant for upwards of fifty years, and he further states he believes him to be a a man of truth and respectability and such has been always, his character.
Timothy Logan
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states
John L. Bridges Circuit Judge

William A. Bridges, Clerk of the Genesee Circuit Court do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Robert Wallbridge Maria Kennedy for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 20 th day of September 1833.
William A. Bridges Clerk of the Genesee Circuit Court
Heneage's Declaration
Very the same Remembers well.

David Kennedy Kentucky
Adm 2 years. $80
Hom R. P. Setcher Lancaster Ky.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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 shew 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, shewing the Service of David Kennedy.
   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.     1780 5. priv Capt. Kennedy. 11 years Kentucky. Living Witnesses.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

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) 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 inquiry 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.
□ 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.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Madison County, Ky.
I hereby certify that on the 29 (Twelfth month) day of July 1794 (Seventeen Hundred and ninety four) I celebrated the rites of matrimony between David Kennedy and Jane Lee.
John Mann
State of Kentucky } Madison County } Ky.
I hereby certify that the foregoing certificate of the marriage of David Kennedy and Jane Lee is truly copied from the records of my office, with the exception of that part endorsed by brackets, the same being in figures in the record.
In Witness whereof I have set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at office in Richmond this 24 th day of March 1851.
Michael Bedford Clerk

State of Kentucky
County of Madison
} ss
On this thirteenth of March 1851, Eighteen hundred and fifty One personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace for the County and State of said Jane Kennedy a Resident of the County and State of said aged 71 years who being duly sworn according to doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed the 29 July 1848 or any other act which may embrace her application in order to obtain a pension on account of her Husband David Kennedy deceased who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States up to his said death. She thinks at the rate of eighty dollars per annum. She further states she believes her said Husband obtained the pension in the County of Garrard State of Kentucky and that she was married to the aforesaid David Kennedy on the 29 th of July 1794 in the County of Madison Ky and that her maiden name before her said marriage was Jane Boyd and that her said Husband David Kennedy died in the County of Garrard and State of Kentucky on the twenty first day of September Eighteen hundred and fifty that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to January (1800) Eighteen hundred at the time and place above stated. She further states or swears that she is now a widow and has never intermarried since the death of her said Husband David Kennedy that she has never before made any application for a pension. She further respectfully refers the department to the proof on file in the department and the proof hereunto annexed and accompanying this declaration for a pension. She further swears she has not her husband Certificate for a pension nor has not seen it since her said husbands death that her said Husband drew the amount due him to the 1 st Sept 1850. She further request the depart

- Must to date her pension from 11 th Sept 1850 or order a check for her benefit to some of the Kentucky Banks for amount due her said husband from the 11 th Sept to the 21 st Sept 1850 which has never been drawn
Lane her Kennedy mark
State of Kentucky
County of Madison
In this the 22 day of March 1851 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace for the County and State aforesaid Harrison Burnam a resident of said County aged 37 years Feb last who being duly sworn according to law declares on his oath that Lane Kennedy who has given her statements for the purpose of acquiring a pension is the legal widow of David Kennedy deceased who was a Revolutionary pensioner up to his said death in the County of Garrard and State of Kentucky that she always was reputed to of been the lawful wife of the said Kennedy deceased that said Kennedy died on the twenty first day of September eighteen hundred and fifty that he was present and saw said Kennedy die and buried and that the said Lane Kennedy is now living and a widow and he has no doubt of the truth of her said statements for a pension and that she is a lady of truth
Harrison Burnam

February 1, 1937.
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Mrs. Anne Burnside Brown Lancaster Kentucky
BA-J/ady David Kennedy W.7973 Quv
Dear Madam:
The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, W.7973, based upon the military service of David Kennedy in that war.
David Kennedy was born in North Carolina, place not stated. The names of his parents are not given.
While a resident of Kentucky, David Kennedy enlisted at Kennedy's Station, District of Kentucky, May 15, 1780, served four or five years as Indian spy under Captain Andrew Kennedy, no relationship stated.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 17, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Garrard County, Kentucky. He then stated he would be sixty-six years old on September 21, 1833.
He died September 21, 1850, in Garrard County, Kentucky.
Soldier married July 29, 1794, in Madison County, Kentucky, Jane Cox.
Soldier's widow, Jane Kennedy, was allowed pension on her application executed March 22, 1851, at which time she was aged seventy-one years and a resident of Madison County, Kentucky.
Children of soldier were living in 1855, their names, ages or residences not shown.
In 1833 a sister of soldier was living in Tennessee, place, her name or age not given. There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator
Kate of widow's death not on AB.

1909 Mch. 30. Hist to Hon E.S. Candler 1909 Ap. 2 - letter to same - S 1937 Feb. 1. Hist to Mrs. Anne Buryside Brown. See her letter in clm. of Thomas Kennedy, Rev War. S. 31185. A.D.Y.
Key  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 799 3
Jane Kennedy Wid:
David Kennedy Pvt. Res. War
Act: July 29/48
Index: —Vol. 4 , Page 391

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Dec. 16 th , 1841.
Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," David Kennedy — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky Agency, at the rate of Eighty — Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1840, to the 4 th March 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
William L. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

W-7973
March 30, 1909.
Q
Hon. Ezekiel S. Candler, Jr.
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Candler:
In reply to your letter dated and received the 27 th instant, I have the honor to advise you that David Kennedy applied for pension September 17, 1833 while a resident of Garrard County, Kentucky. He alleged that he was born in North Carolina and would be sixty-six years of age September 21, 1833; that he enlisted at Kennedy's Station, Kentucky, about May 15, 1780 under Captain Andrew Kennedy, and served as an Indian Spy for four or five years.
His claim was allowed October 12, 1833 at the rate of 20 dollars per annum from March 4, 1831 under the Act of June 7, 1833; his certificate, numbered 22,137, is not on file.
Soldier married in Madison County, Kentucky, July 29, 1794 Jane Cox; he died September 21, 1850 in Garrard County, Kentucky, and she was allowed pension (Wid. File No. 7,973) on an application executed March 22, 1851 while she was seventy-one years of age and a resident of Madison County, Kentucky. There is no further data concerning his family on file.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

Record Division.
April 2, 1909.
Q Hon. Ezekiel S. Candler Jr.
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Candler:
In reply to your letter dated the 1 st and received the 2 nd instant, I have the honor to advise you that the papers on file in claim Wid. File No. 7,973, fail to afford any data concerning Jane (Cox) Kennedy the widow of David Kennedy other than that furnished you under date of March 30, 1909.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

3-871.
RECORD DIVISION. Congressional Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by L.D.L.
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier David Kennedy
Service W.A.
Additional Service Post-War
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No claim except W-#7973

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SIXTIETH CONGRESS.
NEHEMIAH D. SPERRY, Conn., Chairman. Amos L. Allen, Me.            Ezekiel S. Candler, jr., Miss. Andrew J. Barchfeld, Pa.    John G. McHenry, Pa. J. Eugene Harding, Ohio.    Adolph J. Sabath, Ill. Gustavus Kilstermann, Wis.   William B. Craig, Ala. Charles N. Pray, Mont. J. Van Vechten Olcott, N. Y.
Percy G. Wallmo, Clerk.
Dict. to Porter. Number/ 88,158. Sub/ Pen/-
House of Representatives U. S.,
Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic,
Washington, D. C.,
April 1st, 1909.,
Comm'r. Pensions, City, Dear Sir:-
Jane Cox, wife of David Kennedy, 22,137, Rev. Soldier, was granted a widows pension, Wid. File No. 7,973, on application executed March 22, 1851, while she was 71 years of age and a resident of Madison County Ky. Will you please give me the benefit of all the information contained in your office with reference to the said Jane Cox, her family etc.? Thanking you in advance, I have the honor to be,
Respectfully yours,
E S Candler Jr M.C. First Dist. Miss.

SIXTIETH CONGRESS.
EDWARD L. HAMILTON, MICH., CHAIRMAN. ABRAHAM L. BRICK, IND. JAMES T. LLOYD, MO. ADIN B. CAPRON, R.I. EZEKIEL S. CANDLER, JR., MISS. GEORGE N. SOUTHWICK, N.Y. WILLIAM C. HOUSTON, TENN. LLEWELLYN POWERS, ME. WILLIAM P. KIMBALL, KY. JAMES MCKINNEY, ILL. JAMES S. DAVENPORT, OK A. RALPH D. COLE, OHIO. JOHN T. LENAHAN, PA. EDWIN W. HIGGINS, CONN. WILLIAM H. ANDREWS, N. MEX. JOHN M. REYNOLDS, PA. MARCUS A. SMITH, ARIZ. WILLIAM H. DRAPER, N.Y. JONAH K. KALANIANAOLE, HAWAII.
T. C. HANCE, CLERK.
Dict. to Porter. Number/ 88,010, Sub/ ifn. no.
Committee on the Territories, House of Representatives U.S. Washington, D.C.
March 27th, 1909.,
Hon. V. Warner, Comm'r. of Pensions, City,
Dear Sir:-
In a Senate Document in the Congressional Library, made in 1833, containing a list of the Census of Pensions, made to Congress by the Secretary of War, the name of David Kennedy, is shown as a pensioner of the Revolutionary War. He is on the pension roll of Oct. 12th, 1833, from Garrard County Ky, of the Virginia Line, and his pension began on March 4th, - 1831, his age being 67 years of age.
I will appreciate it if you will give me the benefit of all the detailed information which your records show in connection with this case. I desire to know his exact service in the Revolution, company, regiment etc, and every thing in connection with his immediate family which it is possible to give from your records. I will appreciate it if you will furnish me separately with a copy of his pension certificate. Thanking you in advance for a prompt reply, I have the honor to be,
Respectfully yours,
M.C. First Dist. Mississippi.

February 1, 1937.
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BA-J/ady
Mrs. Anne B. Brown Lancaster Kentucky
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers in that war.
A careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of Andrew, Joseph, John or James Kennedy as described by you, or Peter Kennedy, all spellings of the names searched.
The records of Thomas Kennedy and David Kennedy are furnished you herewith, on separate pages, as found in the pension claims based upon service in the Revolutionary War.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

State of Kentucky } County of Madison } ss
On this 22 day of March 1851 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace for the County and State aforesaid Sarah Burnam a resident of said County aged 46. who being first duly sworn according to law declares on her oath that she was present and saw the aforesaid David Kennedy Pass dead who was a Revolutionary Pensioner up to his said death that he died on the twentyfirst day of Sept Eighteen hundred and fifty She further states that the said David Kennedy deceased was the Husband of Jane Kennedy who is now applying for a pension on account of her said Husband and that the said Jane Kennedy who has made the following application for a pension is now living and a widow and she has no doubt of the truth of her said statements that was repeated to of } Sarah Burnam Married the said David Kennedy in Madison County Ky
State of Kentucky } County of Madison } ss
I William Slapp a Justice of the peace for the County and State aforesaid duly Commyssioned and authorized to admini- =ster oaths according to law do certify the foregoing declaration of Jane Kennedy for a pension was read to her and she swore to it understand- =inglay and subscribed her name in my presence by making her Mark before me and I further certify from bodily Infirmary she is una- =ble to appear in open Court and I further certify she is a lady who supp- =orts a good character for truth and I have no doubt of the truth of her aforesaid statements I further certify that Harrison Burnam and Sarah Burnam had the foregoing statements read to them to which they have subscribed their names in my presence

first having sworn to their said statements understandingly and I further certify the said Hanson Burnam and Sarah Burnam are persons who sustain a good character for truth and honesty in testimony whereof I herunto subscribe my name The word Burned erased and did insert before signing and the words die and die end by signing (on file) in testimony and (Ky) March 22. 1851 Wm Staffs J. P.
The Commissioners of Pensions will please correspond with James McSmith of Mountain View Rockcastle County Kentucky and enclose all money or certifi- cate if granted to me - this 22 March 1851 Jane Kennedy mark
Witness William Staffs
State of Kentucky } County of Madison } ss
I J. W. Shackelford Clerk of the County Court of Madison County Kentucky do certify that William Staffs Esq. whose name appears to the above certificate is a Justice of the peace of the County and State of said duty Commission and sworn to administer oaths according to law and that due respect should be paid to his acts I further certify the signature purporting to be his is genuine and that he is and was at the time of so signing his name a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid in testimony whereof I herunto subscribe my name as Clerk of said County and State Kentucky this 1 day of March  April of which I am Clerk in Richmond J. W. Shackelford Clerk

Ward Commissioner of Pension
Mt Vernon Rockcastle County Ky. 28 th Oct 1855
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
David Kennedy and was a pensioner in Garrard County Kentucky, under act of 7 th June 1832. I have understood and doubtless is true that a David Kennedy was a mate, under Capt George Company of Artillery from 1777. to 1781. I believe a mate gets $15 pr Month, I understand David Kennedy the pensioner only drew $96 pr annum. if that. Should the statement turn out to be true, and the pensioner alleged. Such service, an increase of pension will certainly be due his children, will you please examine his declaration and see if such service is alleged, and inform me and Should it turn out that the rolls show such service - is the proof on file sufficient to warrant a recovery of the increase, provided the heirs and marriage can be satisfactory proof - should there be a chance to recover any thing, please let me know the date of his last draw &c. The amount he drew pr annum.
I Am Dear Sir Very, Truly, Alfred Smith