Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13595, for William Kelley, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Wa.
Kelley, William Kelley
S. 13595
B.L. 97. 34666-160-55
Sally
carded
CONTENTS

7080
Kentucky
William Kelly*
of Mercer Co in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Soule of the Regt. commanded by Col Greene in the Virginia line for 9 mos. from '80
William Kelley*
Records corrected June 1846
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Feby 1833 and sent to Col. S. M. Johnson N. Rep.
Arrears to 14th of March 1833. $ 60.00 Pension allowance ending 4 Sept 1833 15.00
$ 75.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book 2 Vol. 7 Page 10
Letter to Hon J. B. Thompson Esq 3rd Auditor 10 Dec 1840
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 14 Sep 1838 to 14 March 1840. Age Notified 19 Dec 1840
Letter to 3rd Auditor Aug 17. 1846

Mr. C. Chinn Nov 8/55
Vol 26 = 25
79.10 3/4 Act March 3/60 April 18 "
Sally Kelly and William Kelley Pat
Leaph ————— Leal ————— Private ————— Capt Bowles for a mile Revolution
19 June 22-7080
ed 160 acs July 16, 56
Bridge
Chas Chinn Harrodsburg Ky.

1830 Aug. 12 th
William Kelly and Sally Adair son were married by the Rev. Mr. Martin Duncane on the Twelfth day of August Eighteen Hundred and thirty.
State of Kentucky Mason County Set th Thomas Allin Clerk of the Court for the County ap d do Certify that the foregoing is a true Copy of the Marriage Return of the Marriage of William Kelly and Sally Adair son as the same is upon record in my Office with the exception of the addition of the date which is written out in full In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of the Mason County Court this 16 th day of April A.D. 1855 Thos Allin Clk
State of Kentucky Mason County Set th Christopher Chinn Presiding Judge of the Mason County Court appointed by duly Elected Com- missioners and I do hereby Certify that Thos. Allin whose name is subscribed to the a- bove Certificate is Clerk of the Court for the County ap d and that his S ce Certificate is in due form of law Given under my hand this 16 th day of April 1855. Christopher Chinn P.J. U.S.C.

State of Kentucky
before me, a notary public, known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.
Given under my hand and seal of office this 10th day of August, 1881.
Notary Public in and for the State of Kentucky
Calhoun
My Commissions expire July 10, 1882.
Notary Public in and for the State of Kentucky
My Commissions expire July 10, 1882.
Notary Public in and for the State of Kentucky
My Commissions expire July 10, 1882.
Notary Public in and for the State of Kentucky
My Commissions expire July 10, 1882.
Notary Public in and for the State of Kentucky
My Commissions expire July 10, 1882.
Notary Public in and for the State of Kentucky
My Commissions expire July 10, 1882.
Notary Public in and for the State of Kentucky
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and also my son, and that I have been all along that I was never in any service or family except the present, that I was not in possession of the 40 acres in any state, Kentucky my hand this 9 day of August 1832 William Kelley
I William Kelly further state that I resided in the coun- ty of Culpeper when I was called into the service of the Militia of Virginia and resided there during the war and until the year 1800 when I removed to the state of Kentucky where I have resided ever since, William Kelley
Merion County ss This day Caleb Simms came into open court and made oath that I am well acquainted with the above named William Kelly who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration I am his neighbor and knew him in the state of Virginia during the revolutionary war, and I well recollect of his serving one tour of three months in the year before Lord Cornwallis was taken I was too young myself to be in the army but I know that S d Kelly went out, and the other tour which he states he served I have often heard him speak of serving six months, in the revolutionary war soon after the war and many years since. I further state that the S d Kelly is a man of truth and veracity and is respected in his neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, Witness my hand this 9 th August 1832 Caleb Simms

State of Kentucky } ss. County of Mercer. }
On this 4 th day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Sally Kelly aged 78 years, a resident of Mercer County, in the State of Kentucky who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of William Kelly deceased, who was a Private in the Company Commanded by Captain in the Regiment of
Commanded by Col in the war of the Revolution of the United States, against Great Britain, that her said husband at Culpeper County Virginia on or about the day of A.D. 17 for the term of Twelve months and continued in actual service in said war for the term of Twelve months and was honorably discharged at on the day of A.D. 17
She further states that her said husband was for 20 to 25 years a pensioner upon the General Government.
She further states that she was married to the said William Kelly in Mercer County on the day of July A.D. 1831 by one Martin Duncan a Minister and that her name before her said marriage was Sally Atkinson that her said husband died at in Mercer County on the 22 d day of September A.D. 1854 and that she is now a widow, She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act, approved March 3 d 1855.
Witness A. D. Woods
Sally her X Kelly {seal} mark
We Ephraim Cunningham and Sarena Cunningham Residents

of Mercer County in the State of Kentucky, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Sally Kelly in our presence; and that we know her husband William Kelly to be dead, and that we know the Applicant is at this time a widow, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the Applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Witness W. D. Woods.
Ephraim his Cunningham (Seal) Mark Serena Cunningham (Seal)
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the Claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this Claim,
John J. Disbrell J. P. M.
State of Kentucky } County of Mercer } ss
I Thomas Allin Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that John J. Disbrell is and was at the time of making the foregoing signatures, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, that he is duly authorized by Law to administer oaths, and that his said signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said County, and subscribed my name this 7 th day of April 1855,
Thos Allin Clerk
Sally Kelly Declaration

In reply to your request of _____, received for a statement of the military history of William Kelley a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. F. 13,595.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Fall, 1780. 3 mos. Pri. H. Towles. J. Green. Va.   Soon after 3 " " H. Towles. J. Green.   Summer, 1781 3 " " H. Towles. J. Green.  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Culpeper Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 9, 1832. His ch. was ab.
Residence at date of application, Mercer Co. Ky.
Age at date of application, 69 yrs. Born Culpeper Co. Va.
Remarks: He married in Mercer Co. Ky. July, 1831. Sally Atkinson; he died Sept. 22, 1854, in Mercer Co. Ky., and she was a resident of said county and 78 years of age in 1855. The above noted is the only William Kelley of Culpeper Co. Va. found on the Rev. War pension records.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

RECORD DIVISION
Department of the Interior BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Briefed by AM SEP 25 1912
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant of Culpepper Co. Va.
Soldier Wm. Kelly
Service Sgt. Mar. 1777 in 1 st Va. regt & Major in June 1777 Additional Service Rev.
No _____ claim, State records _____, 191
No claim, combination records _____, 191
REMARKS:
There is no such claim as above the only Wm. Kelly of Culpepper Co. Va. is S. 135.95-

Paducah, Ky.
17 Sept. 1912.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
If there is any record of the services of William Kelly , of Culpepper Co., Virginia who enlisted in the revolutionary service March 1777 as Sergeant in Capt. Goodrich

Crump's Company - First Virginia Regiment, Commanded by Col. Isaac Read and was appointed Major in June 1777, in your office will you please tell me of any battles engaged in by him when his pension was allowed, to whom made

payable and his place of residence at the time it was granted.
Thanking you in advance for your trouble and hop- ing to hear from you at your earliest con- venience.
Sincerely
Hattie S. Hille (Mrs R. E. Hille) 432 North Deyenth St. Paducah, Ky.

1912, Sept. 25. Hist. To. Mrs. R.E. Hille. Fr ( )
Perkins
13595 ✓ INVALID.
File No. 13595
William Kelley ★ Priv. Rev. wa
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1, Page 288
[Arrangement of 1870.]
William Kelley ★ Records corrected June 16/06. R

Harrodsburg (Ky) 21 April 1855 Dear Sir
On the 12th Inst I enclosed you the claims of Mrs Sally Kelly & Mrs Jane Demaree and forgot to send you the Clerks Certificate of their marriage which I now herewith enclose you for both claims Yours Respectfully Chas Chinn
Col S P Waldo Commr of Pensions Washington City
✓ Filed with Mr Bryant

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
December 12 th 1840.
Sir :
Under the act 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," William Kelly, _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky Agency, at the rate of Thirty _____ 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. 1838, to the 4 th March 1840.
Respectfully yours,
Alison L. Parrish
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

William Kelly Mercer
Return from 1780 print 9 months. Sum $30.
Rev. R. M. Johnson

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of William Kelly which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned 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? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
No.
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
No.
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
Has two witnesses,
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
2, 7, not answered
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 the 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.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.

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I Morgan Wight of the County of Washington State of Kentucky do hereby make Oath in Open Court, that in the year 1781, I served a Tour of duty from the County of Culpeper State of Virginia Seventy two days, in the Militia in Col: Robert Alcock's Regt. Genl. Edward Stevens Brigade, Chief Commander Col: Commander Genl. Fayette, I was discharged the 27 th of July in the same year about 20 Miles below the Town of Richmond on James River, at a place called Maclain Hills, wherein William Kelley says he served in the same Regt. & discharged at the same time & place, & I believe from his Relation of facts & circumstances which took place in said Campaign coming in my own knowledge, that he must have served in said Tour, I have been Generally acquainted with said Kelley from his youth, & believe him to be a man of truth & honesty, given under my hand this 21 st day of Aug t . 1832 Morgan Wight
State of Kentucky Washington Circuit Court This day came Morgan Wight here into the Washington Circuit Court and made Oath to the truth of the above statement subscribed by him and the Court being satisfied that the said Morgan Wight is a man of good character and fair standing the same is ordered to be certified. In testimony whereof I John Charles J. Cive Clerk of said Court have hereunto set my hand this 21 st day of August 1832
John Charles J. Cive

State of Kentucky Harrison County Sept 3 Augst County Court 1832.
This day William Kelly the subscriber to the foregoing Statement & Petition for Pension and also Caleb Sims the subscriber to the foregoing Certificate came personally into Open Court & made oath the truth of the statements by them respectively subscribed and thereupon the Court do hereby declare their Opinion after the investigation of the matter and after testing the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named Applicant William Kelly was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he has stated the Court further Certifies that S d Sims who has signed the above Certificate is a Credible Witness & that their his Statement is entitled to Credit and S d Thomas A. Allin Clerk of the County Court as S d do Certify that the foregoing contains the Original Proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Kelly for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & affixed the seal of said County at the Clerks Office in Harrodsburg the 9 th day of August 1832 and in the 56 th Year of the Commonwealth. Thos. Allin

State of Kentucky Muhlenberg Sept 3 Sept Term 1832.
This day Martin C Duncan Garland Sims & Samuel Purdy the subscribers to the foregoing Certificate came personally into Open Court & made Oath to the truth of the s d statement by them subscribed and the Court doth certify that said Martin C Duncan who has sworn to and signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergy- man Resident in Muhlenberg County & that the said Sims and Purdy are Credible Witnesses and that their statements are entitled to Credit.
And I Thomas Allison Clerk of the County Court aforesaid do certify that the foregoing con- tains the Original Proceedings of the said Court in relation to the Certificate aforesaid.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 3 rd day of September 1832 Thos Allison

State of Kentucky } Harlan County Ky }
On this 3 d day of September 1832
We Martin Duncan a clergyman residing in the county of Harlan and Garland Sims of same county & Saul Cunn - residing in the same county do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Kelly who has subscribed and sworn to the within declaration and we believe him to be of the age he has stated that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in this opinion, we further certify that he is a respectable citizen and a man of truth in whom we have full confidence - Witness our hands this 3 d day of September 1832.
Martin L Duncan
Garland Sims

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