Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16903, for James Kelly, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Kelly James
S. 16903
boarded
CONTENTS

Let to Pina, 6 Mo. July 23 1836 do. to same 29 Nov. 1836
Missouri 26.191 James Kelly of Cooper Co in the State of Mo who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain H. L. of the 1st Regt commanded by Col. ... in the Virginia line for ...
11 Mo. at $35.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Missouri at the rate of 50 Dollars 50 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of March 1834 New York H. L. H. L.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1834 $100.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept 1834 18.33 $118.33
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. T. ... Clerk. Book C - Vol. 34 Page 84

216. 814
James Kelly Missouri
Return Adm 11. Months. — private
4000 33 11.40
W. Shirley H.R. J. L. Miller Boswell Cooper County Missouri

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, showing the Service of James Kelly.
   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.     1777. 9 3 pr Cap. Woods. 76 years   Sep. 1780 8 Ensign Gen Clarke Cap. Henderson Greenbrier Co Va Traditionary  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
The regulations of the Department require your original Commission or satisfactory proof you were duly commissioned and served as alleged 8 Months as an Ensign

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.
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 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 fix 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 [j] 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.

State of Missouri County of Cooper
On the 9 th day of May in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before the Judges of the Cooper County Court now sitting James Kelly of the County of Cooper aforesaid aged seven tyndre years Last August who being 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 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. Some time in the month of September in the year 1777 he entered the service as a volunteer and in the capacity of a private soldier under the command of Samuel Lewis Lieutenant and Archibald Brooks Captain of a Company of Virginia Militia, from Greenbrier County Virginia and his Company remained at Rich Creek for the purpose of defending the frontier against the Indians and that he had several skirmishes with the Indians while there, where he remained doing duty as aforesaid defending the frontier against the Indians, the three years - when a draft was made some time in the year 1780 he thinks in the month of September in the Town of Winchester Rottitort County for three companies to serve under the command of General Clark of the Continental Troops who was about to march against Fort Detroit as they were informed, and at the draft aforesaid Mr Adam Caperton was drafted, whose place this declarant took as substitute being permitted to leave the aforesaid company of Archibald Brooks only upon the condition that he joined the regular Troops; that he thus entered the regular service under the command of John Henderdon Captain, John Wood, Lieutenant, & John Hall Ensign.

and Andrew Hamilton Intelligencer that they then marched from Green River County to Fort behind in all the country known by the Indians, where the three Com- panies from Green River County, among whom was this declarant as aforesaid, under the command of Major Hamilton joined Major Pierce of the Continental Line who took the command of all the companies that remained at Fort Oliver; that they thence marched to the Block house on Wolfstein Riv- er, where John Henderson, the Captain of the Com- pany to which this declarant belonged resigned his commission, and John Wood, the Lieutenant was promoted to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Capt. John Henderson, and Ensign John Hall was promoted to the Lieutenant- cy and James Kelly this declarant was elected and appointed Ensign of his Company after having served as aforesaid three months as near as he can now recollect, and after remaining near 3 days at the Block House they marched to through McCracken Gap, over Wallens Ridge and Parks Mountain into Powell Valley, thence to Cumberland Gap, thence to Colo. Logan's in Kentucky; thence this declarant with 25 men was sent to Major's Station on Salt River, where they remained fighting the Indians 2 or 3 weeks, thence they were called to McMurtry's Station at the mouth of Dick's River, where they re- mained 4 or 5 weeks, from thence they were ordered to Lexington. Near Lexington where they were discharged at some time in the month of August in the year 1781 as near as he can now recollect. This declarant served as above stated three years and eleven months; three years and and three months as a private and eight months an Ensign.

And this de ft ant further states that he has no doc- umentary evidence and that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his services, except one Private John Madden , who certified is now  dead . And that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or Annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State
Subscribed and sworn to the day & year aforesaid
James Kelly
Questions by the Court.
2. 1. Where and in what year were you born?
Answer. In Ireland in the month of August in the 1756 and landed in America in the year 1773 and and to the Oath of Allegiance to the United States in the year 1777 -
Ques 2 nd Have you any record of your age, if so, where is it?
Answer. I have no record of my age - having had all my books papers and property burnt while living in the State of Kentucky.
Ques 3 rd Where were you living when called into Service? when have you lived since revolutionary war, & where do you now live?
Answer. I was living in Green Brier County Virginia when I first entered the Service - I have lived since the war in Virginia, Kentucky and for the last thirteen years I have & do now live in the State of Mississippi.
Ques 4. How were you called into Service; were you drafted did you volunteer, or were you a Substitute; and if a

substitute for whom?
Ans: I volunteered & served as such under Capt Archibald Moore for three years - I then volunteered to serve as a James Kelly this declaration hereby relinquishes substitute in the place of Sam Caperton and remained as stated my declaration for  ever more the longer
Ques 5 th State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops where you served; such contimentals and militia Regiments as you can recall, and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer My declaration will state that as well as I can now recall (read it)
Ques 6: Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and did you ever receive a pension?
Answer I never received a written discharge, nor a written pension
Ques 7: State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, & who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution?
Answer Genl Charles Moore, John Brice and Esqr David Lance Esqr, Reven d Jas H Longan, & many others -
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid
James Kelly

Mr. Justinian Williams, a clergyman residing in the County of Cooper aforesaid and Martin Jennings residing in (the same) hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Kelly who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, and we believe him to be seventy five 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.
Justinian Williams Martin Jennings Subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid
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 Justinian Williams who has signed the preceding Certificate is a clergyman resident of the County and State aforesaid and that Martin Jennings who has also signed the same is a resident in the County and State aforesaid and is a credible person and their statement is entitled to credit.
A. S. Read Green Seal Judge
I Robert P. Clarke Clerk of the County Court held within and for the County of Cooper aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains

The original proceedings of the said Court had in the matter of the application of James Kelly for a Pension,
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this ninth day of May A.D. 1833
Robert O'Clark
Examination Com ee
for a Pension
James Kelly
Witness
No. 864
William Lloyd Barnes (ms.)

History written by W.E.M. & M.H.F. not in case Sept 17, 1930
September 17, 1930
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section MCS:MLB
Mrs. Anna M. Halsey 2738 Crown Point Avenue Omaha, Nebraska
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 16903, that James Kelly was born in August, 1756, in Ireland. He came to America in 1773.
While a resident of Greenbrier County, Virginia, he enlisted in September, 1777 and served three years as a private in Captain Archibald Woods' Virginia company, and was in several skirmishes with the Indians at Rich Creek Fort.
He enlisted in September 1780, as a private in Captain John Henderson's Virginia company. After three months, John Henderson resigned and John Woods was made captain in his place, and the soldier, James Kelly, was appointed ensign of the company and served until some time in August, 1781.
After the Revolution, James Kelly lived in Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 9, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Cooper County, Missouri, having moved there in about 1820.
The papers in this pension claim contain no data relative to the family of James Kelly.
Very truly yours
But a report from W.A. on back of letter dated 10/1/30 E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

July 19
Jas. Kelly m o note
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions City of Washington

Pension Agency, Missouri, at St Louis, July 6. 1836
Sir
I herewith transmit the papers of James Kelly, a Rev. Peniconger, whose claim has remained unpaid more than two years.
The reason assigned is, that a friend was duly entrusted with the collection, but neglected the duty from time to time, and the parties being widely separated, no correct understanding has been had until now.
Very respectfully,
Your ob. servt.
Wm. C. Anderson
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commr. of Pensions, City of Washington

August 15, 1930
Mrs. W.N.Halsey 2738 Crown Point Avenue Omaha, Nebraska
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section EEL:
Dear Madam:
You are advised that the date of the death of James Kelly, of Cole County, Missouri, S.16903, is not on record.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

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Title and description of job photostatic copies of 9 pages from Rev. War pension claim of James Kelly. S. 16903
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February 9, 1929
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Sir:
Please furnish certified photostatic copies of nine pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of James Kelly, S. 16803.
Signed,
J. J. Richardson Box 703, Virginia, Minnesota,
Received payment
$ 1.60
M. A. Finch
Cash $1.60
To C.C. Feb. 9-29 for lunch etc. to

2738 Crown Point Ave
Omaha Neb.
Aug 19 - 1930
Pensions
Common sense of Patents
Dear Sir:
Thanks for your response. However, the data sent must be for the son of the man I want as his children are of a later generation. Have you any thing on
Othniel Preston: born 17
Served as a private at the Battle of Bennington where he was wounded. He died in Washington Co. N.Y.
He married Anna Love.
From D.A.R. Lineage BX
Served in New York line. Was placed on the Pension Roll of Washington Co. N.Y. 1818 at the age of 61 (when he was a resident of Ft. Ann) for 6 years actual service. Have you record of wife & marriage?
The one you sent enlisted at Nine Partners Dutchess Co. Could I learn soon - for Dept. meeting?
His daughters were
Ruth born Aug 14, 1764 { 1st & 2nd wives of Abraham Case Naomi " (1766-1840)
In re-reading the above I fear there is an error here after stating the above data concerning service. If he had this pension 1818 & was 61 his birth would be 1757 which might make this man a brother of Ruth & Naomi. So we'll have to discard that as the record of Othniel of the Nine Partners - not so? The old Othniel of this same County is the one I want. Temple's Genealogy states that he was of White Creek, Washington Co & enlisted in the Revolution Nov 27, 1776 & was on the rolls until Dec. 31, 1780
Please also send me the Pension record as full as you can with reference as to where I can get more data of James Kelly pensioned in either Cole or Cooper Co Missouri - lived in Monticello near Boonville.
Very truly Yours Anne M. Halsey

2738 Crown Point Ave. Omaha Nebr. Aug. 4-1938
Commissioner of Pensions - Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
I have not heard from you
concerning pensions granted to the following soldiers of the Revolution, + others in addition May I have names on separate sheets, please?
1. Joseph Temple born Grafton Mass. Aug. 30-1732. died Shrewsbury Mass. about 1796 - wanted exact date mo. yr. da. Served 3 months in 1780 - List of Marlborough p. 173 (by Hudson) Mar. Mary Whittmore Oct. 1757, When did she die?
2. Benjamin Smith born 1763 died 1826 mar. Abigail Hart born 1767 possibly in Hartford R.D. or near Shrewsbury Mass. died probably in Washington Co NY. near Hebron - as here people all intermarried about that vicinity
3. Philip Case, born Feb. 12-1731 Simsbury Conn. died 1814. also 1730 Tioga Co. Penna.
Abraham Case b Dec 28, 1761 1st Regt. NY. Home Served 1776-80 N. Washington Co NY mar. Naomi Preston
Volunteer at Saratoga - Enlisted 1777 as private in John Ashley's Berkshire Regt - Lived also in Washington Co NY.
4. Othniel Preston - Pvt. New York line - Washington Co - Served 1776-80 - Pensioned 1818 When born, died - When from to Hebron - or White Creek -
5. Rev. William Hart born Jan. 9-1733 died Mar. 20-1826 NY. Mar. Mary Nichols - 1757 Born Hartford R.D. died Cambridge Mass now White Creek NY In Battle of Bennington
6. James Kelly of Kilkenny Ire. Greenbrier Co. Ky - pensioned Sergeant in Capt. Capt. Caper 1781 in Cole Co - Mo - about Boonville Mar. Rosa Keiser - When did he die? Yours very appreciatively (Mrs H. M.) Anna M. Halcup -
Chairman Im. Chap. N. A. R.
also over

IN REPLY REFER TO
Kemper Military School JBB/jre
OFFICE OF THE PROFESSOR OF MILITARY SCIENCE AND TACTICS
HONOR SCHOOL SINCE 1914
Boonville, Mo.,
March 13, 1930.
Col. Earl D. Church United States Pension Bureau Washington, D. C.
My dear Church:
Will you put in motion the machinery to give me information about one James Kelly . A Revolutionary soldier of the Virginia State Troops, who settled in Howard County Mo. in 1818, later moved to Cooper County and then to Cole County. He died in 1840.
I want particularly to know about his wife and family--when he was married, where and to whom.
I think you will find that my James Kelly was the only one of Revolutionary service who ever lived in Virginia and Missouri. Thanking you, and with best personal regards.
Yours,
JOHN B. BARNES, Lt. Col., U. S. A., P. M. S. & T.

Blüm
George Bloom - Ulster Co New York - listed among Ulster soldiers in New York - From New Jersey - Amboy -
Benjamin Baker probably of Shrewsbury Mass or Marlboro Mar. 1767. twice (to sisters) Eliz & Lydia Eames b. Mch. 28/748

Waterloo Nebraska
Jan 27-1930
Records Division Pension
Dear Sir
Please tell me the date & address to which you sent the last pension to
James Kelly of Cooper County Missouri for Revolutionary war service The record of his service is in Pension Bureau
Survivor file No 16903
Please give all data you have on record of
Tell me if his wife
Rose Kiser Kelly ever recd. his pension after he died Mrs. M. J. Bell Waterloo Nebraska

On Nov. 30-1929 I called the General Accounting Office to see if I could obtain the name of the post office or the name of the township in which this soldier lived when he drew his pension.
I was informed by phone that neither were recorded there nor is the date of his death on their records.
He was paid from Mch. 1831 to March 1832 and on May 19-1832 was living in Cooper Co., Mo. and stated he had resided there for 14 yrs, prior to which he resided in Tenn. Also, last payment of pension was to an attorney on Sept. 27, 1842 at St. Louis & it was then stated that "the soldier now resides in Cole County, Missouri" & had resided for 20 yrs. in Missouri."
The above taken over phone by MMSF

16903 INVALID.
File No. 16903
Karen Kelly
Pr. M. M.
Act: 16903
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 204
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1929 Feb. 15. Photos to J. L. Richardson & Fin. 9 copy Alw. mtf.
1930 Jan. 15; Hist to Col. John B. Barnes, corresp. in Cl. of George Carr. S. 16693, M.E.E.
1930 Feb. 26, Hist to Mrs. J. Bell, M.E.E. 1930 Mch. 17 Hist to Col. J. B. Barnes, M.M.W.F.
1930 Aug. 15. Mrs. H. N. Halsey advised that date of death is not on record. E.S.L.
1930 Sept. 17 Hist. to Mrs. Anna M. Halsey. In clm. of Othniel Preston also. M.C.D.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
MMHF/IBM
Copied from
March 17, 1930.
Lt. Col. John B. Barnes, P.M.S.& T., Kemper Military School Boonville Missouri.
My dear Colonel Barnes:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim No. 16903, it appears that James Kelly was born in August 1756 in Ireland. He landed in America in 1773.
While residing in Greenbrier County, Virginia, he volunteered in September 1777, served as a private in Captain Archibald Woods' Company, Virginia Troops, and was in several skirmishes with the Indians on the frontiers. In September 1780 he joined Captain John Henderson's Company, which was later commanded by Captain John Woods under Majors Andrew Hamilton and Quirk and General Clark. After serving three months as a private, he was elected and appointed ensign, and was discharged in August 1781, having served three years and three months as a private and eight months as ensign.
After the Revolution he lived in Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 9, 1833, while a resident of Cooper County, Missouri. He then stated that he had "lived in Missouri for the last thirteen years."
The name of his wife is not shown, and there are no data concerning his family.
The last payment of his pension was made to an attorney on September 27, 1842, at which time the soldier resided in Cole County, Missouri. The date of his death is not on record.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

February 26, 1930.
Mrs. H. S. Bell Waterloo Nebraska.
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 16903, it appears that James Kelly was born in August 1756 in Ireland. He landed in America in 1773.
While residing in Greenbrier County, Virginia, he volunteered in September 1777, served as a private in Captain Archibald Woods' Company, Virginia Troops and was in several skirmishes with the Indians on the frontiers. In September 1780 he joined Captain John Henderson's Company, which was later commanded by Captain John Woods under Majors Andrew Hamilton and Quirk and General Clark; after serving three months as a private, he was elected and appointed Ensign, and was discharged in August 1781, having served three years and three months as a private and eight months as Ensign.
After the Revolution he lived in Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 9, 1833, while a resident of Cooper County, Missouri. He then stated that he had "lived in Missouri for the last thirteen years."
The name of his wife is not shown, and there are no data concerning his family.
The last payment of his pension was made to an attorney, on September 27, 1842, at which time the soldier resided in Cole County, Missouri. The date of his death is not on record.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 16903, it appears that James Kelly was born in August 1756 in Ireland. He landed in America in 1773.
While residing in Greenbrier County, Virginia, he volunteered in September 1777, served as a private in Captain Archibald Woods' Co. Virginia militia and was in several skirmishes with the Indians on the frontiers. In September 1780 he joined Captain John Henderson's Company, which was later commanded by Captain John Woods under Majors Andrew Hamilton and Quirk and General Clark; after serving three months as a private he was elected and appointed ensign, and was discharged in August 1781, having served three years and three months as a private and eight months as ensign.
After the Revolution he lived in Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 9, 1833, while a resident of Cooper County, Missouri. He then stated that he had "lived in Missouri for the last thirteen years."
There are no data concerning his family.
The last payment of his pension was made to an attorney on September 27, 1842, at which time the soldier resided in Cole County, Missouri. The date of his death is not on record.
The above noted James Kelly is the only soldier by that name of Virginia and Missouri, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Corresp. in claim of George Carr S. 16693

State of Missouri } ss County Court County of Cooper } ss February Term 1834
I James Kelly of the County of Cooper and State of Missouri, the Claimant of a Pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, in the attached declaration, do hereby disclaim my right to a Pension under said Act as an Ensign in the Army of the Revolution, and claim a Pension under said Act as a private alone for the period of three years and three months, the period specified in my said declaration, and hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a Pension or Annuity except the present. This 6 th day of February A.D. 1834. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal -
James Kelly Seal
State of Missouri } ss Cooper County County of Cooper } ss February Term 1834
On this sixth day of February in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty four, personally appeared in open Court, James Kelly, and acknowledged that

foregoing instrument of writing to be his act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned, and I the clerk of said Court do hereby certify that the above named James Kelly is the same person whose name is signed to the attached declaration for a pension, and I do further certify that this paper has been properly attached to the declaration of the said James Kelly for a pension —
In testimony whereof I Robert P. Clark Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Cooper aforesaid have hereunto set my name and seal of Office, this sixteenth day of February A.D. 1834
Robert P. Clark Clerk