Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38890, for John Kennedy, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Kennedy, John
S. 38890
CONTENTS

7908
Tennassee, (West)
John Kennedy.
of Davidson Co in the state of Tennessee who was a private in the regiment commanded Colonel Morgan of the Virginia line, for the term of 3 years - War -
Inscribed on the Roll of Tennessee at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 21 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 of March 19 and sent to Judge McNairy Nashville, Ten:
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 9 mos \frac{15}{31} 75.87 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep: 1819. 48 —
$123.87
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Carl.
Mr. J. B. G. (Benedict) to my father and to my mother the 18th of March 1882 Nashville, Tenn.
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Adm o . ~
(Robert H ennedy is dead)
B Issue a certificate for John H ennedy, only.
Send it to Nashville.

District of West Tennessee
John Kennedy and Robert Kennedy citizens of the county of Davidson in the State of Tennessee came before me and claimed to be placed upon the pension list of the united States for services performed in the revolutionary war, and being duly sworn, they depose and say that they both enlisted into the service of the United States three days after the battle at the great Bridge in Virginia within ten miles of Portsmouth, that they enlisted under the command of Captain Thomas Bracey in the Second Virginia Regiment, commanded by Col d Morgan. John Kennedy states that he enlisted for three years and served three years and enlisted again under the command of Capt. John Hutson and served until the end of the war. Robert Kennedy states he only served the three years for which he first enlisted and was discharged. That their services were performed during the revolutionary war, that they have lost or mislaid, their discharges many years ago, and that they do not know when they are of the exact, but believe they are destroyed, they further state that they are both old and very infirm with very little property and that they do stand in need

need of aid from Government. That they have not now nor never had any pension from the United States or any State sworn to and subscribed his John mark Kennedy before me this 21 st day of May 1818. Robert his Kennedy mark
John Wnary District Judge
On the same day Hugh Allison esq r & Captain William Henry of the county of Davidson aforesaid came before me and being duly sworn depose and say that they have been acquainted for many years with aforesaid John & Robert Kennedy, that they believe them to be men entitled to credit and that they do believe the statement of facts which they have made above to be true, from their confidence in them credit and having heard them say re- peatedly formerly that they had been in the revolutionary war. Sworn to & subscribed before me
Hugh Allison William Henry
John Wnary District Judge

on the same day John & Robert Kennedy made Oaths that being so distantly situated they know of no person by whom they could prove their services in the revolu- tionary war in this quarter of the world and that they are not able to travel in search of those who may live in dis- tant parts, by whom they could prove their services.  John his Kennedy mark Rob t Kennedy mark  Given to & subscribed before me John Wmacy District Judge
This may certify that from the foregoing examination and the respectability of Hugh Allison and William Henry I am well satisfied of the truth of the foregoing statements
John Wmacy District Judge

John Kennedy certificate
No 7905
Mr Fox

State of Tennessee West } On this 21 th day of October 1820 person- Davidson County } ally appeared in open court, of the court of pleas & Quarter Sessions for Davidson County and State aforesaid John Kennedy, aged sixty eight years, resident in Davidson County, in said State, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, declare that he served in the revolutionary War, as follows, In the fourth Virginia Regiment Commanded by Col l Morgan, in Capt l . Thomas Bracy, and lastly in the Company of Capt l . John Hudson. That he does not recollect the date of his original declaration, but believes it to have been done about two and a half years since in the presence and before the Honourable John McNairy. That the number of his pension certificate is seven thousand, nine hundred and eight. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and Naval service of the United States in the revolutionary War "passed on the 18 th day of March 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me; any property, or securities; contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. VIZ l , One horse twenty five dollars, one cow and heifer seventeen dollars, Three sows and fifteen pigs fifteen dollars, twelve shoats twelve dollars, two Aces three dollars, two ploughs four dollars, 2 hoes one dollar & fifty cents, 1 Frow one dollar and twenty five cents, 1 drawing knife one dollar, 1 Jointer 1 dollar, 2 round shavers fifty cents 1 pr Combs twenty five cents, 1 Gouge twenty five cents two cotton wheels three dollars and fifty cents, two pr of old cord fifty cents, 1 Iron pot one dollar and fifty cents, eleven pewter plates two dollars, two Dishes and one bason three dollars one set of knives and forks one Dollar and twenty five cents the whole amounting to ninety three dollars and fifty cents, that he is by occupation a farmer and cooper, that he is scarcely able to pursue either from age and infirmities, That he has a wife

living with him aged forty who is sickly that he has five sons living with him. viz, Pierce aged thirteen. Robert aged eleven. James aged eight, Jesse aged six, Shadrick aged two, all of which are healthy children except Robert
John his Kennedy mark
Sworn to and declared on the 24 th day of October 1820 before Thomas Edmiston, George Wilson & Thomas Claiborne three of the Justices appointed to hold the said County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the said County of Davidson and State aforesaid the same being a Court of record and it is the opinion of said Court that the property contained in the above Schedule is there estimated at its proper valuation And that said pensioner has no other property than that contained in said Schedule given under our hands and seals the date above being in open Court
Th: Edmiston G Wilson Th Claiborne
State of Tennessee
Davidson County Court October Sessions 1820 I Nathan Ewing Clerk of said County Court in said State do hereby certify to whom it may concern that the before Recited is a True Copy from the Original filed in my Office in Open Court, and Sworn to by the said John Kennedy and that the Total Amount in Value of the Property Exhibited in the Aforesaid Schedule is ninety three dollars and fifty cents
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the seal of said Court at Office in Nashville this 31 st day of October in the year of our Lord 1820 & 45 th year of American Independence
Nathan Ewing

March 17, 1936
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BA-J/MCS Am John Kennedy, S. 38890
Mrs. S. S. Crockett 120 -- 24th Avenue, S. Nashville, Tennessee
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information in regard to John Kennedy who served in the Revolutionary War and had a son, Ashley.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 38890, based upon the Revolutionary War service of John Kennedy who was pensioned while living in Davidson County, Tennessee.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of John Kennedy were not given.
He enlisted three days after the battle of Great Bridge in Virginia, within ten miles of Portsmouth, in Captain Thomas Bracey's company in Colonel Morgan's Virginia regiment and served three years. He again enlisted, date not given, served in Captain John Hudson's Virginia company and was discharged at the close of the Revolution.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 21, 1818, at which time he was living in Davidson County, Tennessee.
John Kennedy was living in Davidson County, Tennessee, in 1820 at which time he was sixty-eight years of age and he then stated that his wife (name not given) was forty years of age and that he had the following sons living with him: Pierce aged thirteen, Robert aged eleven, James aged eight, Jesse aged six, and Shadrick aged two years. One Robert Kennedy (relationship not shown) served with John Kennedy during the Revolution, was living in Davidson County, Tennessee, in 1818, and died between May, 1818, and January 23, 1819. The papers in this claim contain no further data relative to the family of John Kennedy.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of John Kennedy, the name and address of the person to whom it was paid and possible the date of death of this soldier, it is suggested that you address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., citing the following data:
John Kennedy, Certificate 7908, issued March 19, 1819, rate $8 per month, commenced May 21, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, West Tennessee Agency.
The name, Ashley Kennedy, does not appear on file in the papers of pension claim, John Kennedy, S. 38890.
Very truly yours
G. H. SWEET Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator

120-24th Ave.S. Nashville, Tenn. Feb. 1st, 1936
Veterans Administration Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Ashley Kennedy (Canaday) lived in Nashville from about 1815 till his death in the 1870's. He was born 1812 in Martin Co. N.C., his father is supposed to have been John Kennedy - but of that there is little proof.
WANTED: a Revolutionary Soldier of Martin (or Tyrrell from which Martin was formed) Co. N.C. with son ASHLEY.
Ashley Kennedy was administrator of John Kennedy, Davidson Co. Tenn., 1834.
John Kennedy is listed as a Revolutionary Soldier in Tennessee (Davidson Co.) in a list of pensioners compiled by DAR, from data in 1818.
Yours very truly,
no signature ? Mrs.S.S.Crockett

POSTAL CARD - ONE CENT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY.
Hon. H. Clay Evans, Commissioner of Pensions, WASHINGTON, D. C.

Lampasas, Texas, March, 3rd., 1900.
Dear Sir:-
Kindly give me the military history of General Reed , of Pennsylvania, who fought in the Revolutionary War , and also the military histories of two ancestors both of the name of John Kennedy , one of the men serving from Virginia, and the other from the Colony of Maryland in the War of the Revolution. Awaiting your reply, I am,
Very Respectfully,
Richard L. Bierbower

Lampuras Ex.
38890
Mar. 20-190 Rich'd de. Bierbourn
INVALID.
Rev.
1936 Mar. 17, hist. to Mrs. S. D. Crockett, M.C.
File No. 38,890
John Kennedy Rev. Rev. Rev.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 268
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Free
J. C. Calhoun Esq. Secretary of War Washington City
Mail
Nov 20
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Sir
Nashville Nov 17 th 1820
Enclosed you will find John Wm Wmndy's Voucher, he obtained from our County Court of his Dismissal to have his Pension Continued as he comes under the act of Congress allowing for persons served in the American Revolution, from my own knowledge I believe the facts he has deponed in the enclosed affidavit is correct as I have now him for three or four years
I remain very respectfully your A. Bedford
To J. B. Calhoun Esq. Secretary of War
W. D. Bedford

additional proof in the case of John Kennedy - Robt Kennedy the other applicant is dead since his application
John W. Davis

In further support of the accompanying claim, Eldridge Newson a citizen of the county of Davidson came before me and made Oath that he is well acquainted with the Applicant John Kennedy, that he is a very poor man, having little or no property, that he keeps a stable for Mr. Allison for the support of himself and family, that he would give the said Kennedy full credit upon his
Oath sworn to the best of my knowledge Eldridge Newson before me this 23 d January 1819 John W. Wray District Judge
The enclosed papers have been returned to me, stating "that the Judge's certifi- cate is indispensable, as to the circumstances of the Applicant." This I cannot do in one case in one hundred, I do not know their circumstances. I have before certified that from the credibility of the Witnesses I am well satisfied of the truth of their statements, it cannot be that the law requires that the Judges should ride and ascertain the poverty of the different applicants, I again certify as to the good credit of the Witnesses
John W. Wray District Judge