Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 46453, for Jacob Kenny, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.J.
Kenny, Jacob
S. 46,453
CONTENTS

Re-Issues.
Kenny
116453
Name: Jacob Kenny Rank: Pri Compy: Anderson Reg't: 1st N.J. Line
Agency.
RATE PER MONTH, AND DATE OF COMMENCEMENT.
1st Issue. { _____ Comm'g _____ 2d Issue. { _____ Comm'g _____ 3d Issue. { _____ Comm'g _____
DATE OF CERTIFICATE, AND TO WHOM SENT.
1st Issue. { _____ Sent to _____ 2d Issue. { _____ Sent to _____ 3d Issue. { _____ Sent to _____
Allowed Oct 1828
Act 14th July, 1862 Bk. G., Vol. _____ Page _____
Registering Clerk: _____
Disability. { _____

State of Pennsylvania, County of as Philadelphia ss.
And now viz: the 20 th day of March A.D. 1830 comes into the court of common Pleas of said by state & county being a court of record of said county. Jacob Henny a resident of said county, aged seventy three years who being first duly sworn according to law do then in open court on his solemn oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provisions of the acts of Congress of the 10 th March 1818 and of the 1 st 1 st May 1820 relating with to revolutionary pensions viz: that he enlisted for term of the war in April 1779 as a private in Capt. Anderson's company of light infantry in the regiment commanded by Col. Matthias Ogden being the first regt of the ry Pennsylvania line on the Continental establish ment , and that he continued to serve in said corps he untill the troops were disbanded in 1783 & he was discharged from the service: that he hereby relinquishes every claim to any pension etc. except the present; and that his name is not

on the roll of any state: that he has not made earlier application for a pension because until of late he has been able to support himself by his bodily labour, and thought he ought not to ask maintenance from his country while he could maintain himself. -----
----- Jacob + Henry
And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st May 1820 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 any other 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 entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States during 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 contracts or debts due to me, property or security for any property, nor have I any income of any kind! My occupation is that of a

labourer which I am now unable to pursue by reason of old age & bodily infirmities Jacob Henny
Schedule of property
I have not a single article of property of any kind except my clothing which is very indifferent
Jacob Henny
Sworn to & declared in open court the 20 th day of March 1830
(Signature) Richard Palmer Prothonotary
I Richard Palmer Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Phila- delphia in the state of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that it is as appears to the satisfaction of the court that the said Jacob Henny did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of two years - - - under one engagement on the continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of

Said Courts. And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the above schedule is correct & that the said Jacob Henry has no property of any kind.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this 20 th day of March AD 1830.
M Palmer Prothonotary
21.283 18 May 1830
Re Great Settlement Certificate Vol. 1 page 240 to 23745 p 80 January 1783 - Vol. 2 page 1 to 24880 p 80 4 March 1783 -
W. H. H. H. H.

I Jacob Flinn of Roxborough in the county of Philadelphia in the state of Penn a do depose and say that the word "Pennsylvania" in the declaration to which this is annex d made in open court in the court of common Pleas in the county aforesaid the 20 th day of March 1830 was inserted by mistake instead of the words "New Jersey" and that the Regiment to which I belonged was the "New Jersey line" of the Revolutionary army which Correction in this said declaration I now wish to be made and I do further depose that I received the Eighty dollars Bounty under the Resolution of Congress passed 1778 as it will appear in the War office —
Sworn & subscribed before me Francis Murphy a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Philadelphia this 27 th day of May A.D 1830
his Jacob X Flinn mark
Francis Murphy
I Richard Palmer Prothonotary of the court of common pleas in the county of Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that Francis Murphy Esquire before the foregoing deposition was made was at the time a Justice of the peace in and for said county and duly empower d to administer oaths —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said court this twenty fourth day of May A.D 1830 —
R Palmer Prothonotary

000 #46453
M. T. Bickens
Dear Sir,
Rev. J. Offin  Waddins

Dec 29 May 1850
Sir I have just recd the enclosed papers respecting Reury's Can. rescripter. I think I shall be very a few days since I would thank you to attend to the caly I put them in your pocket till I call for them I have no doubt this will be satisfactory
Yrs Wm Lloyd

1873. No. 1 Original Report 1037 Revolutionary Claims.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
31 May 1830
Jacob Kenny ————— of Roxborough in the county of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private ————— in captain Anderson ————— 's company, in the ————— regiment of the New Jersey line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By Order of the Secretary. T. A. Dickinson.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
31 st May 1830
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Jacob Kinney ————— in the New Jersey line . It further appears that Jacob Kinney ————— now is now on the pension list of the  any ————— ————— agency, and has been so since the 3 rd March 1826 at the rate of  dollars per month
John H. Hagner Secy
Allowed Act 1828
23.745 24.880 per month

Revolutionary Claims.
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Form of a Power of Attorney.
Know all men by these presents, that I, Jacob Henry of Roxborough Township in the county of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania — do hereby constitute and appoint John B. Stengren Esq. Member A.R.A.S. my true and lawful attorney, with a power of substitution, for me, and in my name, to receive from the United States the amount of pay now due to me, under the act entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828, as a private in Col. H. Ogden's regiment of the New Jersey line of the army of the Revolution of which may be due to be due to me under said act.
Witness my hand and seal, this twenty seventh day of May — in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty Sealed and delivered } Jacob Henry [L. S.] in the presence of } marks.
Francis Murphy William Stout
Before me, Francis Murphy a Justice of the Peace in the county of Philadelphia — in the State of Pennsylvania personally appeared, this day, Jacob Henry — whose name is subscribed to the foregoing power of attorney, and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed, and also declared that the same was not given by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment, levy, or seizure, by any legal process whatever, of the pay therein authorized to be received, but that the said pay is intended to enure wholly to his personal benefit.
Witness my hand, this twenty seventh day of May — in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty
I, Richard Palma Prothonotary Clerk of the Court of the county of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that Francis Murphy Esq. before whom the foregoing power of attorney was acknowledged, is a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned in and for said county
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the [L. S.] said Court, this twenty seventh day of May — in the year one thousand eight hundred thirty . M. Palmer Proty
Form of Affidavit to be taken by Attorneys.
Before me, William Stout Not. Pub. a Justice of the Peace in the county of Washington — in the District — of Columbia personally appeared this day, John B. Stengren Esq. — the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney, and made oath that the same was not given to him by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment, levy or seizure, by any legal process whatever, of the pay therein authorized to be received, but that the said pay is intended to enure wholly to the personal benefit of the person by whom the said power was executed.
Witness my hand, this 31 st day of May — in the year 1830
William Stout Not. Pub.
Clerk of the Court of the County of

Revolutionary Claims.
[ B. ]
Form of a declaration to be made by the Non-Commissioned Officers, Musicians, and Privates.
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828, I, Jacob Henry of Roxborough in the County of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby declare, that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination; at which period, I was a * private in Captain Anderson's Company, of Colonel Byden's Regiment, of the New Jersey Line. And, I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates for the reward of eighty dollars; to which I was entitled, under a resolve of Congress, passed the 15th of May, 1778.
And I further declare, that I was not, on the fifteenth day of May, 1828, on the Pension List of the United States.  nor have I been placed thereon since that time.
Witness my hand, this twenty seventh day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty
Jacob X Henry marks
Note. The most convenient Branch Bank of the U. S. is at Philadelphia The most convenient Post Office is at Roxboro' Penn a
Before me, Francis Murphy Esq. Justice of the Peace in the County of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania personally appeared, this day, Isaac Hart Enoch Ramsey and Robert Arthur all of the said County , persons known to me as credible witnesses, who did severally make oath that Jacob Henry by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand, this 27 th day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty Francis Murphy } Witnesses Williamstown
Francis Murphy L. P. Common Pleas
I, Richard Palmer Prothonotary of the Court of the County of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify, that Francis Murphy Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was at the time, a Justice of the Peace and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal [L. S.] of the said Court, this twenty seventh day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty J. M. Wilson Proth.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Kenny, Neal GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 9755 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED June 24, 179- (Torn) To James Humphreys, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.