Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 5975, for David Kinney, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Kinney, David or Kinny
R 5975
Elizabeth
CONTENTS

- 12,002
Declaration
and proof in the matter of Elizabeth Kinney for a pension Elizabeth Kinney Re June 21. 1845,
act 7 July 38 m 89. d 35
15975
Act 7 July 1838

State of Penn s . Greene County ss. 3 Personally appeared before me the subscribing one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County. John Kinney Who being duly sworn clothed on his Solemn Oath depose to say that he was well acquainted with David Kinney and Elizabeth Kinney the wife of the said David, That the de- ponent is now in his sixty second years of his age - And that from the time that deponent can first recollect, which was at the age of four or five years they the said David and Elizabeth lived to- gether as man and wife, at that time they resided in the state of New Jersey, Sussex County. That deponent further recollects that in the year 1793 the said David made a removal of his property - and there removed to the  lands  in  the  state  of  Ohio lands M.D. called Georges County, and remained there some two or three years - That in the year 1796 or 1797 they then removed to Greene County Pennsylvania where they continued to reside till the said David died which was some 7 or 8 years ago. That during the whole of the aforesaid period from the year 1788, or 1789. That he knew them and that they were known esteemed

and reputed to be husband and wife That they raised a large family of children There, four or five of which were born before the first day of January 1794. and further saith not
John Kinney
Sworn and subscribed
June 18 th 1845
John Clark
Second County of
State of Illinois
3 We the subscribers being only born aoth say that we
are well acquainted with John Kinney whose affidavit is attached above, and that he is a man of truth & veracity to the best of our knowledge & belief.
Sworn & subscribed
this 18 th June 1845.
John Clark
H. S. Jones
Spence
I John Clarke the justice of the peace before whom the foregoing affidavits were made do certify that Wm. Seals & H. S. Jones are both men of credibility and truth
June 18. 1845 -
John Clark

State of Pennsylvania Greene County ss
I, John Thelan, Clerk of the Court of Said County State, do hereby certify that Hon Asa M c Williams Esquire, before whom the foregoing Declaration of Elizabeth Her- ney purports to have been made, is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County, State, and that John Blair & Benjamin Jennings, Esquires, before whom the foregoing affidavits purport to have been made, were at the time thereof acting Justices of the Peace in & for said County & State, & that the said Justices were duly commission- ed & sworn & that the signatures purporting to be theirs, are genuine In testimony whereof I have subscribed my name & affixed my seal of office at Waynesburg this eighteenth day of June A.D. 1845
John Thelan Clerk

Greene County } Personally appeared before me State of Penn a } the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said County.
George Kent who being duly sworn says that he was well acquainted with David Kinney and Elizabeth his wife That their first acquaintance began in or about the year 1798. and that they were living together as husband and wife, this was in Greene County Penn a . and within about one mile of where the said George Kent the deponent resided - That he continued to know them from that time till the old man died some 6, 7 or 8 years ago. That the said David & Elizabeth had at the time of deponents first acquaintance some three or four children, the eldest then whose name is John is of the same age of depo- nent, as he has always understood from his boyhood up to this time, And that they the said David & Elizabeth were always con- sidered and reputed as man and wife by all who knew them, and that he is not well acquainted with the widow, who he understands is apply- ing for a pension. George Kent Sworn & Sub d .
March 29. 1845.
Benjn Jennings

Declaration,
In order to obtain a pension under the provision in the act of 30 th April A.D. 1844.
State of Pennsylvania } Greene County SS. } on the
Twenty fourth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five personally appeared Elizabeth Kinney (or Kinsey) who from the year 1796. or 1797. till the present time was, and is a resident of Greene County and State of Pennsylvania, That she is now 84 years of age - Who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain a pension under the provision in the Law passed by Congress on the 30 th day of April A.D. 1844, That she is the widow of David Kinney who was a private in the New Jersey Line She further declares that she was married to the said David Kinney on the month of March A.D. 1782 - By a justice of the peace in the state of Maryland That she has no record of the time of her marriage, nor where, not even a title like the blessings of the Bible Society reached her a few years ago, But that she knows that it took place at the time above mentioned, from her age when she was married and her present age, And that her husband the said David Kinney died on the 28 th day of Nov. r A.D. 1835 And that she has remained a widow ever since as will fully appear by the proof hereto annexed - Sworn & Sub. in Open Court July. 25. A.D. 1845. Asa Mclelland
Elizabeth her Kinney mark

State of Penn a Union County
Be fore me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County Micajah Woods, aged about seventy three years. Who being duly sworn says That he was well acquainted with David Kinney and Elizabeth Kinney his wife, That his first acquaintance with them was in the year 1801, in Greene County Pennsylvania That they were then living together as husband and wife and continued to live so from that time till the time of the Death of said David which took place some seven or eight years ago, That in 1801. They had the following Children viz: John, Sarah and some others, The Eldest, John must have been about 10 or 12 years old at That time and Sarah a year or two younger - that the said David & Elizabeth have always been held & Esteemed as, and reported as man and wife by all who knew them that they raised a large family in the County aforesaid and was well known to be a decent and useful Citizen,
Sworn & Subscribed This 26 th March 1845 Benj t Jennings
Micajah Wood

Elizabeth Knapp
Pa 1838
Registered letter a year
S
H. A. Stewart
AR
June 16 46

W m — Kinney, wid ow of David Kinney, Greene Co. Pa. Inform the Hon. A. Stewart A. R. respecting this case June 16. 1846

April 5. 48
Miss Eliz McKinney Ames
for Stewart M
J Edwards Esq
Com 7 River
Paris
Dear Mr Stewart

Ho of Reps Apl. 7 th 1848
J. L. Edwards Esq.
C. of P.
Will you be so good as to inform me on what grounds the application of Elizabeth Kenny widow of David Kenny of Green Co Pa was rejected?
Yours respectfully
A Stewart

V 12002
Elizabeth Finney
John Col. S. P. W. Downey - Downey July 30. 45
Rev. A. Stewart Jan. 23. 46
Sarge, Dec. 31, 1846.
same April 20. 48
Paper copied and sent to Miss A. Merrill H.R. 4 April 1848.
0 0 P.R. 3

RECEIVED
5975
P. O.
Elizabeth Kinney
Service:
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: 16509 _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
July 29 320
Attorney: ml _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Dec 26, 1896
Recd
Elizabeth Kinney
See Stewart (ml)
L Edwards com. pensions
War Dept

House of Reps Dec 23 1846
James L Edwards Esq.
Dr Sir
Will you be so good as to inform me what disposition has been made of the application of Elizabeth Kinney Widow of David Kinney late a Rev. pensioner of June 6 th Pa?
Yours respectfully,
J. Steward

12002. June 11.
Elizabeth Kinney
July 1838.
Davis Kinney has not a penmanship —
Large stylized signature or initials

Weymouth
Green Cr. Pq.
Rev. Sir
Enclosed I send you the application of Mrs Elizabeth Kinney for a pension together with the proof. Her husband was a pensioner as by referenced to the records of the department may be seen.
If this case is not under the appropriate act please consider it as an application under the act July 7. 1830. as I have not yet fully learned the extent of the proviso of 30. Ap. '44 - The case is a highly meritorious one. the old woman is end by poor - and unless the bounty of her Government should soon reach her, it will never do her any good - Please give this early attention for the reason above stated -
Hon. J. L. Edwards
I am
Sir Yours
R. Watrous
18 June 1845