Scott County Arkansas
War of 1812 Pension Applications
ABRAHAM McKAY
Contributed by G.W. Cornelius
Abraham McKay of Cocke County, Tennessee was a descendant of
Moses McKay of the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia area. Descendants
of Abraham and Catherine (Nichols) McKay were in Scott County.
State of Georgia}
County of Union}
On this 2nd day of November 1850 personally appeared before
me Andrew Young, a Justice of the inferior Court in and for the
County and State aforesaid Abraham McKay, age 66 years, a resident
of Union County State of Georgia who being duly sworn according to
law declares that he is the identical Abraham McKay who was a
private in the Company commanded by Capt. John Netherton in the
Tennessee foot volunteers, commanded by Col. William Lillard in
the war with Great Britton, declared by the United States on the
18th day of June 1812, that he volunteered at Newport Cock County
in the State of Tennessee or or about the seventeenth day of October
1813, for the term of three months and continued in actual service
in said war for the term of four months, and was Honourably
discharged at Newport, Cock County in the State of Tennessee on
or about the 17th day of February 1814 as will appear by refference
to the muster roal which discharged has bin lost or misplaced so as
I can not find it in my possession and he makes this declaration
for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be
entitled to under the act granting bounty land to certain officers
and soldiers who has bin engaged in the Military service of the
United States passed September 28th 1850.
Abraham McKay
Sworn to and subscribed before me this day and year above written
and I hereby certify that I believe the said Abraham McKay to be
the identical man who served as aforesaid & that he is of the age
above stated.
Andrew Young, J.I.C.
November 2d. 1850
Sir will you Examine my claim to bounty land under the Act of
September 28th 1850 and if I am entitled to land send my warant to
John Butt, Esq. of Union County Georgia.
Abraham McKay
To the Comm. of Pensions
State of Georgia}
Union County}
I, Thomas M. Hughes, Clerk of the Superior Court in & for said
County do hereby certify that Andrew Young is one of the Justices
of the Inferior Court in and for said County duly commissioned and
sworn and full faith and credit is due to all his official acts and
the same appears in his usual hand riting. In Testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the County Seal and
subscribed my name this 4th day of November 1850.
Thos. M. Hughes, C.S.C.
No. 13275
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Third Auditor's Office,
March 19th, 1851
It appears from documents on file in this Office, that
Abraham McKay, a Private of Captain John Netherton's Company of
Tennessee Militia, entered the service on the 17th October 1813
for 3 mo., and served till the 8th February 1814, the date of his
discharge.
Jno. S. Callaher(?) Aud.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Department of the Interior.
State of Tennessee, [blank] County.
On this 16th day of May A.D., one thousand eight hundred and
55 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and
for the County and State aforesaid Abraham McKay aged 71 years, a
resident of Cocke county, in the State of Tennessee, who being duly
sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical Abraham
McKay who was a private in the company commanded by Captain John
Netherton in [blank] Regiment of Ten. Militia commanded by Col.
William Lillard in the War between the United States & the Creek
Indians, 17th day of Oct. 1813 & volunteered for the term of 3
months and continued in actual service in said war for fourteen
days; that he has heretofore made application for Bounty Land under
the act of 28th of Sept. 1850 and received a Land Warrant No. not
known for 40 acres which he has since legally disposed of and
cannot now return. He makes this declaration for the purpose the
additional Bounty Land to which he may be entitled under the act
approved the 3rd day of March 1855. He also declares that he has
never applied for, nor received, under this or any other act of
Congress, any Bounty Land Warrant except the one above mentioned.
Abraham McKay
Sworn to and subscribed before me
Lewis Odell, Justice of the Peace in and for Cocke county.
We, Wm. F. Morris and L.D. Porter residents of Cocke County,
in the State of Tennessee, upon our oaths declare, that the
foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Abraham McKay
in our presence and that we believe, from the appearance and
statements of the applicant, that he is the identical person he
represents himself to be.
W.F. Morris
L.D. Porter
Sworn to and subscribed before me this [blank] day of [blank]
185[blank].
Lewis Odell, Justice of the Peace for Cocke County.
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 he represents himself to be, and that I have no interest in
this claim.
Lewis Odell, Justice of the Peace, in and for Cocke County
State of Tennessee, [blank] County.
I, Allen McMahan, Clerk of the County Court for said County
hereby certify that Lewis Odell Esq., before whom the foregoing
declaration and affidavit were made and executed, and whose
genuine signature thereto appears was at the tim of so doing a
Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned
and sworn.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed
my Seal of Office at Office, in Newport 26th day of May 1855.
Allen McMahan, Clerk
WAR OF 1812
Declaration of Soldier For Pension
State of Tennessee}
County of Cocke} SS.
On this twenty fifth day of May A.D. one thousand eight
hundred and seventy one, personally appeared before me, J.F.
Stanbery, Clerk of the Circuit Court, a Court of Record within
and for the county and State aforesaid, Abraham McKay, aged
eighty seven years, a resident of the County of Cocke, State
of Tennessee, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares
that he is married; that his wife's name was Cathrine Nicols,
to whom he was married at Cocke County, on the tenth day of May
1812; that he served the full period of sixty days in the
Military service of the United States in the war of 1812; that
he is the identical Abraham McKay who enlisted in Captain John
Netherton's company, Col. Wm. Lillards regiment, Gen. John
Coers(?)division, in Newport, Tenn., on the [blank] day of
October 1813, and was honorably discharged at Camp Ross,
Tennessee on the [blank] day of January 1814; that he was a
teamster and was stationed during his term of service at Fort
Armstrong, Ala., and that his discharge was either lost or filed
in the Gen. Land Office at Washington, that he, at no time
during the late rebellion against the authority of the United
States, adhered to the cause of the enemies of the Government,
giving them aid or comfort, or exercised the function of any
office whatever under any authority, or pretended authority, in
hostility to the United States; and that he will support the
Constitution of the United States; that he is not in receipt
of a pension under any previous act; that he makes this
declaration for the purpose of being placed on the pension
roll of the United States, under the provision of the act
approved February 14, 1871, and he hereby constitutes and
appoints, with full power of substitution and revocation,
A.J. Johnson of Knoxville, Tenn., his true and lawful attorney
to prosecute his claim and obtain the pension certificate that
may be issued; that his post office is at Parrottville,
County of Cocke, State of Tenn; that his domicile or place
of abode is Cocke County, Tenn.
Abraham (his "x" mark) McKay, Applicant.
Attest:
John Kenyon
Robert McKay
Also personally appeared John Kenyon, residing at No. [blank]
in [blank] street, in [blank] and Robert McKay, residing at No.
[blank] in [blank] street, [blank], persons whom I certify to be
respectable and entitled to credit, and who being by me duly
sworn, say: They were present and saw Abraham McKay, the claimant,
sign his name (or make his mark) to the foregoing declaration;
that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of
said claimant and their acquaintance with him, that he is the
identical person he represents himself to be; that at no time
during the late rebellion against the authority of the United
States did he adhere to the cause of the enemies of the
Government, giving them aid or comfort; and that they have no
interest in the prosecution of this claim.
John Kenyon
Robert McKay
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this twenty fifth day
of May A.D. 1871, and I hereby certify that the contents of the
above declaration, &c., were fully made known and explained to
the applicant and witnesses before swearing.
J.F. Stanbery, Clerk
WAR OF 1812
Brief of Claim for a Survivor's Pension
in the case of Abraham McKay, of Captain John Netherton's Company,
Tenn. Mil. Reg't.
Residence: Cocke County, Tenn.
Post office address: Parrotsville, Cocke County, Tenn.
Enlisted Oct. 17, 1813, discharged Feb. 8, 1814
Declaration and identification in due form, filed June 3, 1871.
Service for sixty days, shown as follows:
Report from Third Auditor shows that Abraham McKay served in Capt.
John Netherton's Co. Tenn. Mil. From Oct. 17, 1813 to Feb. 8, 1814.
Length of service, 115 days.
Claimant declares he is not a pensioner under any previous act.
Name not on list of pensioners. Loyalty, claiman's averment and
testimony of Jno. Kenyon and Robt. McKay. Cred. of wit. cert. of
J.C. Larue, P.M. at Parrotsville, Tenn. Oath to support the
Constitution of the United States subscribed.
Admitted Jan. 11, 1872, to a pension of eight dollars per month,
from February 14, 1871.
A.J. Johnson W.H. Everett, Ex'r.
Knoxville, Tenn. App'd. H.Cartung, Reviewer.
WAR OF 1812
Department of the Interior,
Pension Office,
Oct. 20th, 1871
Sir:
You are respectfully requested to furnish official evidence
of the enrollment, muster, service, and duty of Abraham McKay,
who enlisted at Newport, Tenn., on the [blank] day of October
1813, in Captain John Nethertons Company [blank] Regiment, and
who was discharged at Camp Ross, Tenn. on the [blank] day of
January, 1814.
If the above name is not found on the rolls of said Company,
will you so state, and report as to enrollment &c., in the case
of any man bearing a similar name, whom you have reason for
believing to be the soldier inquired for.
Please return this circular with your report.
Claim No. 17088.
Respectfully yours,
J.H. Baker, Commissioner.
WAR OF 1812
Department of the Interior
Pension Office,
Washington, D.C., Oct. 20th, 1871.
Sir
In the claim for pension of Abraham McKay, a survivor of the
War of 1812, under the Act of February 14, 1871, No. 17088, John
Kenyon and Robert McKay testify to the claimant's loyalty.
You are required to show by the certificate of an officer of
a United States Court, a United States Commissioner, an Assessor,
Assistant Assessor, Collector, Deputy Collector or Supervisor of
Internal Revenue, or a Postmaster, to the satisfaction of this
Office that, after careful investigation, he is convinced the
above witnesses are men of undoubted good character for truth
and veracity, and that their statements in the affidavit referred
to are worthy of full faith and credit.
Very respectfully,
J.H. Baker, Commissioner.
A.J. Johnson
Knoxville, Tenn.
This is to Certify that after careful investigation I am satisfied
& convinced that John Kenyon and Robert McKay witnesses to
application No. 17088 as filed for pension in favor of Abraham McKay,
Survivor of the War of 1812, act Fby. 14, 1871 are men of undoubted
good character for truth and veracity, and that their statements
in the affidavit referred to are worthy of full faith and credit,
and I am not interested. This certificate given at office at
Parrottsville, Tennessee on this the 4th day of Novr. A.D. 1871.
J.C. LaRue, P.M.
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