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Daniel and Jane Hickey
District of Kentucky. On August 25th personally
appeared the above named soldier, aged 63, resident of Fayette
County, states that he enlisted in Pennsylvania in 1777 for three
years in a company commanded by Captain
Moses McClain of the 7th regiment, commanded by
Col Wm. Ewingfield and Thomas Barkley, Lt. Col., in the Continental
Establishment and continued to serve 3 years when he was discharged
at Millstone Creek in New Jersey; that he was in the Battle of
Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth. Aug
25-1818 - This day
William Barker made oath, that he was acquainted with Daniel Hickey
in the Revolutionary War. That said Daniel was a soldier and he
believes he served his term of 3 years and he also knows of his
reduced circumstances. Signed
Benjamin Johnson, Circuit Judge. The
name of Daniel Hickey not being found on the roll of the troops who
served in the Pennsylvania line, for the period stated in the
declaration – he will have to procure the testimony of two
individual witnesses to whose credibility the judge can certify in
the corroboration of his own statement and second the certificate of
the judge, that he is in need of the assistance of his country. He
states in a declaration of 1820, that he enlisted in Little York,
Pennsylvania for one year in Captain Moses McClane’s company in
the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment, commanded by Col William
Irvin, that he served out the year and then enlisted again for 3
years, in the same regiment in Captain William Miller’s company;
that he served out 3 years and was discharged at Mill Gline Creek in
New Jersey; that he was drafted for 2 years, in Captain John
McDowell’s company in Virginia, went to the south under General
Green and was discharged in South Carolina at Camden. That he draws
a pension and the number of his certificate is 15342, and I do
solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the U.S. on the 18th
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 to so diminish it as to bring within the provision of an Act
of Congress entitled An Act to Provide Certain Persons Engaged in
the Land and Naval Service of the U.S. Revolutionary War and etc. His family consisted of his wife, about age __. Know all men
by these presents, that I Daniel Hickey of Bourbon Co, Ky,
revolutionary pensioner of the U.S. do hereby constitute and appoint
Jane Hickey, my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to
receive from the agent of the U.S. for paying pensions in Lexington,
Kentucky, pension from the 4th day of March 1831 to the 4th
September 1831. Witness
my hand this 9-5-1831 -
Daniel Hickey. State
of Indiana, Jefferson County. On the 21st September 1847
personally appeared before the probate court of the county aforesaid
Hickey, a resident of Saluda Township in the county and state
aforesaid aged 78, states that in the winter of 1785 at the age of
15 years, she entered marriage with Benjamin Rankin of Fayette Co,
Ky; that her maiden name was Jane McCalister, that she moved from
North Carolina to Kentucky in the early settlements of the country;
that the said Benjamin Rankin, a soldier in the service of the U.S.
in the Revolutionary War; that as best as she can recollect, her
said husband had previously been a resident of King George Co, Va
and served about 7 years, in the Revolutionary War part of the time
in the cavalry, and part in the infantry. She is not due to the
great length of time which has elapsed unable to state the company
regiment and corps in which he served. She further declares that her
said husband died in Fayette Co, Ky in the fall of 1807. That during
her husband’s life they had a family Bible in which was recorded
dates of her births and marriages and the births and marriages of
her children and that said Bible has been lost or destroyed. She
also declares that she has often heard her said husband state the
particular service he performed but cannot now state them and if the
proof of which she mainly relies on the records of the War Department and the
muster rolls, she having no documentary evidence in her possession
in support of her claim. She further declares, that after the death
of said Benjamin Rankin she intermarried with one Presley Jones, her
second husband to wit: in the month of November 1809 in Fayette Co,
Ky and that he died on the __ day of January 1811. She further
declares that after the death of her said second husband she then
married her third and last husband Daniel Hickey in Fayette Co, Ky
in the winter of 1815 and that said Hickey was a revolutionary
soldier and drew for his services a pension of $96 per annum and he
died in Fayette Co, Ky on the 8th day
of February 18__ . That she was not married to the said
Benjamin Rankin her first husband prior to his leaving the service
but the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1794,
viz, at the time before stated and that she is now a widow. Signed
Jane Hickey. In
1819 April 23rd, he made a declaration in Fayette Co, Ky
as follows: that he enlisted about 1776 by Captain Moses McClara,
for one year and was attached to the 6th regiment of the
Pennsylvania Line, commanded by Col William Irvine, formerly of
Carolisle, Thomas Hartley and Lt Col Major Samuel Hayes, he was then
attached to the brigade commanded by William Thompson and went on
the expedition toward Quebec and the regiment was defeated at
the 3 rivers about 45 miles from said place, was honorably
discharged, by Lt. Col. Hartley. – Again enlisted 1777 for the
term of 3 years, under Capt Wm Miller, residing at Carlisle, then at
Philadelphia, Penn, that he was then attached to the 7th
regiment of the Pennsylvania Line commanded by the same Col Irvine
as the 6th regiment had been _____ broken and was then
united with the 7th – also the same Lt. Col Hartley
belonged then to the 7th regiment, as well as Major Hays,
then continued to serve out the three years, was honorable
discharged Millstone Creek, within 12 miles of Brunswick in New
Jersey, by a discharge handed to him by Captain Miller, signed by
Col Hartley, which discharge he kept a long time and etc. He had a
family to support and stood in need of aid of the country. Affidavit
of William Barker, said he was acquainted with said Daniel Hickey
when he was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, in the Pennsylvania
Line; that he continued in the army aforesaid while he knew him as a
private soldier, as this deponent believed for fully the time of 3
years, but to what regiment in the Pennsylvania Line he was attached
this deponent cannot tell. And that said Hickey is his neighbor.
Affidavit: District of Kentucky. John McDowell states that
he was a lieutenant in the 8th Va Regiment, commanded by
Col James Wood and that in the year 1780 in the state of South
Carolina, he commanded a detachment of Va troops on Continental
Establishment under the command of Colonel Abraham Buford, as the
Virginia regiment was so _____ to spies and taken by the enemy at
Charlestown, he does not know what regiment, he was at that time
attached to but that in the summer 1780 in the state of South
Carolina, the within named Daniel Hickey was enlisted in the
detachment or in the service of the U.S. until the year 1781 in
August or September, making twelve months or upwards. This October
6-1819. Signed John
McDowell. Affidavit,
Clark Co, Ky, before the undersigned, J.P. Francis F. Jackson states
that he was well acquainted with Benjamin Rankin. The deponent
states that Benj. Rankin was reputed to have been the soldier of the
Revolutionary War and often heard Benj. Rankin speak of being in the
said war in the cavalry. Deponent states that Benj. Rankin moved a
neighbor to him when he lived at or near the Ky River at Holder’s
Boat Yard, and remained there two years. This took place in the year
1789 or 1790. The deponent states he knew of Benjamin Rankin and
Jane Hickey widow of Daniel decd. Living together as man and wife
from 12 to 15 years and part of the time lived on the deponent’s
father’s farm and worked with the deponent and at that time had
several children, with whom the deponent was acquainted as follows:
Sarah, William, Frances, John, James and Thomas, Sarah, the
oldest of said family married with one Charles Hall and lived in
Bourbon Co, Ky, for a short time, - the deponent states that
Benjamin Rankin’s family consisted of more children than the above
statement but the deponent was not acquainted with them and that the
said Jane Hickey as deponent believes now resides in the state of
Indiana. Signed this
21st day of February Frances
F. Jackson. STATE OF KENTUCKY: CLARK COUNTY. Personally appeared Benjamin Rankins who states that about the
year 1785 or 1786 lived on the farm of John Rankin’s father the
deponent, that the said Benj. Rankins was reputed and generally
believed to be a soldier in the Revolutionary War, that deponent
often heard said Benj. Rankins speak of his having been in the U.S.
service of the Revolutionary War. The deponent says that he is
acquainted with Jane Hickey now the widow of Daniel Hickey, decd.
And that he verily believes that Benj. Rankins and Jane his wife were
lawfully married and knows that when said Benj. Rankins lived on the
farm belonging to the father of the deponent in Fayette Co, in the
year 1785 or 1786, the said Jane now widow of Daniel Hickey and the
said Benj. Rankins lived together as man and wife and raised several
children, with whom the deponent was acquainted, Sarah and William
– Sarah the oldest of said children was born on the farm of
deponent’s father, that said Sarah Rankin was married to one
Charles Hall and moved to the state of Indiana many years ago.
Deponent further says that the said Benjamin Rankins died in Fayette
Co, Ky many years ago and after his death the said Jane, his widow
married one Presley Jones and after the death of Jones, married one
Daniel Hickey who is also dead and that the said Jane now resides in
the state of Indiana. Deponent further states that said Benjamin
Rankins resided when he entered the service of the U.S. in King
George Co, Va. The deponent further states that in the year 1784,
that his father and Benj, Rankins moved from Fauquire Co, Va, and
took up their residence in Fayette Co, Ky.
This Feb. 1849. Signed
John Rankins. She
made another affidavit in Indiana, Jefferson County, July 1853
saying she is the widow of Daniel Hickey, who lately died in Bourbon
Co, Ky – she states she was married to him in Fayette Co, KY about
Dec 1-1816 by Rev. Thomas Smith; that her name before said marriage
was Jane Jones, she being at that time the widow of Presley Jones. Affidavit
of Francis Rice and Joshua Rose, both state that they were at the
marriage in Fayette Co, Ky of Jane Jones and Daniel Hickey that said
marriage took place to the best of their recollection about the
first of ___ 1816 and that they were intimately acquainted with each
other.
A certified copy of the marriage record is enclosed. Fayette
Co, Ky – Daniel Hickey to Jane Jones, by J.S. Shackelford 1816,
Jan 9? Sufficient
proof of the Revolutionary War service of Benjamin Rankin is filed
with the papers as follows: May 17-1781. Benj. Rankin, soldier in
the Third Regiment of Light Dragoons, having served faithfully 3
years, is hereby discharged – signed W. Washington, Lt. C L D
Cha Jones clerk. I
Benj. Rankin of the county of Loudon do hereby assign and make over
unto Francis Peyton of said county and singular all right title and
etc. Signed Benj Rankins. Sir,
please order and land? Faquire
Co, Va 1783 Warrant to enter in the name of Francis Peyton for the
amount of my claim as a soldier in the army of the U.S. for the term
of 3 years and etc. Signed
Benjamin Rankins. Mrs.
Sarah Hall, the oldest child of Mrs. Jane Hickey, by her first
husband, Benj. Rankins has a small paper book in which is registered
the date of Mrs. Hall’s birth – that of her husband Charles
Hall, and of their children which can if desired be transmitted to
your office. By that register it appears that Mrs. Hall, daughter by
Benj. Rankin was born Jan 15-1780. From G. Armstrong to the Pension
Dept. State
of Ky, Fayette Co. Affidavit of Rhoda Vaughn Feb 24-1849. Says that
she knew Jane Rankin, wife of Benj. Rankin, widow of Daniel Hickey,
etc. They lives
together for the period of 18 years and verily believed they were
fully married and never heard anything about them to the contrary.
And part of the time said Benj. Rankin and Jane his wife lived on
Col John Holder’s farm, the father of this deponent, which
is well known as Col John Holder’s boat yard at or near the
Kentucky River, - the deponent states that she was acquainted with
some of Benjamin Rankins children, Sarah, William, Frances, John,
James and Thomas, the deponent states that Benj. Rankin and Jane
Hickey widow of Daniel Hickey, decd. Lived on my father’s farm the
year 1789 or 1790.
Source: Records of Revolutionary War Pensions of Soldiers who Settled in Fayette County Kentucky Annie Walker Burns, compiler, Washington DC, 1936 Copy held by the Kentucky Room, Lexington Public Library Call number: R976.947 B4128r KY1936 |