The pension request of Kinsey Harrison in Frederick County, Maryland, was transcribed by Cathy Gowdy. Velma McKay submitted the additional information following the pension file. Kinsey Harrison's will was filed in Anne Arundel County in 1833, also contributed by Cathy Gowdy. According to Judge Bazel Harrison's biography, Kinsey Harrison was the son of William Harrison and his 1st wife Unknown.
The following was received from the National Archives Trust Fund Board, on 25 July 1981:
"File # W5093, Kinsey Harrison, Md.
KINSEY HARRISON of Frederick Co. in the state
of Maryland who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Rawlings
of the Maryland line, for the term of 3 years.
(Apparently) died June 19, 1835.
Sarah Harrison widow of Kinsey Harrison who was a private in the Revolution, inscribed on the Roll at the rate of dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of Jany. 1844 and sent to Alex. Gearly Baltimore, Md.
State of Maryland Frederick County
On this third day of May 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the fifth Judicial district of said state, personally appeared Kinsey Harrison, aged 60 years, resident in said county in the said district, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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:" That he, the said Kinsey Harrison, enlisted in the year 1776 in the state of Maryland in said county in the company commanded by Captain Thomas Beall of the Rifle Regiment commanded by Moses Rawlings in the continental service; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the 8th of August 1779 (his term having expired), when he was discharged from service in Fort Pitt state of Pennsylvania, that he was in several skirmishes in York Island and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of assistance of his country for support; and that he has had no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Maryland Frederick CountyAbraham Shrwin
On this 24th day of June 1820 personally appeared
in open court...
Kinsey Harrison aged 63 years resident in said
county...
his
And the said Kinsey Harrison doth make oath that he is by occupation a farmer...KinseyX
Harrison
mark
State of Maryland
County of Frederick
On this 24th day of February in the year of our lord 1840 personally appeared...Sarah Harrison a resident of the state of Maryland in the County of Carroll aged seventy six years...that she is the widow of Kinsey Harrison late of Anne Arundel County in the state of Maryland deceased who at the time of his death was a pensioner of the United States...she further declares that she was married to the said Kinsey Harrison in the year 1779, that her husband the aforesaid Kinsey Harrison died on the 9th day of July 1834...She also swears that she was married to him prior to his leaving the service...
Maryland, Frederick County
24 Feb. 1840, Nimrod Harrison aged 35 swears he has had in his possession the family Bible of his late father Kinsey Harrison late of Ann Arundel County, state of Maryland, deceased, containing the family record of the births of his brothers and sisters and that it appears from the same that his sister Ruth Harrison was born on the 18th day of April 1781, she being the first child registered on said book and further swears that his father Kinsey Harrison died on the 9th day of July 1834 and that his said mother Sarah Harrison has not since intermarried..."
"Photocopy of page from the Bible (very poor quality, clg):
Mary Harrison was born April 9, 1783 (?)
Grove ? Harrison was born April ? __, 1785
Cordelia ? Harrison was born October __, 1789
The Bible from which the family record was removed (date of removal unknown) is on file in this Bureau; it contains additional data written on the margins of two pages as follows:
Emilia Harrison was born August 6th 1795
Matilda Harrison was born August 6th 1799
also entry with blue pencil, Sarah Saffle born
1772.
The above under date Oct. 15, 1912, W Wilson."
The following information was received by Velma McKay from Julia Flournoy Saffel, on 14 March 1995:
Also from the "Saffell Families USA 1732 - 1978", By Lester Franklin Saffell, Jr. and Opal Irene (Carns) Saffell of Renton Washington; page 243, Charter VII:
"Sarah Saffell married 9 Mar 1779 in Frederick County, Maryland to Kinsey Harrison b 10 Aug 1758 d 9 Jul 1834. Sarah died after 1844. He was in the Revolutionary War, as a private in Col Rawlings Reg. and Thomas Beals' Company, for 3 years, to 1779."G.M. Brumbaugh's "Records of Maryland", Volume 2, page 352 states that:
"Treasurer paid Kinsey Harrison, in 1816, of Anne Arundel Co. Maryland, late a Pvt in the Maryland line."Kinsey applied for a pension and his certificate was # 7927, issued 18 Mar 1819 and the certificate was sent to Frederick County, Maryland. He was asked for an inventory of his possessions and on 24 Jun 1820, Kinsey noted the following:
Sarah's pension file (shown above), issued on 16 January 1844, # W9053; on 24 February 1840, she lived in Carroll County; Maryland and was age 76 years Her age varies, at one place it states that she was born 10 August 1758, and on the margin of a page, in the Bible, someone in the Archives thought it said she was born in 1772. This could hardy be true since she was married in 1779."Had horse, cow, pig, small table, 3 old chairs, small iron pot, 1 iron kettle, 1 water busket, 1 frying pan, 1/2 doz cups & saucers, 1/2 doz knifes & forks, & 1/2 doz plates."
The 1790 Federal Census of Baltimore, Two Delaware Hundreds, listed Kinsey's household as:
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In the 1800 Federal Census of
Anne Arundel, County, his household listed:
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In the 1810 Federal Census of
Frederick County, Maryland his household listed (also listed on the same
page was S. Clary, with no children listed, likely his son-in-law and daughter):
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In the 1820 Federal Census of
Election District 5, Anne Arundel County, Maryland his household listed
(note--the three households listed above Kinsey Harrison were: Peter, John
and Abraham Becraft):
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In the last census recorded before his death in 1834, his household in the 1830 Federal Census of Election District 6, Anne Arundel County, Maryland listed his age as of seventy and under 80, Sarah's age was listed as of sixty and under 70 years.
From the bible records above, (Kinsey Harrison's Bible, dated 1794 and purchased in 1799) and his will:
The children of Kinsey Harrison and Sarah Saffell were:
3.1 Ruth Harrison, was born on 18 April 1781 in Maryland.
3.2 Mary Harrison, was born on 9 April 1783 in Maryland.
3.3 Grove Harrison, was born on 19 April 1785 in Maryland. He was listed in the Family Bible record and listed in his father's will in 1833.
3.4 Cordelia Harrison, was born in October 1789 in Maryland. She was listed as "Cordelia Clarey" in her father's will in 1833. There is a record of marriage for Cordelia Harrison and Samuel Clary on 11 March 1807 in Frederick County, Maryland. Cordelia and Samuel Clary were enumerated on 25 October, in the 1850 Federal Census of District 117, Pee Pee Township, Pike County, Ohio (note--Cordelia could not read or write):
#1158 1158 Samuel Clary
63 m Shoemaker MD
Cordelia " 59
f
MD
3.5 Amelia Harrison, was born 7 May 1795. Listed as "Ameila Shunk" in her father's will in 1833.
3.6 Matilda Harrison, was born 6 August 1799 in Maryland. Listed as "Matilda Ritchie" in her father's will in 1833. There is a marriage recorded in Frederick County, Maryland on 4 April 1817 for a "Matilda Harris" and Joseph Ritchie.
3.7 Nimrod
Harrison, was born in about
1803 in Maryland. Nimrod was alive on
24 February 1840 when he testified in Frederick County, Maryland, on behalf
of his mother when she requested that Kinsey's pension be continued after
Kinsey's death. A Nimrod Harrison does appear in the 1840 Federal
Census of Carroll County, Maryland, page 43 (the female listed as 70 and
under 80 years may have been his mother, Sarah Harrison):
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3.8 Kinsey Harrison 
was born in about 1800 in Maryland. Kinsey Harrison, Jr., is not
listed in the Family Bible record, however, he is mentioned in his father's
will in 1833. Kinsey, Jr. is also listed in the 1830 Federal Census
of Anne Arundel County, Maryland:
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Not located in the 1840 census, Kinsey Harrison, Jr. is listed in the 1850 Federal Census of District 107, Union Township, Monroe County, Ohio, enumerated on 5 September:
#97 97 Kinsey Harrison
50 m Laborer MD
Margaret "
40 f
Pa
Rachel "
7 f
O
Nancy "
4 f
"
Charles W. Haney 10 m
Pa
Kinsey was living in Marion Township, Post office Summerfield, Noble County, Ohio in the 1860 Federal Census enumerated on 10 July:
#1267 1200 Kinsey Harris
63 m Day Laborer
100 Md.
Margaret " 55
f Domestic
Ireland
Rachel " 16
f Do
O
Nancy "
14 f
O
He was again listed in the 1870 Federal Census of Marion Township, Noble County, Ohio, enumerated on 13 June:
#163 154 Harrison, Kinsey
70 m Pedlar
Md.
Margaret 64 f Keeping
House Ohio
Nancy 23 f
Helps Mother Ohio
Another reseracher posted the following:
"Served in the Frederick County, Maryland, Militia in the War of 1812: PVT Kinsey HARRISON (ca. 1796 - 2 September 1873 or '74) served under Capt. Basil DORSEY, from 30 July - 27 September 1814, his name is listed as HARRIS on muster rolls. He married Margaret, on 1 October 1841 or '43, she was born circa 1802, and was previously married to Charles HANEY, who died in 1839, in Pittsburgh, PA. Kinsey lived in Monroe Co., OH, in 1850; Marion Twp., Noble Co., OH, 1855 & 1871 in Summerfield, OH. Died on 2 September 1873 or '74. Widow lived in Wetzel County, West Virginia in 1879 [Pension & bounty land claims]."
3.9 Wesley Harrison. He is mentioned in his father's will in 1833 (not listed in the Family Bible record).
3.10 Polly Harrison. Her last name is not given in her father's will in 1833. She may have been the Mary or Ruth Harrison listed above.
Also added was a note from Julia ----- Sarah Saffell is thought to be the daughter of the immigrant Samuel Saffell & wife Mary.
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