 1757 - 1842 (85 years)
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| Name |
John McKenzie |
| Birth |
17 Sep 1757 |
Virginia  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
5 Nov 1842 |
Carroll County, Tennessee |
| Notes |
- The McKenzie Banner
June 13, 1979
Captain John McKenzie -later Colonel
John McKenzie was a Revolutionary War soldier born in Albemarle County, Virginia
September 17, 1757. He was residing in Halifax County, Virginia in 1776 when he volunteered
for army service. In his six-page declaration made in Carroll County Court (Tennessee) in
1831-32 in applying for a pension, he gave many details of his service in the southern
campaigns of the war in Virginia and the Carolinas. This declaration is in the National
Archives in Washington and a copy is in the library of the Carroll County Historical Society
in McKenzie Tennessee. His declaration mentions many actions and battles in which he took
part in the Carolinas and also states that he was acquainted with some of the well-known off
icers of the American army, including General Nathaniel Greene to whom he serviced as Aide
in the battle of Guilford Court House, North Carolina, in March 1781. John McKenzie stated
that he was given a commission as Captain by General Sumter in 1778 or 1779 and was known in
the army as "The Big Virginia Captain." The pension records show that in 1777 or 1778 he
was Captain in Colonel Thomas Sumter's South Carolina Regiment and was also Contractor for
Salisbury District under General Davidson. He was Captain of Light Dragoons in Colonel
William Hill's South Carolina Regiment and Captain in Colonel Maledy's North Carolina
Regiment and was in the battles of Rocky Mount, Hanging Rock, Camden (South Carolina),
Rugley's Mills, Ironworks, Torrence's Tavern, Guilford courthouse, New Market, Boattie's
Ford, and Orangeburg, and was discharged in 1782. In his declaration John McKenzie stated
that from 1791 to 1795 he was engaged in building forts for the defense of the country
against the raids of the Creek Indians and in 1792 was in command of the fort at Rock
Landing, Georgia. He was surely a hardy and courageous man and by his own description a
"big" man. There is a record that when some blacks were captured by Indians, John went to
the Indian's camp, confronted the chief, and demanded that the men be handed over to him,
but they had already been transported away.
After the war John McKenzie settled in the State of Georgia near the present town of
Sparta, where he became a member of the General Assembly, a member of the Commission on
Peace and Judge of County Court. He was commissioned a colonel in the militia and was there
after known as Colonel McKenzie. From a declaration made by his wife, Martha (Patsy) Bonner
McKenzie, we learn that she and John married in Washington County, Georgia December 20, 1792
She was 17 and he was 35. The census records show that she too was born in Virginia
(January 8, 1775, thus she was only one year old when John joined the army.) In 1816 or
1817 they moved from Maury County, Tennessee and in about 1828 they moved to Carroll County, Tennessee. In his declaration John McKenzie stated that while he was in the army he met Benjamin
Gilbert who was also a soldier. After the war Benjamin Gilbert married John's sister Emily
McKenzie in Virginia and the Gilberts settled in the same area in Georgia as the McKenzie's.
Later both families resettled in Carroll County, Tennessee, the Gilberts arriving first, in
the early 1820's.
Fifty years after the war, in 1832, John McKenzie then 75 years old, applied for a pension
and Benjamin Gilbert testified for him in Carroll County Court. The pension of Forty
Dollars a month was approved and appears to have been paid for the remaining 10 years of
John McKenzie's life until his death in 1842. Martha survived him and she applied for and
was granted a widow's pension. The pension records show that in 1843 three sons were
living: Jeremiah H. (born 1793); Alexander A (born 1799); and James M. who stated he was
"the youngest son."
A newspaper obituary in 1842 stated that John McKenzie's Masonic funeral was to be "preached
at Caledonia", but no mention was made of the place of burial. Later a marker was placed in
Mt. Olivet Cemetery in McKenzie, Tennessee. The town of McKenzie, formerly called Dundas,
is named for a member of John's family.
A reading of John McKenzie's long declaration will attest to his courage, uprightness, and
devotion to the cause he so strongly believed in. See also The American Revolution In The
South written by the American General Henry Lee, which describes many of the actions and
landmarks and tells of the same officers referred to by John McKenzie in his declaration.
See particularly the account of the battle of Guilford Court House, North Carolina, in
chapter 27 and of Rocky Mount, hanging Rock, Camden, Rudgeley's Mills, and of Thomas Sumter
in Chapter l7.
As another interesting sidelight, the Encyclopedia Britannica states that at Hanging Rock in
August 1780 the boy Andrew Jackson, then 13 years old, participated in the battle. It is
interesting to speculate whether Captain McKenzie was acquainted with the 13-year-old future
president. Certainly no one present would have believed that in a second war with England
35 years later the lad, as a General, would be the hero of the Battle of New Orleans and go
on to the Presidency. A year after Hanging Rock the boy Jackson was captured and mistreated
by the British at nearby Waxaha, near his birth place in Virginia of John McKenzie. See
also the declarations and correspondence in the pension files, Washington D.C. of Benjamin
and Emily Gilbert, Robert Gilbert, Martha Bonner McKenzie, Jeremiah, Alexander, and James
McKenzie, and Samuel Winn; also the military records of South Carolina. This brief summary
only gives a few of the facts about this heroic Revolutionary War veteran who lived out his
last years in Carroll County.
The following is a transcription of Capt. John McKenzie's Declaration, which he submitted to the federal government in the 1830's to obtain a pension for his service during the Revolutionary War. He references in an interrogatory response that he was born 17 Sep 1757 and that he had an older brother, William, who also served in that war. Michael A. McKenzie, October 6, 2012
State of TennesseeDeclaration of John McKenzie
Carroll County
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832, on this appeared in open court, Col. John McKenzie, a Resident of the County of Carroll, State of Tennessee, who being first duly sworn according to law doth make the following declaration.
This declarant states that in the year 1776, in the County of Halifax, State of Virginia, declarant and between fifteen & twenty other young men, the exact number not now recollected, agreed to volunteer and join the United States troops then employed in the service of the United States. Declarant states that by this company, he was elected their Captain and took up the line of march and went to Portsmouth at which place there was then stationed a number of regiments. This declarant and his young company was attached to the 5th Regiment then commanded by a (ed. note: word hard to read) and attached to the Company of Captain Talbot. This declarant does not now fully recollect the whole of the officers in command or there at that time but recollects that the 6th Regiment was commanded by Col Buckmen and the whole Brigade commanded by General Lewis (ed. note: name a bit unclear). As my Company was not large enough in number to be kept as a separate Company they were principly attached to the Company of Capt Talbot and the General appointed this Declarant (ed. note: word hard to read) commissary to the Company at some time hereinafter. The Army to which declarant was attached was ordered to march from Portsmouth and did so. They marched to Springfield from thence to the (ed. note: word hard to read) from thence to Point Comfort & from thence to Williamsburgh - at this later place declarant became sick after serving a period of twelve months from this point declarant returned home in the year 1777. As well as the declarant now recollects he went into the State of South Carolina and after being there some short time living and superintending the iron works of Hill and Hayne he was in that year again elected Captain of a volunteer Company in which capacity he served two years more. Their Company was commanded by Col. Thomas Sumpter whom this declarant voted for for that office. Colo. Sumpter gave this declarant a commission wrote and signed by Said Col. At this period General Lincoln commanded the Southern Services but during the service of this declarant in the command aforesaid Col Sumpter was elected or promoted to the command and title of General Sumpter and with him and under his command declarant (ed. note: word hard to read) Company of five or six Regiments marched to Rocky Mount where the British and Tories had a strong (ed. note: word hard to read) or fortified fort. This place was attacked by the then command of General Sumpter but without effect as the American troops were repulsed - in this attack Col Neal and many brave men lost their lives. After this repulse the Army crossed the Catawba for the purpose of recruiting. After three or four days rest the line of march was taken up for the purpose of forming at (ed. note: word hard to read) with General Gates and joining his Army. This was in the summer of seventeen hundred and eighty but before we reached him he and his troops were defeated at Camden by the British forces under the command of Lord Cornwallis. In two or three days we were met by the British under the command of Col Tarleton. An engagement took place which resulted in the defeat of the American troops. The American troops then recrossed the Catawba retreating & recruited some forces and returned to the south in marching whereto they had many engagements and skirmishes one at the Hanging Rock one at Ridgeley’s Mills. At the later place the American troops were successful and took many prisoners & in all which tour and service this declarant acted in the capacity of Captain. At these (ed. note: word hard to read) declarant fell in company and got acquainted with Col Wm Washington and other officers of the Continental Army. After this engagement declarant with his Company was ordered by General Sumpter to go and guard the iron works of Hill and Hayne at which place there was a large quantity of cannon shot and other articles necessary and intended for the American Army. While at this station declarant was attacked by a Regiment of the British and Tories commanded by Col Gordon and Capt Hook & who after all the resistance that could be made defeated declarant & his Company and destroyed the works. Declarant marched immediately and joined General Davidson in Mecklenburgh County in the State of North Carolina. Declarant acted under the command of General Davidson as Contractor for Salisbury District and with an express agreement that declarant was to act as Captain in any engagement which the forces under General Davidson might have with the enemy. In a short time after this appointment the forces under General Davidson’s command met the British forces under Lord Cornwallis at Beattysford on the Catawba River at which place an engagement took place which resulted in the defeat of the American Army and the loss of our Genl – who fell in the engagement. In this engagement declarant acted as Captain of a company. After the fall of General Davidson the command devolved upon General Pickins who retreated with the Army to Widow Torences. Seven miles from the battle ground they were pursued by Col Tarleton and overtaken when another engagement took place where we were again compelled to retreat and give way to superior discipline and force. Here we lost about one hundred of our men in killed wounded & prisoners. We then marched and joined the Army under General Nathaniel Green at Dan River. This was some time in the beginning of the year 1781. Declarant continued under the command of general Green from that time until the Battle of Guilford. At this battle the declarant acted as one of the aids of General Green in consequence of some indisposition of one [of] the General’s aids who was unable to act for him on that day. This battle was fought in the month of March 1781 as well as declarant now recollects. From this battle ground the Army under the command of General Green retreated for some miles and again drew up in order to give battle to the British who it was expected were in pursuit of us – but we soon had information that the British Army were in their retreat from the Battle ground. The Army of General Green not then being in a (ed. note: word hard to read) to pursue the British as we were then exhausted and out of military stores. Declarant at that time was known in the American Army by the name of the Big Virginia Captain. General Green then and as soon as it was ascertained that the British were retreating sent for declarant and gave him the command of five volunteer Militia Companys who volunteered their service with instruction to this declarant to keep the British forces under the command of Lord (ed. note: word hard to read) at Camden in check or to anoy their march until the whole American Army could be got in good order to over take them. The next few lines are unreadable. . . . at the state line his men refused to go any further and his pursuit ceased. At the time that this declarant parted from General Green, General Green and his forces with the exception of those sent with declarant were on their line of march after Lord Cornwallis & his troops. This declarant ascertained that the Militia under his command refused to cross their state line. He relinquished the command and immediately went to serve his old friend and acquaintance General Sumpter who at that time was confined in Charlotte by a wound which he had received in the shoulder some short time before General Sumpter gave declarant on his arrival a Captain’s commission in the State Troops of Light Dragoons of South Carolina. Declarant immediately lit out and in about ten days enlisted one hundred men for ten months and immediately joined the main Army under the command of General Sumpter. Then on the Bangar declarant attached his Company to the Regiment then commanded by Col Wm Hill. The Regiment to which this declarant was attached marched in company with the regiments commanded by Col Lea and Washington against the outposts at New Market and had an engagement at Camden and at Orangeburg and other places and took large quantities of stores and munitions of war which was deposited at Camden under the care of Capt Godfrey Adams. In some short time after this declarant was asked by General Sumpter to take command of the stores at Camden at which place declarant continued until the stores were (ed. note: word hard to read) off when declarant returned to camp. Again at this time on account of the number of men killed and many whose term of service had expired what was then called a consolidation took place amongst the officers of the Army. I had then in the Army in which I was in service a brother older than myself holding also the command of Captain then known in the Army by the name of Capt Wm McKenzie. Declarant saw that both himself and brother should not have commands as there were many valiant and brave men equally entitled. Impelled by this motive. Declarant allowed his older brother the command. But declarant at this time being (ed. note: word hard to read) to promote his country’s cause and having been long in the habit of commanding companies and detachments of men declarant then he could in that situation render most benefit he could in company with Captain Robert Tate and some other officers set out from the Army of General Sumpter and again joined the Army of General Green at Jacksonburg and joined a regiment commanded by Col (ed. note: word hard to read) in which declarant continued until the Army of General Green was disbanded or discharged in the year 1782 as well as this declarant now recollects. This declarant states that from the beginning of the year 1776 until the disbanding of the Army of the South to which he was attached in year1782 the whole of this period with the exception of one year and one half was by this declarant spent in the plains and tinted fields with his brothers in arms defending his country’s wrongs. Declarant states that for the space of five years he spent in the service of his country he never was lower ion command than a Captain and when he acted in higher it was only for temporary or urgent purposes. This declarant states that during the whole of his service he acted for his country as a volunteer in her service.
Interrogatories Put by the Court to the Declarant
1st – Where were you born and in what year
Answer: I was born in the State of Virginia in Albemarle (hard to read) County in the year 1757 on the 17th day of September.
2nd – Have you any record of your age and if so where is it
Answer: I have had a book in which my age was written for the purpose of proving the same but it was burnt by accident many years ago.
3rd – Where were you living when called into the Army or service. Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you live now.
Answer: In 1776 when the cause of my country required my service I lived in Halifax County in the State of Virginia from which place I volunteered. After the Army was discharged I settled in the State of Georgia and continued to live there until 1816 or 1817 at which time I removed to Maury County, Tennessee where I continued to live with my family until 1828 when I moved into the County of Carroll and State of Tennessee where I now live.
4th – How were you called into service. Were you drafted. Did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom.
Answer: I volunteered and at no period during the war did I wait either for a call or draft but attended and rendered my services then as now believing that my life could not be spent in a better course.
5th – State the names of the Regular officers who were with the troops when you served such Continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your servie.
Answer: I was acquainted with Generals Marion – Pickins, Col DeMalmady. I was well acquainted with General Green commander of the regular forces and was also well acquainted with General Sumpter. I was also well acquainted with Col Wm Washington commander of the (ed. note: word hard to read) and with all the foregoing officers I have at different times served during the Southern Campaign and as to the general circumstances of my service that is answered by my declaration. Except services rendered from 1790 to 1795 for upwards of three years of this time, I was employed in building forts defending the country against the incursions & (ed. note: word hard to read) of the Creek Indians at the United States Fort Rock Landing. (ed. note: word hard to read) a fort built by myself and the men then under my command. The Rock Landing Fort was then 1791 commanded by Col Gaither (?) in the year 1792. I was by Col Gaither put in command of the Rock Landing Fort against the Creek Indians in this service and building forts & and other service I (ed. note: word hard to read) from the year 1791 until 1795 making the (remainder is at bottom of page and unreadable).
6th – Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so what has become of it.
Answer: We had agreed to meet at New Market within State of South Carolina and at the time appointed I was the oldest officer belonging to the Regiment of Col Hill to which I was then attached (ed. note: not readable)
7th – Did you ever receive a commission and if so what has become of it.
Answer: I received two commissions one from General Sumpter for the command of Captain of a volunteer company in the year 1778 or 1779. This commission I lost. The other I received in the year 1781 and is herewith transmitted marked D. This is all the documentary evidence of service which I now have of my service in the Revolutionary War. But I herewith produce the depositions of four honourable and respectable men each of whom are personally known to this Court To wit the deposition of Col Edward Green taken before Samuel Ingram Esquire the chairman of this court on the 16th day of September 1831.
The deposition of Jasper Greer taken before W. W. Foreman Esquire of Carroll County on the 16th day of September 1832.
The deposition of James Fergus taken in open court September 13, 1832.
The deposition of Capt Benjamin Gilbert taken before Edward Given (?) one of the acting justices of the peace for this county bearing the date 12th of January 1832. The foregoing named gentlemen declarant and (ed. note: word hard to read) at different places during his tour in the Southern Army of the Revolution and as their standing and character is known to this Court and the (ed. note: word hard to read) generally it is hoped the Court will certify their opinion of the declarant hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any state or territory.
Sworn to and subscribed in open court .
John McKenzie
We Robert Baker clergyman residing in the County of Carroll and State of Tennessee and Edward W. Gee and Edward Given living in the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John McKenzie who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be of the age of seventy five years that he is generally respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been an officer of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to in open court the day and year here written.
Robert Baker
Edward W. Gee
Edward Given
Transcribed on March 19, 2011
Michael A. McKenzie
Marietta, Georgia
macmck@bellsouth.net
Posted on the McKenzies of Early Maryland web site
www.mckenziesofearlymaryland.com
Subject: Benjamin Gilbert affidavit
War, Rev, Pension, JOHN MCKENZIE W1049
12th of January 1832
State Tennessee
County of Carroll
Personally came Capt. BENJAMIN GILBERT of Weakley County and State aforesaid & being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God deposeth and saith that he, this deponent, was at a general muster in Campbell County in the State of Virginia some time in the old Revolutionary War and then and there saw Col. JOHN MCKENZIE, whom I had no acquaintance with nor had ever seen him before. I understood he was a recruiting officer from the South and on the recruiting service and appeared very [illegible] on that subject and was dressed in a military uniform and wore a sword, I recollect, and bore the title of Capt. There he met with some gentlemen of his acquaintance that was from Portsmouth, or some place in that quarter where our Army lay, and they appeared to meet with great satisfaction and had formerly been in the Army together and report said that MCKENZIE been in the service of his
country most all the Revolutionary War. I heard my brother Capt. MICHAEL GILBERT say after the Battle at Guilford that he saw Capt. MCKENZIE in that Battle And that he had got badly [illegible] there in the battle and lost his Negro boy and portmanteau and all his clothes & horse worth thousand dollars, he said. Then I recollect when the war was over this deponent removed to the state of Georgia and resided in the same County where Col. MCKENZIE lived, who was a member to the General Assembly and acted in the Commission of the peace and as Col. of a regiment of militia, and then a judge of a County Court, and a man of worth and of good property, and of late, it is said, by his being security he has got nearly broke but, the great length of time and not ever expecting to be called on in a case where I am in no wise interested has obliterated from my recollection a number of circumstances that might be more pertinent to the case. And this Deponent further saith not.
Sworn to before me the day and date above.
BENJAMIN GILBERT EDMUND W. GEE, JP
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| Person ID |
I05411 |
McKenzie Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
29 Oct 2021 |
| Father |
Aaron McKenzie, b. Between 1723 and 1727, Hopson's Choice, Maryland d. Between 1796 and 1797, Hancock County, Georgia (Age ~ 73 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Jemimah Something, b. Abt 1725 d. Aft 4 Jul 1815, Jones County, Georgia (Age ~ 90 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Family ID |
F00160 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Martha (Patsey) Bonner, b. 8 Jan 1775, Virginia d. 18 Oct 1851, Carroll County, Tennessee (Age 76 years) |
| Marriage |
20 Dec 1792 |
Washington County, Georgia |
| Children |
| | 1. Carolina McKenzie d. UNKNOWN [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 2. John Jr. McKenzie d. UNKNOWN [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 3. Jeremiah H. McKenzie, b. 6 Nov 1793, Georgia d. 1858, Tennessee (Age 64 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 4. Sarah McKenzie, b. 1796, Georgia d. Bef 29 Sep 1860, Henry County, Tennessee (Age < 64 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 5. Alexander A. McKenzie, b. Abt 1799, Georgia d. UNKNOWN [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 6. Nancy Jane McKenzie, b. Abt 1805, Georgia d. 14 Sep 1867, Kenard, Tennessee (Age ~ 62 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 7. James Monroe McKenzie, b. 14 Feb 1818, Tennessee d. 9 Oct 1873, McKenzie, Carroll County, Tennessee (Age 55 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F03041 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
29 Oct 2021 |
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| Documents
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 | Capt. John McKenzie (b. 1757) Final Payment Voucher
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 | Declaration (Second) of Jeremiah H. McKenzie (b. 1793) Page 1
Jeremiah H. McKenzie was the oldest son of John McKenzie and Patsey Bonner. |
 | Declaration (Second) of Jeremiah H. McKenzie (b. 1793) Page 1
Jeremiah H. McKenzie was the oldest son of John McKenzie and Patsey Bonner. |
 | Declaration of Jeremiah and Alexander McKenzie
Jeremiah H. McKenzie was the oldest son of John McKenzie and Patsey. He was born in 1793. Alexander A. McKenzie was the second son of John and Patsey and was born in 1799. |
 | Declaration of Jeremiah H. McKenzie Page 1
Jeremiah H. McKenzie was the oldest son of John McKenzie and Patsey Bonner. He was born in 1793 in Georgia. |
 | Declaration of Jeremiah H. McKenzie Page 2
Jeremiah H. McKenzie was the oldest son of John McKenzie and Patsey Bonner. He was born in 1793 in Georgia. |
 | Declaration of Jeremiah H. McKenzie Page 3
Jeremiah H. McKenzie was the oldest son of John McKenzie and Patsey Bonner. He was born in 1793 in Georgia. |
 | Declaration of Samuel Winn Page 1
Samuel Winn was a friend of John McKenzie and Patsey Bonner. |
 | Declaration of Samuel Winn Page 2
Samuel Winn was a friend of John McKenzie and Patsey Bonner. |
 | Burke County Georgia Land Records, Boundaries as of 1777 Page 104
This is another map of Burke County showing the location of land owned by Aaron and John McKenzie in the 1780's. This information assists researchers in tracing the descendants of Aaron McKenzie, one of the six children of John MacKinzie. Aaron migrated from Maryland, to Virginia and then onto Georgia and settled there in the mid-1780's. |
 | Burke County Georgia Land Records, Boundaries as of 1777 Page 296.JPG
This map is another view of the location of property owned by Capt. John McKenzie in 1780. Close evaluation of the map reflects that the land lies in Jenkins County, Georgia today. This information assists researchers in tracing the descendants of Aaron McKenzie, one of the six children of John MacKinzie. Aaron migrated from Maryland, to Virginia and then onto Georgia and settled there in the mid-1780's. |
 | Burke County Georgia Land Records, Boundaries as of 1777 Page 95
This map reflects the location of land warrants secured by Aaron McKenzie (b. abt. 1724-1727) and his son, Capt. John McKenzie (b. 1757). This information assists researchers in tracing the descendants of Aaron McKenzie, one of the six children of John MacKinzie. Aaron migrated from Maryland, to Virginia and then onto Georgia and settled there in the mid-1780's. |
 | Declaration of Capt. John McKenzie (b. 1757) for RW Pension Page 1
John McKenzie was the son of Aaron, who was the son of John (b. 1687). This declaration was submitted to the War Department in 1832 so that John in connection with John's application for a RW pension. |
 | Declaration of Capt. John McKenzie (b. 1757) for RW Pension Page 2
John McKenzie was the son of Aaron, who was the son of John (b. 1687). This declaration was submitted to the War Department in 1832 so that John in connection with John's application for a RW pension. |
 | Declaration of Capt. John McKenzie (b. 1757) for RW Pension Page 3
John McKenzie was the son of Aaron, who was the son of John (b. 1687). This declaration was submitted to the War Department in 1832 so that John in connection with John's application for a RW pension. |
 | Declaration of Capt. John McKenzie (b. 1757) for RW Pension Page 4
John McKenzie was the son of Aaron, who was the son of John (b. 1687). This declaration was submitted to the War Department in 1832 so that John in connection with John's application for a RW pension. |
 | Declaration of Capt. John McKenzie (b. 1757) for RW Pension Page 5
John McKenzie was the son of Aaron, who was the son of John (b. 1687). This declaration was submitted to the War Department in 1832 so that John in connection with John's application for a RW pension. |
 | Declaration of Capt. John McKenzie (b. 1757) for RW Pension Page 6
John McKenzie was the son of Aaron, who was the son of John (b. 1687). This declaration was submitted to the War Department in 1832 so that John in connection with John's application for a RW pension. |
 | Declaration of Capt. John McKenzie (b. 1757) for RW Pension Page 7
John McKenzie was the son of Aaron, who was the son of John (b. 1687). This declaration was submitted to the War Department in 1832 so that John in connection with John's application for a RW pension. |
 | Hancock County Deed Book H Page 228 (bottom)
What I found interesting about these documents is that they involved Capt. John McKenzie and clearly shows his wife’s name – Patsey. It’s also a big transaction involving 400 acres of land located on Town Creek. Abraham Borland is the purchaser and the purchase price is $3,000.00. If I am reading the deed correctly, the land originally belonged to the Rev. Abraham Marshall and also contains a mill. The sale from John to Abraham Borland occurred on or about 24 June 1807. |
 | Hancock County Deed Book H Page 228 (full scan)
What I found interesting about these documents is that they involved Capt. John McKenzie and clearly shows his wife’s name – Patsey. It’s also a big transaction involving 400 acres of land located on Town Creek. Abraham Borland is the purchaser and the purchase price is $3,000.00. If I am reading the deed correctly, the land originally belonged to the Rev. Abraham Marshall and also contains a mill. The sale from John to Abraham Borland occurred on or about 24 June 1807. |
 | Hancock County Deed Book H Page 228 (Patsey McKenzie release).JPG
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 | John McKenzie POA to Jeremiah McKenzie
Deed Book C, Page 290 Jones County, Georgia. This document establishes that John McKenzie and Randolph were brothers. It associates well with the Will of Aaron McKenzie, (b. 1723-27) and son of John McKenzie (b. abt. 1687) |
 | RW Battle of Orangeburg, South Carolina
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 | RW Commission Captain John McKenzie (b. 1757)
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 | RW Roster of South Carolina Patriots
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 | Obituary of John McKenzie (b. 1757)
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 | Letter re John McKenzie (b. 1757) RW Service dated May 23, 1934 Page 1
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 | Letter re John McKenzie (b. 1757) RW Service dated May 23, 1934 Page 2
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 | Capt. John McKenzie Negro Restitution Claim Georgia Archives Vault Page 1
File II, Reference Services, RG 4-2-46, Georgia Archives |
 | Capt. John McKenzie Negro Restitution Claim Georgia Archives Vault Page 2
File II, Reference Services, RG 4-2-46, Georgia Archives |
 | Capt. John McKenzie Negro Restitution Claim Georgia Archives Vault Page 3
File II, Reference Services, RG 4-2-46, Georgia Archives |
 | Capt. John McKenzie Negro Restitution Claim Georgia Archives Vault Page 4
File II, Reference Services, RG 4-2-46, Georgia Archives |
 | Capt. John McKenzie Negro Restitution Claim Georgia Archives Vault Page 5
File II, Reference Services, RG 4-2-46, Georgia Archives |
 | Capt. John McKenzie Negro Restitution Claim Georgia Archives Vault Page 6
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 | Capt. John McKenzie Negro Restitution Claim Georgia Archives Vault Page 7
File II, Reference Services, RG 4-2-46, Georgia Archives |
 | Capt. John McKenzie Negro Restitution Claim Georgia Archives Vault Page 9
File II, Reference Services, RG 4-2-46, Georgia Archives |
 | Biography of John McKenzie (b. 1757) page 1
http://tn-roots.com/tncarroll/john-mckenzie.htm |
 | Biography of John McKenzie (b. 1757) page 2
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| John McKenzie (b. 1757) and Patsey Bonner McKenzie Complete RW Pension Files
This document is a complete scan of the Revolutionary Pension Files of John McKenzie (b. 1757) and Martha (Patsey) Bonner. The author obtained the files from United States Archives in 2011. In some places the reader may see yellow highlighting. The highlighting was added by the author when he first read the documents. |
 | Capt. John McKenzie POA Book C Page 90 Jones Co. GA Records
Deed Book C, Page 290 Jones County, Georgia. This document establishes that John McKenzie and Randolph were brothers. It associates well with the Will of Aaron McKenzie, (b. 1723-27) and son of John McKenzie (b. abt. 1687) |
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| McKenzie, Tennessee History
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 | Capt. John McKenzie Negro Restitution Claim Georgia Archives Vault Page 8
File II, Reference Services, RG 4-2-46, Georgia Archives |
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