Individual Details
Daniel MCCOY
(From 1752 to 1753 - 30 Jan 1821)
Daniel began receiving a pension from the State of Pennsylvania on 13 January 1818 for $40 a year through 1 July 1820. He also received a pension (S40985) from the United States. He was inscribed on the pension list, roll of the Pennsylvania Agency at the rate of $8 per month on 10 July 1820 retroactive to the 8 June 1818. The pension was payable on the 4 March and 4 September by the Bank of the United States in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. No pension was payable until after a certificate had been issued. A schedule of property certified by the Court had to be submitted before any payment could be made after 4 March 1820. He received a letter on 9 December 1820 stating that the schedule of his property had been examined and that his name was to be continued on the pension roll. He was eligible to be paid the following March but no arrearages would be paid according to the letter. Although he was eligible for $167.16 in arrearages, no record could be found at the National Archives where he received this. His sons, Daniel and John McCoy, as the administrators of his estate, appointed Robert Toland of Philadelphia as their attorney to receive the pension payment due their father. A pension payment of $86.93 due Daniel McCoy was made on 26 May 1821 to Robert Toland for the period from 4 March 1820 to 30 January 1821 when Daniel McCoy died.
It should be noted that Daniel McCoy's descendants were claiming as late as 1854 that he had not been paid the money he was owed on his pension from the United States. A letter dated 30 June 1854 from James McCreay to his Congressman, Augustus Drum, states that "the man in Indiana who drew his [Daniel McCoy's] money refused to give it to his sons."
Captain John Clark, Alexander McCurdy, and Daniel Boyle gave affidavits attesting that they had served with him since he no longer had proof of his service. His wife Deborah began receiving a widow's pension from the State of Pennsylvania on 1 January 1822 for $40 a year. She died on 22 October 1829.
Daniel married Deborah Norris on 27 February 1777 in St. Michael's
Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a weaver but was indigent according to the affidavits he gave to the Court when he applied for a pension. He owned a cow worth ten dollars but had been unable to work for seven years and needed assistance to walk in his affidavit of June 1820.
According to a biographical sketch for Church Smith McCoy in the Indiana County History by Arms and White, he was "an early settler on Crooked Creek" and "at one time resided on what is now the Benjamin Walker farm. He was a scout in the Indian Wars."
Other possible children include John (1777-1793), Margaret (1785-1830) married to James McCain/McKean, William (1793-1813), and Nancy (1796-1825) married to Nicholas Jordon/Gordon. Nicholas Jordon, Samuel McCreay and James McCain lived near Nancy McCoy, widow, in the 1830 census. These additional children are undocumented but one of the letters written to Augustus Drum in 1854 about the money owed to Joseph McCoy, Daniel McCoy's son, from his pension was written by a James Gordon. Was this James Gordon related to Daniel McCoy's daughter, Nancy married to Nicholas Jordon/Gordon?
James McCain/McKean is living near Daniel McCoy or his children in the 1810 through the 1830 censuses.
Jas Kean was living in Armstrong Township, Indiana County in the 1810 census next to Daniel McCoy with the following household composition:
Free white males 26 thru 44-1
Free white females 16 thru 25-1
James McKean was living in Plumcreek Township, Armstrong County in the 1820 census where Daniel McCoy and his sons were living with the following household composition:
Free white males under 10-2
Free white males 45 and over-1
Free white females under 10-3
Free white females 26 thru 44-1
Number of persons engaged in agriculture-1
James McCain was living in Plumcreek Township, Armstrong County in the 1830 census near Nicholas Jordon/Gordon, Samuel McCreay, and Nancy McCoy, widow with the following household composition:
Free white males 5 thru 9-2
Free white males 15 thru 19-2
Free white males 50 thru 59-1
Free white females under 5-1
Free white females 10 thru 14-2
Free white females 15 thru 19-1
Free white females 40 thru 49-1
Nicholas Jordin/Gordon was living in Plumcreek Township, Armstrong County in the 1820 census where Daniel McCoy and his sons were living with the following household composition:
Free white males 16 thru 25-1
Free white females 16 thru 25-1
Number of persons engaged in agriculture-1
Nicholas Jordon/Gordon was living in Plumcreek Township, Armstrong County in the 1830 census near where Samuel McCreay, James McCain, and Nancy McCoy, widow with the following household composition:
Free white males 5 thru 9-1
Free white males 30 thru 39-1
Free white females under 5-2
Free white females 5 thru 9-1
Free white females 30 thru 39-1
The Armstrong County History lists the following tracts to originally have been surveyed within Plumcreek Township where Daniel McCoy was living in the 1820 census and where Nancy McCoy, the widow of Daniel McCoy's son, Daniel, was living in the 1830 census: John Levyzy, seated by McCain and Jordon; and Bartholomew Mather, 329 acres (known as Matherton), seated by Samuel McCray. These two tracts were adjacent to each other. The tract for John Levyzey was warranted to him on 7 February 1776 and was patented to John Hacket (in trust) on 27 May 1816 for 324.40 acres. The tract for Bartholomew Mather was warranted to him on 20 August 1776 and was patented to Mary and Joseph Paul on 17 May 1784 for 329.120 acres. Both Bartholomew Mather and John Levyzey were of Philadelphia County when they obtained the warrants.
Events
| Birth | 1749 | Ireland |  | ||
| Birth | From 1752 to 1753 | Ireland |  | | |
| Military | From Apr 1776 to 1 Jan 1778 | in the Revolutionary War | | ||
| Residence | Apr 1776 | Paxtang Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Marriage | 27 Feb 1777 | St. Michael's and Zion Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Deborah NORRIS | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1782 | was a weaver when he was taxed - Norhern Liberties Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1798 | Armstrong Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Census | 1800 | Armstrong Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Miscellaneous | From 1808 to 1816 | was taxed on 150 acres of land with livestock (number of horses and cows he owned varied depending on the tax year but was never greater than a couple) - Armstrong Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Census | 1810 | Armstrong Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Miscellaneous | From 1818 to 1820 | received a pension of $40 annually from the State of Pennsylvania based on his Revolutionary War service | | ||
| Census | 1820 | Plumcreek Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Miscellaneous | From 4 Mar 1820 to 30 Jan 1821 | administrators, Daniel and John McCoy, received $86.93 for the period | | ||
| Death | 30 Jan 1821 | Plumcreek Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Probate | From 1821 to 1822 | Armstrong County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Burial | Oakland Cemetery, Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania | | | ||
| Occupation | a weaver according to his pension application | |
Families
| Spouse | Deborah NORRIS (1754 - 1829) |
| Child | Charles MCCOY (1777 - ) |
| Child | Mary MCCOY (1781 - 1854) |
| Child | Daniel MCCOY (1785 - 1825) |
| Child | Joseph MCCOY (1791 - 1866) |
| Child | John MCCOY (1795 - 1828) |
| Child | Margaret MCCOY ( - ) |
| Child | Nancy MCCOY ( - ) |
Notes
Birth
Although his tombstone states he was born in 1749, he gave his age as 65 when he applied for a pension on 8 June 1818. He would have been born sometime between 1752 and 1753 based on his age in June 1818. Since his tombstone was erected after his death by a descendant, his age in his pension application is considered more reliable.Miscellaneous
Daniel McCoy was living in Armstrong Township, Westmoreland County during the direct tax of 1798. He owned a small cabin 10x24 feet worth $20 and was taxed on 140 acres worth $210. He was living on land owned by John McQuiston and was living adjacent to Benjamin Walker. The biographical entry for his grandson Church Smith McCoy in the Indiana County History by Arms and White states he (Daniel McCoy) was "an early settler on Crooked Creek" and "at one time resided on what is now the Benjamin Walker farm. He was a scout in the Indian Wars."Census
There was a Daniel McCoy in Buffalo Township, Armstrong County in the 1800 census with the following household composition:Free white males under 10-3
Free white males 10 thru 15-1
Free white males 16 thru 25-1
Free white males 45 and over-1
Free white females under 10-1
Free white females 10 thru 15-1
Free white females 25 thru 44-1
Since Buffalo Township is in the western part of Armstrong County on the west side of the Allegheny River, this is not him. Armstrong Township in Westmoreland County in 1800 was in the part that later became Indiana County. Daniel McCoy was living in Armstrong Township in Indiana County in the 1810 census.
Miscellaneous
The tax lists indicate the title to the land was by warrant but it does not say to whom it was warranted. There is no record of Daniel McCoy taking out a warrant for land in Westmoreland or Indiana County, Pennsylvania. Either he was living on this land (squatting) or had an arrangement with whomever held the warrant on the land. The tax records begin in 1808 but give total valuation of the property he was taxed on in 1805 and 1807. His property was valued at $356 in 1805 and at $364 in 1807. He was taxed on 150 acres of land between 1808 and 1816 but the number of horses and cows he was taxed on varied from year to year but was never more than a couple of horses or cows.Miscellaneous
Daniel McCoy was approved for a pension of $8 a month on 10 July 1820 retroactive to 8 June 1818 when he had initially applied for a pension. He was to receive arrearages of $167.16 from 8 June 1818 to 4 March 1820. He had to provide a schedule of his property before he could receive any additional money. He received a letter dated 9 December 1820 stating that the schedule of his property had been received and that his pension would be paid the next March but no arrearages would be paid. Since he died on 30 January 1821, his administrators, Daniel and John McCoy, applied for the pension money due his estate. They appointed Robert Toland as their attorney to receive this money from the U.S. Bank in Philadelphia. Robert Toland received $86.93 in May, 1821 for the pension due Daniel McCoy for the period from 4 March 1820 to his death on 30 January 1821. Although a pension payment voucher with the associated papers was found at the National Archives for this, no pension payment voucher could be found for the arrearages.Death
The Pension Roll of 1835 gives his death date as 30 June 1821 but this is incorrect since he died 30 January 1821.Probate
Daniel McCoy and John McCoy were appointed administrators of their father Daniel McCoy's estate. Bond was two thousand pounds and was given by Daniel McCoy, John McCoy, Robert Woodward, and Thomas McMillin.Burial
Daniel and Deborah McCoy were probably buried somewhere else and their remains were then moved to Oakland Cemetery at a later date or else tombstones were erected there for them without their remains being moved. Oakland Cemetery was not in existence at the time of their deaths.Endnotes
1. Oakland Cemetery and Mausoleum (Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania), Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 2 November 2013), memorial page for Daniel McCoy, Find A Grave Memorial # 96321657, memorial created by Bonnie Schultz, photograph by Bonnie Schultz.
2. "U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 November 2014), Daniel McCoy; citing National Archives M804, roll 1672; Number 40985.
3. "U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 November 2014), Daniel McCoy; citing National Archives M804, roll 1672; Number 40985.
4. Daniel McCoy petition for pension , Petition No. 246 , 7 January 1818; Records of the General Assembly; Record Group 7; Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
5. John Blair Linn and William H. Egle, M.D., editors, Pennsylvania in the War of the Revolution, Battalions and Line 1775-1783, Volume I (Harrisburg: Lane S. Hart, State Printer, 1880), pages 218-220; 252-253; 272-273 ; digital images, Google Books (http://books/google.com : accessed 21 November 2014.
6. "Revolutionary War Military Abstract Card File," database, ARIAS (http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/archive : accessed 2 November 2013), Daniel McCay; citing M/R Capt. Murray's Co, Perth Amvoy, 1 August 1776; Pennsylvania Archives (5), II, 319-322.
7. "Revolutionary War Military Abstract Card File," database, ARIAS (http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/archive : accessed 2 November 2013), Danl McCay; citing M/R, Capt. Clark's Co., March & April, 1777.
8. William H. Egle, An Illustrated History of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Harrisburg: De Witt C. Goodrich & Co., 1876), 637-654.
9. "Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 April 2015), Daniel McKoy and Deborah Norris, 27 February 1777; St. Michael's and Zion Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
10. Deborah McCoy of Indiana County, widow and relict of Daniel McCoy, Act No. 92, 12 January 1822; Records of the General Assembly; Record Group 7; Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
11. Oakland Cemetery and Mausoleum (Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania), Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 2 November 2013), memorial page for Deborah Norris McCoy, Find A Grave Memorial # 96322185, memorial created by Bonnie Schultz, photograph by Bonnie Schultz.
12. "Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 April 2015), Daniel McCoy; citing Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Series 4.61, Records of the Office of the Comptroller General, Record Group 4.
13. "United States Direct Tax of 1798: Tax Lists for the State of Pennsylvania," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 November 2013), Daniel McCoy, tax lists A and B.
14. 1800 U.S. census, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Armstrong Township, page 89, Daniel McCoy; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 November 2013); from National Archives microfilm M32, roll 41.
15. 1810 U.S. Census, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, Armstrong Township, page 265, Danl McCoy; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 February 2014); from National Archives microfilm M252, roll 49.
16. Daniel McCoy, Volume 13, page 73, 1818; Records of the Auditor General; Record Group 2; Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
17. Daniel McCoy, Volume 7, page 133 , from 1818 to 1820; Records of the Auditor General; Record Group 2; Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
18. 1820 U.S. census , Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Plumb Creek Township, page 268, Daniel McCoy Sr; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 November 2013); from National Archives microfilm M33, roll 97.
19. "U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 November 2014), Daniel McCoy; citing National Archives M804, roll 1672; Number 40985.
20. Oakland Cemetery and Mausoleum (Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania), Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 2 November 2013), memorial page for Daniel McCoy, Find A Grave Memorial # 96321657, memorial created by Bonnie Schultz, photograph by Bonnie Schultz.
21. "U.S., The Pension Roll of 1835," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 September 2017), Daniel McCoy, died 30 June 1821; citing The Pension Roll of 1835, 4 volumes.
22. Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Probate records, Daniel McCoy, estate number 118 (1821), Letters of Administration, inventory and appraisement, and final account , from 12 February 1821 to 18 March 1822; Armstrong County Courthouse, Kittanning, Pennsylvania.
23. Oakland Cemetery and Mausoleum (Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania), Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 2 November 2013), memorial page for Daniel McCoy, Find A Grave Memorial # 96321657, memorial created by Bonnie Schultz, photograph by Bonnie Schultz.
24. "Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 April 2015), Daniel McCoy; citing Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Series 4.61, Records of the Office of the Comptroller General, Record Group 4.
25. "U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 November 2014), Daniel McCoy; citing National Archives M804, roll 1672; Number 40985.