Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 2095-100, William Harrington, Md.
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Md.
Harrington, William
NUMBER
B.L.W. 2095-100
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State of Maryland County of Anne Arundell
I, Levin Harrington, heir at law of William Harrington do, upon oath, testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that William Harrington did enlist in 17  , for the term of during the war, and served in the regiment No., 4, under the command of Colonel Carvel Hall, of the Maryland line; and that he continued in the service aforesaid until the end of the war I further declare, that I have never received a Warrant for the Bounty Land, promised to my uncle William Harrington, on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever; therefore,
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                                    Levin X Harrington
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Sworn to before
Gideon  White

Know all men by these presents, that I, Levin Harrington, aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint George Dunn, to be my true and lawful Attorney ,for me, and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a Warrant for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid; and my said Attorney is hereby fully authorised and empowered to contitute and appoint one or more Substitutes or Attornies, under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Attest, the eighth day of November, 1834
Gideon White                            his
                                          Levin X Harrington
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Personally appeared, the above named Levin Harrington, subscriber to the aforegoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of Attorney thereby subjoined, to be his free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned, 

Attest, this eighth day of November, 1834
Gideon White Justice of the Peace.
            
In testimony that the above written Gideon White, was a Magistrate authorised to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c. in the State of Maryland, at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality at Annapolis, this thirteenth day of November 1834.
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Annapolis March 17th 1835 --
Honored Sir, I received yours of the [illegible] [illegible]. Enclosing the bounty land warrant No. 2095 for one hundred acres for Levin Harrington as the nephew and only hier of Wm. Harrington dec.-- who was attached to the Md line in the 4th reg.
Respectfully yours [illegible]
George Dunn
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State of Maryland Ann Arundell County [illegible] [illegible] remembered that on this 2 day of February 1835 personally appeared James Frazier a good and competent witness before the subscriber a Justice of the peace and Chief Justice of the orphan court of said County and being sworn in due form of said deposeth and sayeth that he is now about 77 years of age that he was well acquainted with William Harrington a soldier of the revolution who was a native of dorchester county Maryland who was a soldier during the war that he returns to Dorchester County followed the water and was drowned in  Brannody Bay and left no [illegible] nor wife. he left a Father Richard Harrington and mother Elizabeth Harrington who are both dead more than [illegible] years. The said Wm Harrington left a Brother Thomas Harrington who was the Father to the present applicant, who is dead long since he left another Brother Richard who died without heir or [illegible]. The brothers of the said William Harrington has been dead so long he cannot ascertain the dates and the present applicant Levin Harrington is the only heir to the said William Harrington now being sworn to and subscribed the day and date above mentioned
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                                         James X Frazier
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Gideon White Justice
of the peace

Anne Arundel County Court
I hereby certify that Gideon White gentleman who appears to have [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] the aforegoing [illegible] was at the [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] one
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one of the State of Pennsylvania's Justices of the Peace in [illegible] for Anne Arundel County duly commissioned and sworn

In Testimony whereof I hereto set my name and affix the seal of Anne Arundel County Court this Second day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand and eight hundred and thirty five
[signed] Wm T. Green Clk A A Court
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G.G. Brewer
A[     ] June 1, 1853
William Harrington. [     ]
2095 - 100 
Rev
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Baltimore, 28th, May, 1853
Dear Sir, 
Some twelve years ago, a man by the name of Levin Harrington, obtained from the Bounty land office at Washington City, a warrant for one hundred acres of land, for the Revolutionary services of an uncle, whose name was either William or Richard Harrington, the object of this communication, is to ask the favor of you, to cause an examination to be made for the testimony or evidence upon which the warrant was granted to Levin Harrington, and if found to be on file, be kind enough to forward me on a copy of the evidence, there is a case pending in Allegany County Court, and it is important to Levin Harrington, to have the evidence referred to, the persons who testified for him to his being the only heir, he informs me, are all dead, and he has no other means of establishing his heirship, unless the paper files in his case can be found. Your kind attention will greatly oblige,
Very respectfully [illegible] G.G. Brewer
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Warrant No. 2095 for 100 acres [illegible] March 13, 1835 to Levin Harrington the only heir at law in [illegible [illegible] of William Harrington [illegible] a [illegible]  [illegible] __ [illegible] [illegible] to Geo Dunn
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William Harrington
No. 2095
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William Harrington
cost 52 1/2
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State of Maryland Anne Arundel County [illegible]. Be it remembered that on this 8th day of November 1834 personally appeared John Sadler before the subscriber a justice of the peace for the County aforesaid a creditable witness and made oath that he is 75 years age and that he was well acquainted with William Harrington who was a soldier of the revolution and was a soldier during the war, he enlisted in Dorchester County Maryland and after the war returned to the same place Dorchester County, where he died and the present applicant Levin Harrington is the nephew and only heir to the said William Harrington deed.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
John Sadler
attest
Gideon White, Justice of the peace
State of Maryland Anne Arundel County [illegible]. Be it remembered that on this 8th day of November 1834 personally appeared James Frazier, a creditable witness, before the subscriber a Justice of the peace for the State and county aforesaid and made oath according to Law that he is seventy five years of age, that he was well acquainted with William Harrington who was a soldier of the revolution during the war, that the said William Harrington enlisted in Dorchester County Maryland, where he died and the present applicant Levin Harrington is the nephew and only heir to the said William Harrington deed,
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
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James X Frazier
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attest Gideon White, Justice of the peace
State of Maryland Anne Arundel County [illegible].  At an orphans court held for Anne Arundel County November 11th 1834 satisfactory evidence was addressed in court to prove that Levin Harrington of Dorchester County State of Maryland is the nephew and only heir at law infer to William Harrington deceased, late a soldier in the fourth regiment in the Maryland line under the command Col Carvell Hall and
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continued in the army of the revolution during the war
Gideon White
Thos H. Dorsey
In Testimony that the aforegoing is a true copy taken from the minute of proceedings of the orphans court of Anne Arundel County.,
I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 12th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four
Sam Brown Jun.Reg. Wills A.A. County
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