Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1260-500, for James Levingston, New York
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(3-1776) 

SERVICE 
New York 

Levingston, James 

NUMBER 
B.L.Wt. 1260.500 Col. 
Issued Apr 21, 1791 
No papers.
 
CONTENTS 
(Heitman’s Register gives name as Livingston p. 354)
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WAR DEPARTMENT. 
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE. 
WASHINGTON, August 10, 1922 
Respectfully transmitted to the Commissioner of Pensions, 
to whose office the communication is addressed and to which it appears to pertain. 
The records of this office show that one James Livingston, or Livingstone, served in 1777 and 1778 in Captain Jesse Roe's Co., of Artificers and in Captain-lieutenant Christain Beackley's Company detached from Col. Benjamin Flower's Corps of Artificers, both under the command of Brigadier General of Ordnance Henry Knox. The force was apparently known both as the "Artillery and Artificers" and the "Commissary General of Military Stores Department." The soldier held at different times the rank of private, quartermaster sergeant and lieutenant. 
Robert C. Davis 
Acting The Adjutant General. 

[stamped] U.S. Pension Office Aug 11 1922

Form No. 74 -- A. G. O. 
Ed Oct. 3-21-50,000.
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[stamped] DEP’T OF THE INTERIOR 
RECEIVED Nov 11 1916
To Bur. Pensions
Secy’s Off Mails & Files

Waucoma, Iowa, Nov. 8th, 1916

Department of the Interior, 
Washington, D. C. 
Dear Sir:- 
Elvie N. Logsdon wishes to prove her descent from James Livingston of New York. She has run the line back to Olive Livingston, New York, who married a Henry Nicholson probably of Vermont. There must be a connection between this Olive and James Livingston of Revolutionary fame. 
I will enclose you a letter from Peter Nelson of the University of New York that may assist you some. Pleas return this letter when you are thro with it. 
Any help that you may be able to give us along this line will be very gratefully received 
Yours sincerely 
Mrs. Chas. Webster, 
Registrar Waucoma Chapter, D.A.R. 
Mrs. Elvie N. Logsdon 
R.D. #6 Decorah Iowa.

[stamped] U.S. Pension Office Nov 13 1916
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(Sept. 11. 1922. Letter to Sylvia Miller MMV)

[stamped] U.S. Pension Office  Aug 11 1922

Record AWS
Bureau of Pensions 
Washington D.C. 
Dear Sirs – 
James Livingston served his county as Regimental Quartermaster - was Lieut of Artillery Artificers in Col. Flowers Regt- Was killed in Battle of Brandywine Sept 11 -1777- See Penn Archives-2" series Vol" Ps 249-250. Also manuscript Archives of Pa. 
Can you tell me if his wife was granted a pension –
I want any information concerning his birth, which was supposed to have occurred in N.Y. The name of his father if possible - Our records say his wife was Miss Ann Butler - would pension records show my such data? Let me know what the charge for copy of records will be & I will remit. 
Yours- Sylvia Miller 
3607. Ingersoll Ave
Des Moines Ia. 

[stamped] Received A.G.O. Aug 5 1922
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VLM
Rev. War Section. 
November 29, 1916. 
Mrs. Elvie N. Logston, 
R. D. #6 Decorah, Iowa. 
Madam:- 
In response to your letter dated the ninth instant, you are advised that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau show that 500 acres of bounty land were allowed on account of the service of James Livingston or Levingston as Colonel in New York troops, on Warrant # 1,260 which issued April 21, 1791. There are no papers on file relative to said claim as they were destroyed when the War Office was burned in 1800. 
Very respectfully, 
G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
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1st Ind.   CL-O 
War Department, A. G. O. April 19, 1930. To Major W. Dulty Smith, U. S. Marin Bureau of Ordnance, Navy Department, Washington, D.C. 
1. The records show that one James Livingston served in the Revolutionary War as colonel of a battalion of continental troops bearing his name. He was commissioned November 20, 1775, and his name is last borne on a record which shows that he was in service in January, 1781. His final record is not shown. 
2. One James Livingston is also shown as Colonel, Colonel Livingston's Regiment New York Militia, Revolutionary War, according to an undated return “of the officers belonging to the State of New York attached to the Corps hereof specified under the resolution of Congress of the 15 Mch 1779”; also according to a list dated March 31, 1787, “of pensions paid to invalid by the State of New York agreeable to a resolve of Congress dated 7 June 1785 in pursuance to a law of the State passed the 22 of April 1786”. Neither the date of his commission nor his final record is shown. 
3. The collection of Revolutionary War records in this Department is far from complete, and it is suggested that additional information can possibly be obtained from the Director, New York State Library, at Albany, or from the Commissioner of Pensions, this city. 
Major General, 
The Adjutant General, 
By
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section 
MCS/HMM
April 29, 1930. 
Major W. Dulty Smith 
Bureau of Ordnance 
Navy Department 
Washington, D.C. 
Dear Sir: 
I advise you that the Revolutionary War records of this bureau show that Warrant Number 1260 for five hundred acres of bounty land, was issued April 21, 1791, on account of the services of James Livingston or Levingston who served as a colonel in the New York Line during the War of the Revolution . 
There are no further data on file relative to the soldier, and no data relative to his family due to the destruction of papers in bounty land claims when the War Office was burned in 1800. 
The above noted is the history of the only James Livingston (searched under all spellings of the surname) that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau. 
Very truly yours, 
E. W. MORGAN 
Acting Commissioner.
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Rev. War Section      MMK
September 11, 1922 
Sylvia Miller 3807 Ingersoll Ave., 
Des Moines, Iowa. 
Madam: 
In response to your letter received August 11, 1922, you are advised that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau show that five hundred acres of bounty land were allowed on account of the services of James Livingston or Levingston as Colonel in New York Troops on Warrant 1260 issued April 21, 1791. There are no papers on file relative to said claim as they were destroyed when the War Office was burned in 1800. 
Very respectfully, 
Commissioner.
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N. Ord. 7 
IN REPLY ADDRESS 
BUREAU OF ORDNANCE NAVY DEPARTMENT 
AND REFER TO No. 

NAVY DEPARTMENT 
BUREAU OF ORDNANCE 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
22 Apr 30.
The Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C., 
Sir:
In my efforts to obtain information regarding Col. James Livingston who served during the Revolution under General George Washington, the Adjutant General, War Department U.S.A. has, as you will see by the enclosed paper, referred me to you. I will appreciate any information you may be able to give on this subject. 
Very truly, 
[signed] W. Dulty Smith
W. Dulty Smith, 
Major U.S. Marines.