Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1231-450, James Houston, Ga.
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SERVICE Ga.  
Houston, James or Houstoun.   NUMBER B.L. Wt. 1231-450
CONTENTS
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State of Georgia
County of Chatham

We Andrew Brown, now residing in the City of Savannah Georgia, Husband of Harriet T. Brown late Harriet T. Houstoun, and Harriet T. Brown only surviving daughter and one of the Heirs at Law of James Houstoun late of the County of Chatham deceased, do upon oath testify and declare that to the best of our knowledge and belief, the said James Houstoun was a Surgeon in the army of the Revolutionary War, in the Georgia line on Continental establishment, and served as such to the close of the war. Also we do further testify and declare that we nor either of us, have ever received a warrant from the United States, nor do we believe that he ever received it or transferred his right to it in any manner during his life.
Therefore Know all Men by these presents that we Andrew Brown and Harriet T. Brown as aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint Col. Joseph Watson of Washington City our true and lawful Attorney for us and in our names, or in the name of either of us, so demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States a warrant for the quantity of Land due us, or either of us, in right of said deceased. And our said Attorney is hereby authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or Attorneys under him for the special purposes therein expressed and the same to revoke at Will. In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this eighth day of February Eighteen Hundred and twenty seven.
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M.I. Kappel
William Christie Witmer
And Brown
H. T. Brown
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the above named County the above named Andrew Brown and Harriet T. Brown his wife signers and Sealers to the foregoing power of Attorney and deposition and acknowledged the same to be their voluntary act and deed for the purposes therein named. Sworn, subscribed and acknowledged before me this eighth day of February Eighteen Hundred and twenty seven.
M.I. Kappel J.P.

State of Georgia
County of Chatham 
Clerks Office Inferior Court
I do hereby certify that M. I Kappel before whom the foregoing power of attorney and deposition appear to have been taken and acknowledged was at the time of taking the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified as such and that to all of his official acts as such due faith and credit is to be given.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at Savannah this eighth day of February Eighteen Hundred & twenty seven.
William Morel
Deputy Clk Ga CIC
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State of Georgia
County of Chatham
Office of the Clerk of Ordinary
Be it remembered that on this day the eighth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and twenty seven there has been adduced to me satisfactory evidence to prove that Harriet T Brown wife of Andrew Brown, which said Andrew & Harriet T. have made the foregoing declaration on oath and have subscribed the power of attorney herewith within connected is one of the Heirs of James Houstoun late a Surgeon in the continental army of the Revolution and that the other Heir of the said James Houstoun are as follows to wit,  Mossman Houstoun late Colonel in the army of the United States now in the Asylum at Philadelphia, only surviving son of the said James Houstoun; Eliza Houstoun, Mary Houstoun, John Houstoun and James Houstoun which four last named are the children of James E Houstoun son of the said Dr James Houstoun, and Harriet Baillie and Eliza Baillie children of George Baillie who intermarried with Johanna Houstoun (since deceased) the daughter of the said James Houstoun deceased, and that the above named persons are all the Heirs of the said James Houstoun, late Surgeon, known to be living.
HL Wardrobe
In Witness of all which I have hereunto affixed my hand and seal of office in my capacity of Clerk of the Court of Ordinary the day and year above written.
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Saml M Bond Clk of the Court of Ordinary of Chatham County, Georgia
State of Georgia
County of Chatham 
I Anthony Porter, one of the Justices of the Inferior Court of Chatham County, which Court has original Jurisdiction in Ordinary, do certify that Samuel M Bond who hath
granted the above certificate is Clerk of the said Court in Ordinary and that to all acts thus by him signed full faith and credit are and ought to be given.
Anthony Porter
J.J.C.C.C. 
[post script below]
Feby: 24-
This warrant must be made out in the name of the Son of Dr. Houston or to the legal representatives-
Warrt [warrant] is to Mossman Houston, Son, Harriet T. Brown, an heir, and the other heirs of Dr Jas Houston of the Georgia line-- and was
doctor to Joseph Watson-
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Warrant No 1231 issued to
Mossman Houston &c- heirs
of Doctor James Houston of 
the Georgia line for 450 
acres of land
14th March 1827
and delivered to Jos Watson
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Savannah, Georgia,
September 2, 1936.

Director,
The Veterans' Administration,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
I am enclosing a copy of a correspondence I have had recently with General Burnett of the War Department.
According to his suggestion, I am writing to ask if you can give me additional information on the said Dr. James Houstoun of Georgia and his war record in the American Revolution.

Sincerely yours,
s/ Edith D Johnston
(Miss) Edith D. Johnston,
217 East Charlton Street,
Savannah, Georgia.
[post script added]
her let. & reply from War Dept. ret. to her Oct 1 1936
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October 1, 1936
Miss Edith D. Johnston
217 East Charlton Street
Savannah, Georgia

JAMES HOUSTON
B. L. Wt. 1231-450
BA-J/MB

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Dr. James Houstoun, of Georgia, who served as surgeon from 1776 to the close of the war.
You are furnished herein the record of James Houston or Houstown as found in the papers on file in the claim for bounty land based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of James Houston are not given.
The records of this office show that James Houston or Houstoun served as Surgeon in the Georgia Line, War of the Revolution, and served as such until the close of the war, the date he entered the service not given.
James Houston died prior to 1827, in Chatham County, Georgia, his place of residence at the time of his death; the date of death was not given, nor was the name of his wife shown.
The names of the following children of Dr. James Houston or Houstoun are shown in the claim:
Mossman Houstoun, who served as Colonel in the United States Army and in 1827 of Philadelphia.
James E. Houstoun
Harriet T. Houstoun, who married Andrew Brown and in 1827 was living with him in Savannah, Georgia.
Johanna Houstoun, who married George Baillie and died prior to 1827.
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Dr. James Houston or Houstoun's son, James E. Houston, had the following named children:- Eliza, Mary, John and James Houstoun. The name of their mother was not given.
George Baillie and his wife, Johanna (daughter of Dr. James Houston), had the following children whose names are given in the claim:- Harriet and Eliza Baillie.
February 8, 1827, Andrew Brown and Harriet T., his wife, then residents of Savannah, Georgia, made application for the bounty land which was due said Harriet T., only surviving daughter, and Mossman Houstoun, only surviving son of Dr. James Houston, and the children
of James E. Houston and of George and Johanna Baillie (since deceased) who were named above as the other heirs of Dr. James Houston, for his services as Surgeon in the Revolutionary War.
Warrant No. 1231, for four hundred fifty acres of bounty land was issued March 14, 1827, to Mossman Houstoun and Harriet T. Brown and other heirs of Dr. James Houston. This office has no further information in regard to him.
For information in regard to location of the land granted, you should apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and cite the number of the warrant, the acreage and date of issuance.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

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