Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 807-100, Daniel Grant, N.H.
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N.H.
Grant, Daniel
B L Wt 807-100
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807
Danl [Daniel] Grant_Decd
priv:
New Hampshire line --
Wm & Edwd. Grant, Brothers
& heirs at law --
Vanzandt & Rockwell
Assignees

Warrant issued June 24th 1819

Vanzandt & Rockwell
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Wm & Ed. Grant
to
Vanzandt & Rockwell
2nd May 1819
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Know all Men by these presents that We William Grant of Lebanon in the County of York & State of Massachusetts & Edwd  Grant of Berwick in the state & County aforesaid do in consideration of the Sum of Seventy Dollars to us in hand paid by Nicholas B. Van Zand & Dennis Rockwell of Washington City State of Columbia hereby sell convey & assign unto the said Van Zand & Rockwell to their heirs & assigns forever all our right title & interest of in & to One Hundred Acres of Military Bounty land granted by the United States to us as heirs at law of Daniel Grant who was killed at Bemis Heights in October 1777 & who belonged to the Second Regiment of the New Hampshire line on the Continental establishment in the late Revolutionary War To have & to hold the said One Hundred acres of Military Bounty Land as aforesaid to them the said Van Zandt & Rockwell their heirs & assigns forever.  And we do hereby covenant with the said Van Zandt & Rockwell  their heirs & assigns hat We have good right to sell & convey the said 100 Acres of Bounty Land to them the said Van Zand and Rockwell & that we will warrant & defend the same to them the said Van Zandt & Rockwell, their heirs & assigns forever against the lawful claims of any person or persons claiming from or under us __
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And we do hereby give & grant to the said Van Zandt & Rockwell full power & authority to receive the said Bounty Land or the certificate therefor in their the said Van Zandt & Rockwells own names & for their sole use & Benefit. In witness whereof We have hereunto set our hands & affixed our seals at Lebanon (Ma) this twenty ninth day of May 1819

Signed Sealed & del in presence of us
William Grant X his mark
[signed] Edmond Grant

[signed] Josiah W Seaver
name of witness

State of Massachusetts
County of York ss
Personally appeared before me William & Edward Grant above named to me well known & acknowledged the above instrument by them subscribed to be their free act & deed & the said Wm & Edwd Grant made oath that they have never sold or in any way conveyed their said Bounty Land to any person except the said Van Zandt & Rockwell

In testimony whereof I the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the County of York have hereunto set my hand the day & date above written
[signed] Josiah W Seaver Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
York ss. To all whom it may concern
It is hereby certified, that Josiah W. Seaver on the twenty ninth day of May last was, and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for the county of York, duly qualified to act as such.
In testimony whereof, I Daniel Sewall, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said county, hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, the seventeenth day of June, A.D. 1819
[signed] Daniel Sewall
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Enc Probate Certificate
of Heirship in the case of Daniel Grant deceased.

Revolutionary 

In this case there is a power of atty: -- 

Answer this today 
23rd November 1819

Doll.
Oct 6th 1818
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
York ss.  By the Court of Probate for the County of York
To all whom it may concern
It is hereby certified, that it has been satisfactorily proved, that William Grant of Lebanon, and Edward Grant of Berwick, both in said county, are the reputed brothers and legal heirs at law to Daniel Grant, who was mortally wounded in the battle of Bemis heights, and is since dead, who was never married and whose father and mother are both dead.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and have caused the seal of the said Court of Probate to be hereunto affixed the seventeenth day of August, A.D. 1818.
[signed]  Jonas Clark, Judge

Daniel Sewall Regst
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I George Fall of Lebanon in the County of York and Commonwealth of Massachusetts testify and say that some time in the Autumn of 1776 I enlisted as a private soldier in the service of the United States of America to serve during the war of the revolution and served in the second regiment of Newhampshire until the close of the war, that I was well acquainted with Daniel Grant who enlisted in the service of the United States of America to serve during said war in said second Regiment where he served until the seventh day of October AD. 1777 when he was mortally wounded in battle at Beamis Heights and died next day and I further say that William Grant of said Lebanon is a Brother and Legal heir at Law of said deceased as he was never married and his father and mother are now dead
[signed]  George Fall

State of Newhampshire Strafford
1818 June 13th then George Fall personally appeared and made oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed was just and true before me
[signed]  John Fish Justice of Peace

I hereby certify that the deponent George Fall is a man of truth and verasity [veracity]
[signed] John Fish Justice of Peace
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Daniel Grant

State of New Hampshire
Strafford ss.}  I Daniel Walron Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County within the first district Do hereby certify that John Fish Esquire whose signatures are affixed to the paper is a Justice of the Peace acting under the authority of said State
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court this twenty first day of August AD 1818
[signed] Danl Waldron
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Department of War
Pension Office
Dec. 17th 1818
I hereby certify that it appears from the Muster rolls from the State of New Hampshire, on file in this office that Daniel Grant a private of the Second Regiment enlisted for the war, and that he was killed on the 7th of October 1777.
[signed  J. L. Edwards
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I John Nock of Lebanon in the County of York and State of Massachusetts testify & say that the some time in the spring of the year 1777 I enlisted in the service of the United States of America to serve three years, that I served the term of my enlistment that I was well acquainted with Daniel Grant who enlisted in the service of the United States of America to serve during the war and served in the
Second Newhampshire Regiment until the Seventh day of October A.D. 1777 when he was mortally wounded in the action of Beamis  Heights and died next day and I further say that William Grant of Lebanon aforesaid is a brother and Legal heir at Law of said diseased as he never was married and his father and mother are now dead
[signed]  John Nock

State of Newhampshire Strafford ss
1818 June 13th then John Nock personally appeared and made oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed was just and true before me 
[signed]  John Fish Justice of Peace

I hereby certify that the deponent John Nock is a man of truth and verasity [veracity]
[signed] John Fish Justice of Peace
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John Nock
for D Grant

State of New Hampshire
Strafford ss.}  I Daniel Walron Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County within the first district Do hereby certify that John Fish Esquire whose signatures are affixed to the paper is a Justice of the Peace acting under the authority of said State
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court this twenty first day of August Anno Domini 1818
[signed] Danl Waldron