Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L. Wt. 410-400, Thomas Church, Penn.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Pennsylvania
Church, Thomas
NUMBER
B. L. Wt. 410-400
No papers
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CONTENTS [blank]
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Pennsylvania
Church, Thomas
B.L. Wt. 410-400 - Major
issued March 11, 1791
No papers.
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STAMP - RECEIVED JANUARY 14, 1937 [rest of stamp is illegible]

Hoosick Falls, New York
January 12, 1937

Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs

Will you be so kind as to send me data on the war records of Captain Benjamin Church of Rhode Island, Major Thomas Church of Pennsylvania, Colonel Thomas Church of Rhode Island.

I am a decendant (sic) descendent of the Church family of Rhode Island, who intermarried with the family of General Stewart, a soldier of the Revolution, who served in Connecticut in 1777.  I am trying to find the parents of Nathaniel Church of Connecticut.  There were a family of four who came from Connecticut in 1780 and settled at Petersburg [Petersburgh], New York, Rensselaer County. There (sic) [Their four children's names were John, Nathaniel, Hannah and Elizabeth.  Thanking you most heartily.

I am sincerely
Mrs. Harriett E. Shaw
10 Third Street
Hoosick Falls, New York
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January 29, 1937

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BA-J/EEL
Thomas Church--B.L.Wt.#410-400    
                      
Mrs. Harriett E. Shaw
410 Third Street
Hoosick Falls, New York

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Captain Benjamin church and Colonel Thomas Church, of Rhode Island and Major Thomas Church, of Pennsylvania.

A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no record found of a claim for pension or bounty land having been made to the United States based upon the military service in that war of a Benjamin church who serv ed as a captain in the Rhode Island troops or who applied for pension while residing in that state or of a Thomas Church who served in the Rhode Island troops.

The records of this office show that Warrant No. 410, for four hundred acres of bounty land was issued March 11, 1791, on account of the military service of Thomas Church, Major in he Pennsylvania Line.

In order to obtain information in regard to the location of the land cited above, you should apply to The Commissioner of the General Land Office, interior Department, this city, and furnish that official with the number of the warrant, the acreage and date of issuance.

This office has no further information in regard to this officer, because of the destruction of papers in such early claims when the War Office was burned in 1800.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.