Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 1130-200, for Isaac Rawlings, Maryland
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
MD     Rawlings, Isaac
NUMBER    B.L.Wt. 1130-200
CONTENTS
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State of Maryland  }
Frederick County    }
I, Sarah King sister and one of the heirs at Law of Isaac Rawlings deceased do upon oath testify and Declare to the best of my knowlidge and bilief that the said Isaac Rawlings was a Lieutenant in the Maryland line in the army of the Revolution and served as such to the close of the war. And I do further declare that I have never received a warrant from the United States for the bounty land due him nor do I believe that he were during his life ever received or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatever -- Therefore Know all men by these presents that I Sarah King as aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint Col Joseph Watson of Washington City my true and lawfull attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary at war of the United States a warrant for the quantity of land due me as aforesaid and my said attorney is hereby fully authorised and empowered to coinstitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him for the special purposes therein named and, the same to revoke at will

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this third of August 1825
Sarah King
Witness  W R King

Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County the above named Sarah King who signed the above power of Attorney and acknowledged the same to be her voluntary act and deed for the purposes therein named
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[in left margin]  No. 1130

State of Maryland }
Frederick County   } ss
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Eleanor King a person of credibility who being duly sworn says that she is well acquainted with the above Sarah King who signed the foregoing power of attorney in her presence and she says that to the best of her knowledge and belief she is the sister and one of the heirs at law of Isaac Rawlings who she allways underistood to be a single and unmaried man and to have been a Lieutenant in the army of the Revolution in the Maryland line and further she saith not
Elenor King
Sworn and subscribed before me this third of Augt 1825
W R King

State of Maryland  }
Frederick County    }ss
I; William R. King a Justice of the peace in and for said County do hereby Certify that from my own personal knowledge the above named Sarah King is a sister and one of the heirs at law of Isaac Rawlins Deceased who died a single and unmarried man and was as I have ever understood a Lieutenant in the Maryland line in the army of the Revolution
Certifyed by me this third of August 1825
W R King

Maryland Frederick County ss
I hereby certify that Wm R King gentleman by whom the above certificate was given and who has thereunto Subscribed his name is a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn--
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and affixed my Seal of office the 3d day of August 1825
Jno Schley  Clerk
FredK cty Court
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Warrant No 1130 issued
to Sarah King, Sister & the
other heirs of Lieut: Isaac
Rawlings of the Maryland
line for 200 Acres of land
August AD [?? 6th] 1825
And delivd to: Col Watson
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In the list of bounty lands issued prior to 1800 and for which there are no papers, is the following entry;

Warrant 1848, Isaac Rawlings, Lieut, 200 acres, Maryd. Artily. Issued Sept. 1, 1789, (with the following note) "received from, and certified to the Genl. Ld. Office on the 1st. Octr. 1831, - this warrant never having been previously presented or known to have been issued - Land Warrt. No. 1130 issd. on 6th. Augt. 1825, to the heirs of Lieut. Isaac Rawlings -."
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Portis, Kansas
Dec. 20, 1931

United States Pension Office
Revolutionary Records Division
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
I would like very much to know whether you have any record of Lieut. Isaac Rawlins, a Revolutionary Soldier and an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati.

Where might I find a list of the original members? I would like to know if Capt. William Cross of Pennsylvania was on of them.

I shall be grateful to you for this information.
Very truly yours
Frank C. Cross

[oval stamp containing]
REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS
SECTION
DEC 23 1931
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section.

February 17, 1927
Emily Rawlings
716 Crawford St
Houston, Texas

Madam:
I have to advise you from the records of this Bureau, it appears that Warrant No. 1130 for 200 acres of bounty land was issued, on account of the services of Lieutenant Isaac Rawlings of the Maryland Line, War of the Revolution, to Sarah King (sister of Lieutenant Isaac Rawlings) and other heirs, whose names are not given.

It is also stated that Lieutenant Isaac Rawlings was a "single and unmarried man".

The above noted Isaac Rawlings is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.

In order to make a proper search of the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau for a soldier named Ephraim Stone, some of the following data is essential- approximate dates of birth and death,
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places of residence at enlistment and after service, and first name of widow.

That portion of your lesser in regard to Isaac Rawlings when served in Civil War, has been forwarded to the proper source for reply.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.

Letter of inquiry forwarded today to Record Div. for reply to civil War request  awf
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Isaac Rawling
wt. 1130-200

January 7, 1932
Mr. Frank C. Cross          BA-J/AWF
Portis
Kansas.

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Isaac Rawlins, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The records of this office show that Warrant No. 1130 for two hundred acres of bounty land was issued, on account of the services of Lieutenant Isaac Rawlings of the Maryland Line, War of the Revolution, to Sarah King (sister of Lieutenant Isaac Rawlings) and other heirs, whose names are not given.

It is also stated that Lieutenant Isaac Rawlings was a "single and unmarried man".

The above noted Isaac Rawlings is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.

The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to afford any information in regard to a William Cross, who served as captain of the Pennsylvania troops.

For information in regard to the original members of the Pennsylvania Society of the Cincinnati, it is suggested that you address the Librarian, Pennsylvania State Library, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
Assistant to administrator