Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1480-400, for James Mc Henry, Maryland
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(3-1776)
SERVICE Md (?)
McHenry, James
NUMBER
B. L. Wt. 1480-400 Maj.
No papers
CONTENTS
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Md 
McHenry, James

B. L. Wt. 1480-400 Major
Issued Mar 13, 1800
No papers
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Greenville, Ill.
Mar. 2 1932
Pension Dept.
Washington, D.C.
I would
be very grateful for any
information concerning
McHenrys who fought in
either the Revolutionary War
or the War of 1812.
Also please send any
information concerning
James McHenry
Secretary of
War under Presidents Washington
and Adams
for whom Fort McHenry was
named.
Respectfully Yours
Josephine McHenry
421 E. Main St
Greenville
Illinois

printer time stamp
RECEIVED MAR 4 1932
Recept Section
PENSION FILES [illegible]
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Davis, W. Va. Oct. 5, 1937
Dear Sir,
Please send me a record
of data concerning one
 James McHenry, aide to
Gen Geo. Washington.
Please include names of
wife and children.
Yours truly,
Mrs Pearle Mott
Davis W. Va

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RECEIVED
Oct 5 1937
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS ADM   10
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October 16, 1937
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JAMES McHENRY
B. L. Wt. 1480 - 400
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Mrs. Pearle Mott
Davis
West Virginia
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of October 5, in which you
request the record of James McHenry who was aide to General
George Washington.
The records of this office show that Warrant No. 1480, for
four hundred acres of bounty land, was issued March 13, 1800, on
account of the service of one James McHenry as Major in the
Revolutionary War.
There are no statements on file which were made by the applicant
, because of the destruction of the papers when the War Office
was burned in 1814, hence, this office has no information in regard
to his family or relatives and no statement made by him relative
to his military service,
It is suggested that you consult Pennsylvania Archives, Fifth
Series, Volume 2, page 168, for a reference to James McHenry, also,
F. B. Heitman's Historical Register of Officers of the Continental
Army.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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See letter in case
Wm Henry B L Wt. 20429
160-50

August 4, 1937
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Mrs. Nora S. Neal
R.F.D. # 1, Box 16,
Indiana, Pennsylvania
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request to
know whether or not Isaac McHenry, born in 1734, was a brother
to James McHenry, Secretary of War under President Washington
and Adams; also, of William McHenry (son of Isaac), born in 1771,
served in the Revolutionary War; you state that William McHenry
was a pensioner of Indiana County, Pennsylvania, in 1840, having
served with General Wayne in 1793 and 1794, in Ohio, and that
William's brothers, Isaac and James McHenry, served in same war
and that Isaac died during the campaign and you desire to be furnished
with the particulars of his death and the place of burial.
Information furnished by this office in regard to soldiers
who rendered service anytime during the period, 1775-1815, are
obtained from claims for pension and bounty land which have been
made to the United States based upon service in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and the Indian Wars between.
A careful search of the records has been made and no claim
for pension or bounty land found based upon the service in the
Revolutionary War of an Isaac McHenry, born in 1734; as you state
that William McHenry was born in 1771, it is obvious that he could
not have served in the Revolutionary War (1773-1783); there is no
claim for pension on file nor record of the issuance of a warrant
for bounty land based upon the military service of an Isaac McHenry in the Indian War, 1790 - 1793,
The record of James McHenry, who served in the Revolutionary War
and that of William McHenry, who served in the Indian War,
1790 - 1793, are furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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August 4, 1937
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James McHenry B. L. Wt. 1480 - 400
William McHenry B. L. Wt. 20429-160-50

Mrs. Nora S. Neal
R.F.D. #1, Box 16
Indiana, Pennsylvania
Dear Madam:
The records of this office show that Warrant No. 1420, for
four hundred acres of bounty land was issued March 13, 1800,
on account of the service of one James McHenry as major in the
Revolutionary War.
There are no statements on file which were made by the applicant
because of the destruction of the papers when the War
Office was burned in 1800, or when the public buildings were
burned in 1814, hence this office has no information in regard
to his family or relatives and no statements made by him in regard
to his military service.
It is suggested that you consult Pennsylvania Archives,
Fifth Series, Volume 2, page 168 for a reference to James McHenry,
also, F. B. Heitman's Historical Register of Officers of the Continental
Army,
William McHenry
B. L. Wt. 20429-160 - 50
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file
in claim for bounty land based upon the service of William McHenry
in the Indian War, 1790 - 1793.
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of William McHenry are not shown.
William McHenry enlisted in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, 
and served from April 27, 1782 to April 30, 1793, as a private in 
Captains Faulkner and Springer's Company in the Indian War.
[handwritten note]
These were US Troops but 3" And. did not so state. Identified both capts in Heilman
(1812 book)
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April 1, 1851, William McHenry, then aged eighty-two years
and a resident of Indiana County, Pennsylvania, applied for the
bounty land which was due on account of his service in the Indian
War. He was granted one hundred sixty acres of bounty land on
Warrant No. 20429, under the Act of September 28, 1850.
In order to obtain information in regard to the location
of the land issued to James McHenry and William McHenry, you
should address The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish that official with
the numbers of the warrants, the acreage, the date of issuance
in the case of James McHenry, and act under which William McHenry applied.
There are no data as to the wife or children of William
McHenry and the date of soldier's death is not shown. He
stated that he had an uncle living in Ohio, during the Indian
War; said uncle was deceased in 1851, his name was not given.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon the service
of this William McHenry. The list of pensioners of 1840
on which the name of William McKenny appears as a resident of
Washington Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, was compiled
from the reports of the marshals of the several judicial districts
under the act for taking the Sixth Census, and without
reference to the records of this office, hence it is not always
possible to verify the statements contained therein. The pension of William McHenry, found on this list, may have been paid
by the state from which he served.
As a possible means of obtaining information in regard to
the military service of Isaac McHenry, of the Revolutionary War
and Isaac McHenry, of the Indian War, it is suggested that you
apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, this city.

and Isaac McHenry, of the Indian War, it is suggested that you
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Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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April 4, 1932
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B. L. Wt. 1480 - 400
JAMES McHENRY
Josephine McHenry
421 East Main Street
Greenville, Illinois
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information
in regard to James McHenry, Secretary of War under
Presidents Washington and Adams, also of other McHenrys of the
Revolutionary War and War of 1812.
There is a record in this office which shows that Warrant
No. 1480, for 400 acres of bounty land, was issued March 13, 1800,
on account of service of one James McHenry as major in the
Revolutionary War.
This office is unable to state whether or not this James
McHenry was the Secretary of War, because of the destruction of
papers in his application for bounty land, when the War Office
was burned in 1800, or when the public buildings were burned in 1814.
It is suggested that for further data relative to the Secretary of
War, you apply to The Adjutant General, War Department,
city, and to the Librarian, Pennsylvania State Library,
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, also to the Maryland Historical Society,
Baltimore, Maryland.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator

[handwritten notes]
M. Robb searched his old books in Gen Land Office
& found that this land
was located in Ohio & that
the patent was dated Apr 30, 1800  to the officer himself
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The July 1, 1931 issue "US Army
Recruiting News" on file in old
Pen. Bu. Lib. (Capt. C.O. Howard)
has a fine article on Sec. James
McHenry; also, see Heilman
also, Pa. archives, 5" Series
Vol. 2, Page 168
I did not use "Maryland Line"
in this hist as shown on jacket
because he is not recorded
in the Md. Archives and I 
believe because the James
McHenry, Sec. of War, a 
Md.  resident & was a student
in Phila when he entered ser.
is why he served in the Pa Line, but was 
erroneously written up in old county land 
records in Pen Bureau as Md service & that this
is really the record of the Secretary of War
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Aug 6, 1937 I talked with Mr Rosafy Ch of the old pension records, War Dept
& they in that dept put all the citations from their records & a book
by Wald & Pa arch. & Heilman & Mr Rosafy thinks it is all the rec of one man & that his Pa ser was only interrupted by ser. in Md