Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4898, Patrick Henry, Va.
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Va
CONTENTS
Henry,

Patrick, Patrick
R. 4898
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No. 38.679
Patrick Henry dec'd
Ala
Hon G. S. Houstin
Dec 28 1853
Let to same 30 Dec 1833
" Same 23 Jan 1834

4898

Act June 7 1832
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1832

[marked out: Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1872.
REJECTED
4898
P.O. __
Patrick Henry
Servicer: ___
Reference to [illegible]
in 1853 and 1854 shows
that veteran did not render any service in the Rev. War
Enlisted: ___, 18__
Discharged: ___, 18 __
The claim of 12/13/153 
was for bounty land
as shown by prior
correspondence
Application filed: ___, 18 __
Alleges: ___
Re-enlisted: ___
Attorney: ___
P.O. ___
___ Recognized. ___ Contract
___ Cert. of Dis. Searched for ___, 18 __
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Mr D. S. Winston
for Land

Geo S Houston
HR
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The State of Alabama}
Limestone County ss}  On this 13th day of December in the Year 1853 Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State afore Said Mrs Dorothea Spotswood Winston aged about seventy six 78 years a resident of Limestone County in the State of Alabama who being duly Sworn according to law declares that she is the Daughter of the Identical Patrick Henry who was a Colonel in the Revolutionary war (Regiment no recollected) that her said Father entered the service of the United States in County of [marked out: Hanover] Hanover in the State of Virginia about the year (not recollected) and continued in active service in said war about the term of (not recollected) and she further states that Mrs. Sarah Scott Alexander Spotswood Henry E. W. Henry and J W Henry are the only children that are now living of the said Patrick Henry She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty whether in land or money to which she may be entitled under any of the acts of Congress granting bounty to the officers and soldiers that have served in the wars of the United States. 
Dorothea S Winston
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above Written and I hereby certify that I believe the said Dorothea Spotswood Winston to be the Daughter of the Identical Patrick Henry and that she is of the age above stated.
Jn. Turrentine {seal}
Justice of the Peace