Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 12374-100, for John Mattox, Virginia
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(3-1776)

SERVICE | | NUMBER
Va. | ★ Mattox, John | B.L.Wt. 12374-100- (illegible)
 | | Issued July 14, 1792
No papers

CONTENTS
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[Stamp]
[illegible first line]
Office of Pensions
Received
Mar 24 1932
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WAR DEPARTMENT
The Adjutant General's Office
Washington  March 12, 1932.

ORD
In reply fjm-rd
Refer to     
  
Respectfully returned to

Mrs. Edgar E. Loofbourrow,
323 West 4th
Wellington, Kansas

[right] John Mattox # 79218
[right] John Mattox # 79219

The records of this office show that John Mattox served in the Revolutionary War as a private in a company of Virginia Infantry. Neither the designation of the organization in which he served, nor the time period of his service is shown.  His name is borne on an undated list of soldiers of the Virginia Line as entitled to 100 acres of land.  The place where he enlisted or resided is not shown.

The collection of Revolutionary War records in this office is far from complete, and it is suggested as a possibility that additional information may be obtained from the Librarian, Virginia State Library, Richmond, or from the Director of Pensions, Washington, D.C.

[signed] C.H. Bridges
Major General,
The Adjutant General.
by RD

Director of Pensions:
Can you give me any information about the above named man?
Mrs. Edgar E Loofbourrow
323 West 4th - Wellington, Kansas
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In the claim of John Maddox, S38183, in a report from the 3rd Auditor Treas. Dept., dated Sept. 13, 1828, one John Mattox had received a certificate for the reward of $80.  The above named John Maddox stated that he has received such a certificate; he had served to the close of the Rev. War and was entitled to land, so this may be the same man as his name is spelled both ways in the claim of John Maddox, but there is no way to determine whether this is that soldier, so I had to file separately - 

MMHF - May 3, 1932
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Mrs. Edgar E. Loofbourrow
323 West 4th
Wellington, Kansas

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information in regard to one John Mattox quoted in a report from the War Department, this city, as being one whose name is borne on a list of soldiers of the Virginia Line, War of the Revolution, as entitled to one hundred acres of land.  

The records of this office show that Warrant Number 12374 for one hundred acres of bounty land was issued July 13, 1792, on account of service of John Mattox, private in the Virginia Line, War of the Revolution.

There is no further information on file in regard to his service and none whatever in regard to family because of the destruction of papers in such bounty lad claims when the War Office was burned in 1800.

In order to obtain information in regard to the location of the land you should apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, this city, and at the same time furnish him the above information.

If this record is not helpful to you, and you desire another search of the records made for you, please furnish as much as possible of the following data in regard to the John Mattox in whom you are interested and other spellings of his name will be searched: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator.

(handwritten at top of page)
At the time I wrote this letter, I did not have anything by which to identify this Sol. with John Maddox, S. 38183, without searching the files under Mattox, Miss Luke searched b. l. [bounty land] book & put this warrant number on the jacket of S. 38183 & made the statement in her let. that this wt, was John Mattox, which is ok, but the number of Wt. should not be on that  jacket
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12 - 5 - 41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME Mattox, John GRADE Private LINE Virginia
WARRANT NUMBER 12374
ACREAGE 100 ISSUED July 14, 1792
to Robt. Means, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.