Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 342-400, for Mathew Irvine, South Carolina
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(3-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Continental Irvine, Mathew bk wT 342.400
or Matthew
SC res in 1807
CONTENTS
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No 342
Matthew Irvine
Surgeon Loos Legion

Wissed A Delerd to 
Peter Mansfield
11 April 1807
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State of South Carolina
Know all men by these presents that [illegible] Matthew Irvine  [illegible] a surgeon to Col Ha  [illegible] Legion in the Revolutionary army for and in consideration of one hundred dollars to me in hand paid by Peter Mansfeld the  [illegible] whereof I do hereby acknowledge  [illegible] by these presents do the grant bargain sell assign and transfer unto the said Peter Mansfeld all the lands to which I am entitled as surgeon aforesaid from the Unites States and all my right title interest claim or demand  [illegible] and in the same and every part and parcel thereof to have and to hold all the said lands  [illegible]detaments and premises to him the Peter Mansfield and to his Heirs and assigns for his and their own proper use and beho of for ever and I do hereby authorise and empower the said Peter Manseld to ask demand and receive from the Secretary at War of the United States or the proper officer all the Deeds patents and their writings
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to the same belonging as in any  [illegible]  [illegible]
Witness my hand & seal this Twenty third day of February 1807 at Charleston 
M Irvine
Witness
John Berney
Wm Wilkie  [illegible]
Be it known that on the twenty fifth day of February one thousand eight hundred and seven and in the Thirty first year of the Independence of the United States of America before me George Reid Notary Public by letter patent under the Great Seal of the state of South Carolina culy commissioned and sworn residing and practicing in the city of Charleston in the said state came Doctor Matthew Irving above named and acknowledged the above instrument of writing to be his act & deed.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office at Charleston the day and year last mentioned
G Reid Not Pub
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I certify that Doctor Mathew Irvine whose signature appears to the foregoing bill of sale was surgeon of the Legion commanded by Col Henry Lee and whose signature I am well acquainted with 
Simeon Theus Captain
Captain in the Line of So Carolina
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I do hereby certify that Doctor Mathew Irvine acted as surgeon in Colo Harvey Lees Legion of the Virginia line & served in the same in the Campaigns in So Carolina under General Greene
JF Grims Lt Col of Artillery raised in So Carolina on Continental Establishment
Charleston So Carolina 
25 Feb 7 1807
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PRINTED BY WP YOUNG

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
By His Excellency
Charles Pinckney
Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the State aforesaid.
To all to whom these Presents shall come.
Know Ye That George Reid Esquire whose Seal and Signature appear to the Instrument of Writing hereunto annexed is one of the Justices of the  [illegible]  Peace
for the said State and Notary-Public, commissioned by Letters Patent, under the Great Seal of the State.
Therefore all due Faith, Credit and Authority is and ought to be had and given to his Proceedings and Certificates as such.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and caused to be affixed  the seal of the state in the city of Charleston this twenty fifth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seven and in the thirty first year of the Independence of the United States of America
By the Governor
WP Young Secretary of State

Charles Pinckney
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Bureau of Pensions
Washington DC
Dear Sir
Please send duplicate copies of land grants or pensions issued to Rev William Irvine and Mathew Irvine who served in American Rev War They were from the colony of Virginia
Sincerely
Mrs Clarence E Turner
2405 Pecan St
Texarkana, Ark Texas

[stamped
RECEIVED 
SEP 20 1933
MAIL SUB DIV
VETS ADM
READER 65
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September 28, 1933
BA-J/ILL
Mathew Irvine
PL Wt 342-400

Mrs Clarence E Turner
3405 Pecan Street
Texarkana, Arkansas

Dear Madam: 
Reference is made to your letter in which you request duplicate copies of land grants or pensions issued to Rev William Irvin and Mathew Irvin of Virginia, War of the Revolution.

You are furnished herein the record of Mathew or Matthew Irvine, the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.  The data are from the above noted bounty land claim. 

The records of this office show that Mathew, or Matthew, Irving was a surgeon in Colonel Henry Lee's Legion, War of the Revolution, and that he was in the campaigns in South Carolina under General Greene.

Warrant #342 for 400 acres of bounty land was issued April 11, 1807, on account of the services of Mathew, or Matthew, Irving as stated above.  At the time of issuance of said warrant, Dr. Irvine was of Charleston, South Carolina.  There is no claim for pension on file based upon his services.

For information in regard to location of this land, you should apply to the Commissioner, The General Land Office, this city and state the number of the warrant, agreage and date of issuance.
In order to identify the record of the particular soldier William Irvin in whom you are interested as much as possible of the following data are essential:  approximate dates of birth and death, names of counties in Virginia in which he resided at enlistment and after service, and given name of widow.

Very truly yours,
AD HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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September 10, 1935
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BA-J/ady

Miss Rose Irvine
329 West 12th Street
Rochester, Indiana

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to Brigadier General William Irvine and Matthew Irwin of the Revolutionary War.

The record of Brigadier General William Irvine is furnished you herewith and the record of the only Mathew Irvine, all spellings of the surnmae searched, found on the Revolutionary War records of this office. The records do not show that these officers were related. 

Very truly yours 
AD HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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September 10, 1935

BA-J/ILL
Mathew Irvine
BL Wt 342-400
Miss Rose Irvine
329 West 12th Street
Rochester, Indiana

Dear Madam:

The date furnished herein regarding Mathew or Matthew Irvine, are found in the papers on file in his claim for bounty land based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

Mathew, or Matthew, Irving was a surgeon in Colonel Henry Lee's Legion, War of the Revolution, and was in the campaigns in South Carolina under General Greene.

Warrant #342 for 400 acres of bounty land was issued April 11, 1807, on account of the services of Mathew, or Matthew, Irving as stated above. At the time of issuance of said warrant, Dr. Irvine was of Charleston, South Carolina. 

If you desire information in regard to the location of this land, you should apply to the Commissioner, The General Land Office, this city and state the number of the warrant, acreage and date of issuance.

There is no claim for pension on file based upon service of Mathew or Matthew Irvine under any spelling of the surname.

Very truly yours
AD HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Her letter in claim of Wm Irvine BL Wt 1146-850 ADY