Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 1800-400, Isaac Harleston, S.C.
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SERVICE  S. C
Harleston, Isaac
NUMBER  BL.Wt 1800 - 400
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Harleston
No 1800.
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Honorable H. L. Pinkney
Isaac Harleston
1800-400 acres
order
Rev.

William Gordon, Esq.
Bounty Lands
Washington DC


Recd May 7 1834
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H.R. May 6th 1834
Having been requested by a gentleman  interested to obtain & inform him whether a Land Warrant has ever been taken out in the name of Edward Harleston I take the liberty to ask you the following questions to which I respectfully request an early answer as a Warrant said to be numbered 1800, for 400 acres of Land, been obtained in the name of Edward Harleston & others, heirs of Major Isaac Harleston if so, when 
as said Warrant ever been taken out and if so,
when & by whom. 
If the Warrant has not been taken out by any
one, as yet, I have to request that it may not
be disposed of to any persons, until I hear again
from the gentleman  who requested and for
whom benefit I take the injuries. An early
answer is respectfully requested 
I remain, Sir
very respectfully
your obedient servant

H. L. Pinckney

No. 1800 opened 7th Jan. 1832 to Edward Harleston, Nephew & the other heirs at law of Mayor Isaac Harleston of the So Carolina line
deliver to Joseph Watson attorney
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Hon. H. L. Trucking
House of Rep.
Sir
May 7th 1844
In answer to the inquiries submitted in yours of yesterdays date, I have to inform you that Land Warrant 1800 or 400 acres issued the 7th Jany 1832 to Edward Harleston, Nephew, and the other heirs at law of Major Isaac Harleston of the South Carolina line, which  was delivered to Joseph Watson of this City, attorney for the Warrant.
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The enclosed statement obtained from the Genl
Land Office shows the names of the several heirs to whom the Suit issued in Virtue of the above numbered warrant
Wmy
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BOUNTY LAND
FOR REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES-CLAIM OF HEIRS.

(No. 1. )
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STATE Of South Carolina
County of Charleston
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I Edward Harleston of the City and State aforesaid
and one of the heirs at law of Major Isaac Harleston
late of the County District of Charleston and State of So. Carolina but now deceased, do upon oath, testify and declare, that to the best of my knowledge and belief, the said Isaac Harleston in the Second
Regiment of Infantry belonging the Carolina line, on Continental establishment, during the Revolutionary War. I do further testify and declare, that I have never received a warrant from the United States for the quantity of land due the said deceased, from the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his right to it in any manner during his life time.
THEREFORE, KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I, Edward Harleston  as aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Col. JOSEPH WATSON my true
and lawful attorney, for me, in my name, to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States , for the time being, a warrant for the quantity of land due in right of said deceased. And my said
attorney I do hereby fully authorize and empower to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or
attorneys under him, for the special purpose herein expressed, and the same to revoke at will.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 27th day of December A.D. 1831
                                           Edward Harleston

(No. 2. )
PERSONALLY appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the above County, the above named Edward Harleston signer and sealer to the foregoing declaration and power of attorney, and made oath in due form of law to the one, and acknowledged theis as his voluntary act and deed for the purposes therein named.
Sworn, subscribed, and acknowledged before me,
this 28th day of Decr 1831 
                                        Edward Harleston
( No. 3. )

STATE OF South Carolina
District of Charleston
PERSONALLY appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid,  Harleston Simons
and Bazile Lanman both credible and disinterested persons, who, being duly sworn, did depose and say, that they verily believe that Major Isaac Harleston dec. named in the within declaration, signed by Edward
Harleston served in the 2nd Reg So. Carolina line 
during the Revolutionary that they have understood that he died about 34 year since, viz. on or about the
day of ____ 1898 at Charleston within the State of So. Carolina leaving no widow, and that Thomas Corbett, Mr Irving, Mr. Harleston Simon and Miss Elizth Corbett issue of Mrs. Margaret Corbett a sister of Major Harleston. Wm Harleton Wm Hannah C. Moulton (wife of Dr Wm Moultin) Min: Sarah H. Hager wife of Dr Benj Hager and John Harleston, issue of Wm Harleston dec a brother of Major Harleston, and Edwd Harleston  Hannah H. Quach wife of R H Quach are the reputed and only heirs at law of him, the said Major Isaac Harleston.
Sworn and subscribed 27 day of December A.D. 1831
Kent Simons
John Michel 
Bazille Lanman
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(No. 4. )
STATE OF South Carolina
District of Charleston ⎬
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this day, to wit: the Thirtieth of December, Anno Domini, 1837, there has been adduced satisfactory proof before me
James D. Mitchell Ordinary for the said district by the deposition of Jas Mathews Esq and Henry Goendin two credible witnesses, and other explanations and information submitted, that Edward Harleston who has made the declaration on oath, and has subscribed the power of attorney herewith connected, is a nephew and one of the heirs of Isaac Harleston late a Major in the  Continental army of the Revolutionary War, and that the other heirs of the said Isaac Harleston are
in number, viz. Thomas Corbett who is a nephew of the said Isaac Harleston and resides, or is supposed to reside at Charleston within the said State Mr. H. Simons Miss Elizth. Corbett, Wm Harleston, M. H.
Moultrie, Mrs. S. H. Huger, John Harleston, Mr H.
and the said minor children of Col. John Harleston included or alluded to in No 3 - viz In M. Harleston, Thos C. Harleston, Edward Isaac Harleston, and Elizth C. Harleston and Mrs Margaret Irving
and that the above named persons are the only heirs of the said Isaac Harleston
known to be living.
IN WITNESS OF ALL WHICH, I have hereunto affixed my hand and seal official in my capacity of Ordinary for sd District this Thirtieth day of December Anno Domini, 1831
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STATE OF So. Carolina
cITY of ChARLESTON
 I, William S. Smith Clerk of the Court of Pleas 
DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That James D. Mitchell
Esquire, before whom the declaration, power of attorney, and deposition hereto annexed appear to have been signed and made, was, at the time of signing and making the same, one of the Justices of the Peace, in and for the ty of Charleston aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified as such, and to all his official acts, due faith and credit should and ought to be given.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, at Charleston
this 28th day of Dec. 1831


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INSTRUCTIONS.
Smith C.C.
only requisite that one of the heirs should sign the declaration and power of attorney.
the states of Maine, Massachusetts, New Htempshire ,Rhode Island  , Connecticut , and Vermont, the Judge of Probate, in New York and New Jersey the Surrogates in South Caroline and Georgia the Ordinaries; in Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, and the other Western States, the Court of Record are considered as authorized to certify heirship; yet it is deemed expedient to accompany their certificates (which must be under seal, or is absence accounted for) with the evidence on which they may grant them, and hence the deposition No. 3, herewith, which is indispensable as to the States of 
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maaryland and North-Carolina, where it has been considered that no particular officer authorized to certify her even in the ib, to cause the certificate of heirship
No. 4, to be signed by the officer charged by law, with the granting letters of administration, and receiving
the proof of wills.
DIRECTIONS AS TO FILLING OUT THE BLANKS.
In the declaration, after the name in the first line, place the degree of relationship -- After regiment
in the 5th line, place infantry, artillery, dragoons, invalids, sappers and miners, Hazen or Congress, as
the case may be, the other blanks sufficiently indicate the words to be supplied.
In deposition No. 3, previous to the word widow place the word or no, as the case may be;
and in the blank which follows, place the names of all the heirs, having care after the name of each, to
state, his or her degree of relationship to the deceased; the other blanks sufficiently indicate the words to
be supplied. In the certificate of heirship, No. 4, after the word proof, insert the words to me, or the
court of
holden at
as the case may require; and previous to the words and one, insert the
degree of relationship of the person who signs the power of attorney. In the large blank, insert the
names of all the other heirs, designating their relationship and residence; the other blanks sufficiently
indicate the words to be supplied.