Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51 12-5-41 
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
BOUNTY LAND WARFRANT RECORD CARD* 
NAME Richards, John
 GRADE Private 
LINE Massachusetts 
WARRANT NUMBER 4959 
ACREAGE 100 
ISSUED May 4, 1793 to -- not shown --
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 *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.