Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 863-1100, Horatio Gates, Va.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE   Va.
Gates, Horatio
NUMBER B.L. Wt. 863-1100
no papers
CONTENTS
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Va.

Gates Horatio

B.L. Wt. 863 - 1100 - Maj Genl.
Issued Nov. 18, 1790
No papers
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June 20, 1933

BA-J/MMHF/eel

Susanna Chilton Morris
1514 Third Street
Santa Monica, California

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of a soldier with surname Chilton, and that of General Gates.

In order to make a proper search of the Revolutionary War records of this office, for the record of a certain soldier with surname Chilton, the full name is essential and as much as possible of the following data:  approximates dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.

The records show that bounty land Warrant No. 863 for eleven hundred acres of bounty land was issued November 18, 1790, on account of the service of Horatio Gates, of Virginia, Major General, War of the Revolution.  There are no statements on record which were submitted in the application for the bounty land, because of the destruction of papers in such early claims when the War Office was burned in 1800, hence no further data relative to that officer.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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June 20, 1933

BA-J/MMHF/eel

Susanna Chilton Morris
1514 Third Street
Santa Monica, California

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of a soldier with surname Chilton, and that of General Gates.

In order to make a proper search of the Revolutionary War records of this office, for the record of a certain soldier with surname Chilton, the full name is essential and as much as possible of the following data: approximates dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.

The records show that bounty land Warrant No. 863 for eleven hundred acres of bounty land was issued November 18, 1790, on account of the service of Horatio Gates, of Virginia, Major General, War of the Revolution. There are no statements on record which were submitted in the application for the bounty land, because of the destruction of papers in such early claims when the War Office was burned in 1800, hence no further data relative to that officer.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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August 25, 1939.
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BA-J/ady
Horatio Gates
B.L.Wt.No. 863-1100

Mr. Horatio H. Gates
257 Claremont Road
Ridgewood, New Jersey

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request further information in regard to General Horatio Gates, in regard to whom you quoted data from histories and encyclopedias, and in which you request to know other sources of information.

The Revolutionary War records of this office show that warrant No.863, for eleven hundred acres of bounty land was issued November 18, 1790, on account of the service of Horatio Gates, of Virginia, as Major General, War of the Revolution.

There are no statements on record which were submitted with the application for bounty land because of the destruction of papers in such early claims when the War Office was burned in 1800, hence no further data relative to that officer.

For information in regard to the location of the land you should address the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Washington, D. C. and furnish that official the number of the warrant, acreage, and the date of issuance.

The Adjutant General, War Department, this city, has the custody of Revolutionary 
War military records, from whom you might obtain other data in regard to this officer, and if you have not consulted B. J. Lossing's "Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution", you will find those volumes interesting, perhaps.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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January 23, 1939.
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BA-J/ady

Mrs. Charles O. Meyer
11223 South Kedzie Avenue
Chicago, Illinois

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of General Horatio Gates and the War of 1812 record of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Luther Gates (W.21168), whose record was furnished you October 26, 1935.

There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the War of 1812 of the Luther Gates who served in the Revolutionary War.

The Revolutionary War records of this office show that warrant No.863 for eleven hundred acres of bounty land was issued November 18, 1790, on account of the service of Horatio Gates, of Virginia, Major General, War of the Revolution.

There are no statements on record which were submitted with the application for bounty land because of the destruction of papers in such early claims when the War Office was burned in 1800, hence no further data relative to that officer.

For information in regard to the location of the land you should address the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Washington, D.C., and furnish that official the number of the warrant, acreage, and the date of issuance.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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HORATIO HAMILTON GATES 
257 CLAREMONT ROAD 
RIDGEWOOD, N. J. 
July 15, 1939
(STAMPED) RECEIVED 2 JUL 18 1939 MAIL SUB-DIV READER NO. 18 VETS ADM
Superintendent of the 
Record and Pension Bureau, 
War Department, Washington, D.C. 
Sir:
Subject: General Horatio Gates 
I should like to obtain a brief copy of the official record of General Horatio Gates of the Continental Army, if available, and shall feel very much obliged if you can assist in that direction , either with a copy, or a reference to another source. 
From histories and encyclopedias I have found the following: 
Appointed Aide to General Washington at Boston in June 1775, with title of Brigadier General. 

Appointed Major General in command of Northern Army in 1776 - 1777.
 
Awarded Congressional Medal after battle of Saratoga - October -- November 1777.

Appointed President of War Board at Philadelphia , in 1778. 

Assigned to command of Southern Army in 1780; Relieved after battle of Camden, S. C. 1781. in 1782 Restored to full rank as Major General and
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HORATIO HAMILTON GATES
257 CLAREMONT ROAD
RIDGEWOOD, N. J.

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Gen. Horatio Gates.

assigned to Staff of General Washington, serving until the disbandment of the Army at Newburgh,N.Y. in November 1783.

Respectfully,
H. H. Gates,
[signed] H. H. Gates.

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RECEIVED
JUL 18 1939
MAIL SUB-DIV
Reader No. 18
VETS ADM
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11223 S. Kedzie Ave
Chicago, Ill.
December 7, 1938

Veteran's Administration
Washington, D.C.
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

Dear Sir:
Have you any available information regrading General Horatio Gates and his War Record in the Revolutionary War?
Information I have found at the library and things my father told him when he was living lead me to believe that General Gates was related in some way to Luther Gates, my Great, Great Grandfather who was a drummer boy in the Revolutionary War and my Great Grandmother Ann Brown Gates received pension number W 21168. I believe he (Luther Gates) was also a Drum Major in the War of 1812 as in the Annual Report of the New York State Historian his name appears on p. 399-1797 p 596-1802 Herkimer Co. N.Y- (p. 702-1804 Herkimer Co. N.Y) (p. 752 1804 Herkimer Co. N.Y) p. 799 1805 and under Colonel Christopher P. Bellinger's Herkimer Co. New York Regiment, New York Militia War of 1812 serving from September 20, 1814 to November 20, 1814.
Yours respectfully
Mrs. Charles O. Meyer
(Irene Derby Meyer
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REC'D
DEC 12 1938
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS ADM
READER #4
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Director of Pension Bureau
Washington, D. C.
Could you give me the record of the CHILTON who fought in the Revolutionary War? I do not know his given name.
Also of General Gates of Revolutionary war.
GATES I would appreciate this as they are our family.
Thank you.
signature?
Susanna Chilton Morris
1514 Third Street,
Santa Monica, California.
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108 Rogers Street,
Bluefield, W. Va.,
July 4, 1934.

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

I am very eager to secure the Revolutionary War Record of Daniel Connor only 1 Va of Virginia. If you will send me his record, I shall be exceedingly grateful to you, as I am endeavoring to complete some family records.

Would it be possible to get the record of General Gates (Horatio), as he was related to my grandfather by marriage?

Thanking you very much for any information that you may be able to give me, I am

Yours truly,
Ardelia S. Buchanan
Mrs. Roy J. Buchanan
108 Rogers St.
Bluefield, W. Va.

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JUL 9 1934
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADM.
READER #21
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July 23, 1934.
Mrs. Ray J. Buchanan 108 Rogers Street Bluefield, West Virginia. 
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Daniel Conner-W.1235 
Horatio Gates-Wt. 863-1100

Dear Madam:
  
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Daniel Connor of Virginia, and General Horatio Gates.

The record of only one Daniel Conner of Virginia, who applied for pension on account of Revolutionary War service has been found; his record is furnished herein as found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 1235 based
Daniel Toner - W.1235.

Daniel Conner enlisted in Amherst County, Virginia, sometime in February 1776, served as private in Captain Samuel J. Cabell's company, Colonel Daniel Morgan's Rifle Regiment and was in the battle of Saratoga, was transferred to Captain John Stokes' company, Colonel Thomas Parker's Virginia regiment, was in the battles of Monmouth and Stony Point and was discharged in 1779. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 4, 1820, at which time he resided in Nelson County, Virginia; he was then aged about seventy-two years, the date and place of his birth, and names of his parents not shown.

He died in Nelson County, Virginia, about 1822.

The soldier married August 30, 1815, in Patrick County, Virginia, Mary Hurt; she had been married previously and had children by her former husband, their names and the full name of her former husband not shown; neither are any names of children of the soldier given. After his marriage,
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Daniel Conner, the soldier, lived in Nelson County, Virginia.

Mary Conner, soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed April 30, 1853, at which time she was a resident of Patrick County, Virginia, aged then eighty years; the date and place of her birth and names of her parents are not shown. In the spring of 1855, she resided in Wythe County, Virginia.

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HORATIO GATES - B.L.Wt. 863-1100.

The record of this office show that Warrant No. 863 for eleven hundre acres of bounty land was issued November 18, 1790, on account of the service of Horatio Gates, of Virginia, Major General, War of the Revolution.

There are no statements on record which were submitted with the application for bounty land because of the destruction of papers in such early claims when the War Office was burned in 1800.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator.

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