Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 1230-500, Samuel Elbert, Ga.
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8-1776
Service
Ga. Elbert, Samuel
Number B.L. Wt. 12300-500

Contents
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Colonel Samuel Elbert
Col Watson
5 Mar 1827
Please return these papers as early as convenient.

Pension Office
Feb. 19 /59
Room No 15

Mo 1230
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State of Georgia
County of Richmond
I Sarah Elbert a maiden and one of the heirs at law of Samuel Elbert late of the County of Chatham deceased to upon oath testify and declare that to the best of my knowledge and belief the said Samuel Elbert was a Colonel in the army of the Revolutionary war in the Georgia line or Continental [?] establishment and served as such to the close of the war. Also 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 has ever received it or transferred his right to it in any manner during his lifetime.

Therefore know all men by these presents that Sara Elbert, as aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint Geo. Joseph Watson of Washington Atty my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States a warrant for the quantity of land due me in right of said deceased.

And my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him for the special purposes therein [illegible] and the [illegible] to revoke at will
In witness where of I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty first day of February, 1827. Sarah Elbert

Witness, W.R. Thomas -
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the above named County, the above named Sarah Elbert, signer and sealer to the foregoing power of attorney and declaration and acknowledged the same to her voluntary act and deed for the purposes therein named. Sworn, Subscribed and acknowledged before me this twenty first day of February 1827
W. R. Thomas Jr.

State of Georgia
County of Richmond: I do hereby certify that Weston R Thomas Esquire before whom the foregoing power of attorney and deposition appears to have taken and acknowledged was at the
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time of taking the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County, duly [illegible] and qualified as such and that to all of his official acts as such, due faith and credit should be given.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and offered my seal of office at Augusta This Twenty first day of February 1827.
Isaac Herbert Clerk of the Court of [illegible]

State of Georgia
County of Richmond: Be it remembered that on this day, the Twenty First day of February Anno Domini 1827, there has been adduced to be satisfactory evidence to prove that Sarah Elbert who has made the foregoing declaration on oath and has subscribed the power of attorney herewith connected, is a maiden lady and one of the heirs of Samuel Elbert late a Colonel in the Continental Army of the revolution, and that the other heirs of the said Samuel Elbert are four in number to wit: Miss Sarah Elbert the signor above, a daughter of Col. Samuel Elbert, Elizabeth M. Muse the daughter of Catharine R. Elbert and John Burk, intermarried, Mrs Catharine R. Kerr, & Mary Elizabeth E. Holt the daughters of Elizabeth Elbert & Michael Burk intermarried, the said Catharine R. Elbert & Elizabeth Elbert the Daughters of Saml Elbert & [illegible] of the wife of Samuel L. Elbert [illegible] son of Col. Saml Elbert and that the above named persons are all the heirs of the said Samuel Elbert known to be living --.

In witness of all which, I have hereunto affixed my hand and seal official in my capacity of a ________. this 21 day of February 1827. 

Isaac Herbert, Clerk of the Court of Ordinary
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Warranty No. 1230 [illegible] to my wife Sarah Elbert &c -- heirs of Colonel Samuel Elbert of the Georgia Line for 500 acres of land --
March 14th 1827
and delivered to Jos. Watson
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511  Cherokee Street
Marietta Georgia
July 23, 1924

To the Commissioner of Pension
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir,
Writing to complete papers to be used in connection with the D.A.R. I will ask you to give me some date in reference to the war records of two of my Revolutionary ancestors --
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Captain Benjamin Kilgore of South Carolina who was in prison in Charleston and who escaped to fight again. I would like to know the name of his wife and also any other information you could give me in reference to Benjamin Kilgore. I wish also to get date of Major General Samuel Elbert of Georgia who was my fathers great
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great grandfather. Samuel Elbert's wife was Elizabeth Rue [Rae crossed out]. I would like to know where she was from and when they were married. Samuel Elbert was Governor of Georgia a short while before he died in 1788. If you can give me this data, and will have the kindness to do so I will be very grateful. I am
Yours very truly
Mrs J.E. Gifford
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
[Illegible print - possibly initials]
August 15, 1924

Mrs. J.E Gifford,
511 Cherokee St.,
Marietta, GA.

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the records of this Bureau it appears that Warrant Number 1230 for 500 acres of bounty land was issued March 14, 1827, to his heirs on account of the services of Samuel Elbert, late of Chatham County, Georgia, who was a Colonel of the  Georgia Line and served as such to the close of the Revolution. Dates and places of his birth and death and the name of his wife are not stated.

His children were:
Sarah
Catherine R., married John Burk. They had a daughter, Elizabeth M. Muse.
Elizabeth, married Michaell Burk. Their daughters were Mrs. Catharine R. Kerr and Mrs. Elizabeth E. Holt.
Samuel L., not living in 1827, but left a wife, name not stated.

Respectfully,

Acting Commissioner.