Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 11478, for Nancy Smith, South Carolina
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S. C.

Smith, Nancy
Keith, John
Former widow

W. 11478
B.L.Wt. 17892-160-55
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME Smith, Nathan (Nathaniel GRADE Private LINE Connecticut

WARRANT NUMBER 6443 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Sept. 9, 1790

{Note: The original entry was under the name Nathaniel Smith. It was changed in ink, to Nathan Smith with the notation - "2 Nathan Smiths but no Nathaniel, see page 71, Vol. No. 1, Meigs' 1st Regt."}

*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.