Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 2055-200, Charles Bradford, Va.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Va.
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CONTENTS
Bradford, Charles.
NUMBER
B.L. Wt. 2055-200
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Washington

Personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, for the said county,
Wm Finley and Mary Cox, credible and disinterested witnesses, and made oath, in due form of law, that they are acquainted with Henry Heath Finley and Julia Ann Finley, and that they are reputed grand children of Charles Bradford, believed to have been an officer in the Continental army in the Revolution, and who died in the said County
of Washington about the year 1794, leaving a widow and four children, all of whom
are dead, leaving no other issue then said Henry & Julia, who are believed to be
the only heirs at law of the said Charles Bradford aforesaid

Wm Finley
Mary Cox
Sworn and subscribed before me
this twelfth day of July
1834

Ephraim Estep J.P.

State of Pennsylvania
County of Washington
We, Henry Heath Finley and Julia Ann Finley,
the only heirs at law of Charles Bradford, do upon oath testify and declare, to the best
of our knowledge and belief that Charles Bradford, our grand father was a Lieutenant
in the Continental army, in which character he was entitled to bounty land for serving to the end of the war: we declare we have never received a warrant for said County land promised to him on the part of the United States; nor have we any reason to believe that he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever: therefore,
Know all men by these presents, that we, Henry Heath Finley & Julia Ann Finley aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint T G Bradford to be our true and lawful attorney, for us and in our name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of land due as aforesaid, and the same when received to file in the General Land Office and therefrom to receive the Land Scrip authorised to be issued in satisfaction of Land warrants, and when thus received he is to remit to us the two full certificate of Scrip of eighty acres each, and to sell and transfer for such sum as he can get the fractional certificate for forty acres, and to do all and every thing necessary and requisite in every respect to carry into full effect the
special purposes above expressed July the 12th 1834.

Henry Heath Finley
Julia Anne Finley

Attest
Ephraim Estep

Personally appeared the above named Henry Heath Finley & Julia Ann Finley, subscribers to the foregoing declaration, and made oath to the same and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be their free act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned. Attest, this 12th
day of July 1834
July 12th 1834
Ephraim Estep J.P.
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Washington
In testimony that Ephraim Estep Esq
was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments &c. in the State of Pennsylvania at the date of his foregoing Certificate, I have hereunto affixed the county seal and subscribed my name and quality, at Washington this 14th day of July AD 1834,

Z. Reynolds, for
Thomas Officer
Prothy

Cert. 25 cts paid
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February 5, 1937
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Charles Bradford
B. L. Wt. 2055-200

Mrs. Almerin Marston
6004 Ventnor Avenue
Ventnore New Jersey
Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Charles Bradford, who served as an officer in the Virginia
Line, War of the Revolution and died in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in claim for bounty land based upon the military service of Charles
Bradford in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Charles Bradford are not shown.
Charles Bradford enlisted in Culpeper County, Virginia, in 1777 and sometime afterward received a subaltern appointment
It was stated that he served as lieutenant, also as major and continued in service until the close of the war.
After the Revolution, he settled in what was later Washing ton County, Pennsylvania, where he married the daughter of Colonel
Heath; her Christian name and the date of marriage are not shown. The soldier died about 1794, in said Washington County, Pennsylvania and was survived by a widow and four children, all of whom were dead in 1834. The names of three of the children are
given, as follows:
Julia Bradford, who married John Finley and left two children,
Henry Heath Finley and Julia Anne Finley, both living in Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 1834.
Charles A. H. Bradford, who served as a sergeant in the War
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of 1812, was wounded at Fort Meigs and died September 26, 1813.
Fielden Bradford, no further data in regard to him.
It was stated that the daughter Julia was the only child of the soldier, Charles Bradford, who died leaving heirs.
Warrant No. 2055 for two hundred acres of bounty land was issued July 19, 1834, in favor of Henry Heath Bradford and the other heirs, on account of the services of Charles Bradford,
Lieutenant in the Virginia Line, War of the Revolution.
In order to obtain information in regard to the location of the land cited above, you should address The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and
furnish that official with the number of the warrant, the acreage and the date of issuance of said warrant.

In 1838, one David Barr, of Xenia, state not given, stated that he was one of the heirs of Charles Bradford, but did not give degree of relationship. The name T. G. Bradford, appears:
no relationship shown. The name William Finley, appears; no Relationship to Julia Finley, daughter of the soldier, Charles
Bradford, was shown.
In 1834, Charles Allen, of the District of Columbia, stated that he was the son of a sister of Charles Bradford, but did not
give the name of his mother.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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1937. May 6. Hist to
Mrs Almerin Mariton- EL
File No. 6741
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INVALID.
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6.741
Charles Bradford
Corpl 5th Reg. [illegible]
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Act: April 24th 1816
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 44
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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District of Columbia,
Washington County

Personally appeared before
me Nicholas B. Vansandt, a justice of the Peace for the said county, Charles Allen, who being legally sworn states that he has always understood and believes, that about
the year 1777 Charles Bradford (who was brother to his mother) enlisted for & during the war, in the Virginia Continental line
in the County of Culpeper, in that state, that sometime after he received a subaltern appointment, which he held to the close
of the war-- about November 1781 said Charles Bradford made a short visit to his relatives in Virginia - he was then dressed in the uniform of a staff officer and bore the title of major - this deponant understood he was sometime after married to a daughter of Col. Heath living in what was then called the Mononghala County, where said Bradford settled and continued to reside until
his death - having in the time once or twice visited Virginia to settle his accounts as an officer. He left four children all of whom are dead - his daughter Julia, who married
John Finley, only leaving issue, to wit one son (Henry Heath Finley) & one daughter (Julia Ann Finley). The frequent intercourse of this deponant with his relations, many of
whom reside in the western country, leaves no doubt on his mind that although he is not personally knowing to all the circumstances stated above, he believes the facts set
forth are all true. He further testifies that several of his relations and acquaintances were in service in the Revolution, and he never heard from them or in any other
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manner that there was another Charles Bradford in the army from Virginia or elsewhere, as a Lieutenant or of any
other grade, and he does believe that the Charles Bradford above named was the one who served in the Virginia Continental line, and that his grand children before named are the only heirs at law of Charles Bradford, who was a
Lieutenant in the Virginia Continental line. In testimony whereof said Charles Allen hath hereunto set his hand
this 29th of May 1834

Charles Allen

Sworn before me
N.B. Vansandt J Peace

Charles Bradford
No. 2055
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T. G. Bradford was acquainted with
the family of Charles Bradford, who had been
an officer in the Revolutionary army, and
served to the north. The circumstances
detailed in the affidavit of Charles Allen
herewith filed are believed to be correct.
the children of John Finley are believed to be
the only heirs of Charles Bradford, and entitled to the County and pay earned by him in the
Revolutionary struggle
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D. Barr
Augt 14th 1838
2055 for 200 acres

Bounty Land Office
Washington City

R. Aug. 9th 1838
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1838,
Xenia, 4 August 1838
Register of Bounty Land of
Sir wish you to
inform me if Charles Bradford A Lieutenant
of the Virginia line of the revolutionary army
was not entitled to 2666 acres of land from the state of Virginia And 300 more from the
United States, we have received as the heirs 200 Acres, and am told, we are entitled to 100 more to make out the quantity, if drawer give me the name of the drawer, and by what authority, I am informed the pay from the states County, is 100 if it is only & let me know the fact,
Also his son was a first Sergent
in the late war let me how how mutch
Land he was entitled to his name was
Charles A. Th. Bradford was wounded at
fort mager and died on the 26 Sept 1893
inform me how much land and where it
lays and if ever any part of it was received
Fielder Bradford his brother and I am informed rec'd his money due him but his land has never been received by any person legally authorised
If I am under any mistake in enquiring at this office you will confer a favor by sending this to the proper place Directing then to answer me D. Barr
over
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John Day of the late war was a soldier let me
know whether he ever received his land
and where it was drawn
Dave Barr
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[illegible]
Chas A H. Bradford 17 Infantry
United 27 July 1842 for 18 monthy
and 26 July 1873 -
The writer of this letter was informed
under date of the 25 to that he
was not entitled to land
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D. Barr
Augt 14th 1838

2055 for 200 acres
Bounty Land Office
Washington City
R. Aug. 4th 1838

as to the 19th July 16 to Henry Farley and other the only his
5th

[writing on side too faint to be legible]
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Society of Daughters of Colonial Wars in the State of New Jersey

VICE-PRESIDENT
MRS. HOWARD W. SATTERFIELD
122 NETHERWOOD AVENUE
PLAINFIELD, N. J.

CHAPLAIN
MRS. AARON L STILLWELL
30 NORTH BRIDGE STREET
SOMERVILLE, N..

RECORDING SECRETARY
MISS ELIZA S. THOMPSON
3411 WINCHESTER AVENUE
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
MRS. FRANKLIN B. MOORE
"BOXWOOD", RIVER ROAD
TRENTON, N. J.

TREASURER
MRS. WILLIAM B. LOUDENSLAGER
111 S. BUFFALO AVENUE
VENTNOR CITY, N. J.

REGISTRAR
MISS JEAN WOOLVERTON
124 W. STATE STREET
TRENTON, N. J.

GENEALOGIST
MISS AGNES W. STORER
161 GEORGE STREET
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.

PRESIDENT
MRS. ALMERIN MARSTON
6004 VENTNOR AVENUE
VENTNOR CITY, N. J.
HISTORIAN
MRS WALTER L. GLENNEY
916 MADISON AVENUE
PLAINFIELD, N. J.

COUNCILLORS
MRS. WILLIAM A. BECKER
71 HILLCREST AVENUE
SUMMIT, N. J.

MRS. C. EDWARD MURRAY
537 GREENWOOD AVENUE
TRENTON, N. J.

MRS. WILLIAM A. BLACKMAN
17 AUBREY ROAD
UPPER MONTCLAIR, N. J.

MRS. THOMAS E. SCULL
8 S. SUFFOLK PLACE
VENTNOR CITY, N. J.

MRS. HAROLD C. HARVEY
WILMETA APARTMENTS
634 W. STATE STREET
TRENTON, N. J.


January 23, 1937

Pension Office 
Revolutionary Department
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:

Will you kindly send me what information you have on Charles Bradford who was an officer
in the Virginia Continental Line. He died in
1789 in Washington County, Pennsylvania. I
would like to have the names of the heirs.
Thanking you for your interest.
Yours very truly,

Wanda L. Marston

Bradford of Pennsylvania and Virginia
( 12 Pet. 264 )




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May 6, 1937

Mrs. Almerin Marston
8004 Ventnor Avenue
Ventnor City, New Jersey

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request to know whether or not it is possible that Charles A.H. Bradford, First Sergeant in the War of 1812, who died September 16, 1813,
who is recorded as a son of Charles Bradford, Revolutionary War soldier, in the claim for bounty land, Warrant No. 2055, could
have been married and have left a son, Charles, who never submitted a claim for bounty land for his grandfather's service in the
Revolutionary War.

You will note in the report to you in regard to Charles Bradford, the Revolutionary War soldier, that it is shown in that claim that his daughter, Julia, was the only child who died leaving heirs.
The War of 1812 records have been searched and the record found of a Corporal Charles Bradford, who was wounded in that war,
but who was living, however, subsequent to 1813.  His record is furnished you herewith, as it may aid you in some way.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.

See letter in case Chas. Bradford
Or. Inv. File 6741