Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 11468-100, for Richard Lewis, Maryland
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(3-1776)

SERVICE     Md.

Lewis, Richard

NUMBER  B.L.Wt. 11468-100-Pvt.
Issued July 31, 1797
to James De Baufre, assignee
no papers.

CONTENTS
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[stamped] U. S. PENSION OFFICE K MAR 17 1919 [/stamped]

5639 Rippey Street
Pittsburgh, Pa. 15 Mar/19.
[illegible words written lightly over the address]

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C. To the Commissioner

Dear Sir:-
Will you please to send me a complete copy of the record of land granted to [underlined] Richard Lewis of Maryland [/underlined] for services in the Revolution.  He was a sergeant in Col. Richardson's regiment, in Captain Goll's  Company of Artillery with Colonel Green.
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and others.  He was given a tract of land near Chillicothe, Ohio.  I shall appreciate it if you will send me all the information you can obtain, particularly anything about his family.

Very respectfully,
(Mrs.) Ella G. Edmonds.
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AW

Rev. War Section.

Mar. 18, 1912.

Mrs. Ella G. Edmonds
3639 Rippey St.
Pittsburgh, Pa.

Madam:
In reply to your letter of the 15" instant, you are advised that the records show that Warrant No. 11, 468, for one hundred acres of bounty land was issued July 31, 1797, to James DeBaufre assignee, on account of the Revolutionary War services of [deleted] James [/deleted] ^Richard^ Lewis, Private, Maryland Line.
There is no further data on file relative to him, owing to the loss of papers when the War Office was burned in Nov. 1800.
For the location of said land warrant, you should consult the Commissioner of the General Land Office at Washington, D. C.

Very respectfully,
E. C. Tieman
Acting Commissioner.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES  
Form VAM-51  
12-5-41   

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*   

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives   

NAME Lewis, Richard
GRADE Private  
LINE Maryland  
WARRANT NUMBER 11468
ACREAGE 100  
ISSUED July 31, 1797 to James De Baufre, assignee

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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.