Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 320-200, for David Sloan, Pennsylvania
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Service
Penn.

Sloan, David

Number
B.L. Wt. 320-200
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W. 320
Letter of Attorney
Robert Hunter Esq
                &
Anna Hunter

Received Deb to Mr.
Finlay 7 Jan'y 1807
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Know all men by these present that we Robert Hunter and Anna Hunter his wife (formerly Anna Sloan and Daughter of the late Lieutenant David Sloan) of Salem Township Westmoreland County State of Pennsylvania have made ordained nominated & appointed and by these present do make, ordain nominate & appoint James Brady Esquire of the Borough of Greenburgh in the County and State afforesaid our lawful attorney for us and in our name to ask demand recover and receive, a warrant and pattant for all Land or Lands to which we are entitled for the service rendered by Lieutenant David Sloan in the Army of the United States during the Revolutionary War with Great Britain as heirs at Law of the said David, and to have & use all lawful means for the recovery thereof and to do all and every act & thing necessary concerning the premises as fully & in every respect, as we ourselves might or could do were we personally present at the doing thereof and attorneys one or more under him to make and again at his pleasure to revoke Ratifying & confirming whatever our said attorney shall lawfully do
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do or cause to be done in and about the (??) by virtue of these presents in witnesses whereof we have hereunto set our hand and seal this twenty eighth day of October AD. 1800.
                                     //s//
                               Robert Hunter Anna Hunter
Sealed and delivered in 
presence of us 

               //s//
           J.C. Cooke 
        Jacob Painter

Westmoreland County Pa

   Personally appeared before me Jacob Painter Esquire one of the associate judges of the court of common pleas for said county.  Robert Hunter Esq. and Anna his wife and acknowledged the before written letters of attorney to be their act and did witness my hand & seal this 28th day of October A.D. 1800
                                                 //S//
                                      Jacob Painter
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No. 1488
Donation Lands
District No. 7
David Sloan Jr
26th Sept 1787
Mr Finlay albm
Mary Sloan Widow
in trust for Anna Sloan
Daughter




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                          Lot No 1489

  Ash                     West 261                Birch

South 130            200 ac falls            North 130
No 1439                                             Lot 1497

Dogwood                                            Maple
                                East 261
                            
                               Lot No 1487

In pursuance of an Act of Genl Assembly of the state Pennsylvania passed on the 24th of February 1783 entitled an act for directing the (modus??) of distributing the donation lands promised the troops of this Commonwealth by orders of the Surveying General with the approbation of the Honorable "The Executive Council I have surveyed on the 30th Day of Aug 1783 the above described tract of 200 acres allowance of six (??) Fox Road No 1488 situate in Dist No 7 on the west side of the Allg'y river in the county of Westmoreland.

To John Lukens Esq.              William Power D.S.
Surveyor General 

In testimony that the above is a copy of the original (re?)maining filed in the surveyor General's Office . I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of seal office at Lancaster this 5th day of August 1806.
                                Samuel Cochran Esq. S.G.

                                Sam Henderson
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November 6, 1935.

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BA-J/ady
David Sloan
B.L.Wt.No.320-200

Miss Dorothy M. Welch
M. E. Hospital
6th & 7th Avenue
Brooklyn, New York

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of David Sloan who died August 27, 1776 and whose widow, Mary, received a pension February 8, 1785 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of the David Sloan described above. The pension to which you refer was granted by the State of Pennsylvania. See record in Pennsylvania Archives, fifth series, volume four, page 593 for  information in regard to this soldier; see also, page 497 of same volume which shows that the information is on file in the Division of Public Records, Pennsylvania State Library, which is in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

There is a claim for bounty land on file in this office which was made to the United States based upon service of that David Sloan. The data found in that claim are given herein.

Oct 28, 1806 Ann or Anna Hunter applied to the United States for the bounty land which was due on account of service of her father, Lieutenant David Sloan, in the Revolutionary War. She was then the wife of Robert Hunter and they were residents of Salem Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Their ages are not shown, nor dates of their death.

Warrant No. 320 for two hundred acres of bounty land was issued by the United States January 7, 1807, in behalf of Robert Hunter and his wife Ann or Anna, as heirs-at-law of the soldier Lieutenant David Sloan.

In the papers in this United States bounty land claim it is shown that two hundred acres of donation land was granted by the state of Pennsylvania on account of service
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of Lieutenant David Sloan in the Pennsylvania line, Revolutionary War; said land was surveyed August 30, 1785 and located in district No. 7, on the west side of the Alleghany River in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and was granted Mary Sloan, widow, in trust
for Anna Sloan, daughter of David Sloan. There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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[Stamp: Pension A US Office Oct 7 1930]
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[All handwritten:
Houston, Pa.
Oct. 11 1930

U.S. Government,
Pension Dept.,

Dear Sir
Is it possible for you to furnish me with the information regarding the burial place of Lt. David Sloan who was killed in the Battle of Long Island Aug 27, 1776.
Left a widow Mary Sloan and daughter Ann. I am a member of D.A.R. through Lt. Sloan, and am seeking the location of his grave.
A pension was granted to Mary Sloan widow of David Sloan Feb. 8. 1785 but i can not find any record of his burial place.]
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[All handwritten: Sloan served under the command of Colonel Miler First Penn Regiment.
If you do not know or have records of his burial place please tell me if the bodies at that time were returned to their respective homes or buried on the battle field.
Very respectfully yours
Lyda J. Cowden
126 N. Main St.
Houston, Pa.]
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Rev.&1812 Wars Section
ADY
B.L.Wt. 320-200

November 21, 1930.

Lyda J. Cowden,
126 North Main Street,
Houston, Pennsylvania.

Dear Madam;

You are advised that the Revolutionary War records of this bureau show that the widow of Lieutenant David Sloan was Mary and that his daughter Ann married Robert Hunter.
In 1806 said Robert and Ann were of Salem Township, Westmorland County, Pennsylvania.
The location of the burial place of the soldier is not shown and the bureau is unable to advise you further in regard to same.
Very truly yours,
E. W. Morgan,
Acting Commissioner.
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November 2, 1935

[Stamp: Received Nov 4 1935 Mail Sub-Div. Reader 19 Vets ]

Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.

Dear Madam:
I am applying to Daughters of American Revolution for membership. Please send me a copy of pension of David Sloan, who died August 27, 1776. Pension was granted to Mary his wife. Feb. 8, 1785 - Westmoreland Co., Penna.
Sincerely yours
Dorothy M. Welch
M. E. Hospital
6th Street & 7th One
Brooklyn, New York