Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1294-100, Thomas Gary, Mass.
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SERVICE NUMBER
Mass. Gary Thomas BL Wt. 1294-100
or
Gory
CONTENTS
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Sally Heath
Declaration of Power of Attorney for County Sands, as the Heir of Thomas Gary
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No. 1294
Sally Heath & other 
heirs of Thomas Gary 
or Gory [illegible] Map a
[illegible] to Hon Matt. 
Gam[illegible]
N. York
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Sally Heath's
Declaration & 
Power of Atty
for Bounty lands
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State of New York,
County of Cayuga) ss

I, Sally Heath, to the best of my knowledge, aged forty-three years, a citizen of the United States, do upon oath, testify and declare, that in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven, and enlisted in the army of the Revolution, against the common enemy of his country, for the term of "during the war", and served in the company commanded by Thomas Gary and in the regiment No _____ under command of Colonel Rufus Putman of the Massachusetts line; and that continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war, in seventeen hundred and eight-three, when he was regularly discharged from the regiment commanded by Colonel Rufus Putman.

His discharge is now lost or mislaid, so that I cannot produce it to corroborate the above statement. I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to him on the part of the United States; nor have i ever assigned or transferred, my claim to that gratuity in any manner whatsoever; therefore, know all men by these presents, that I, Sally Heath, aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Nathaniel Garrow of the county of Cayuga and the State of New York, to be my true an lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, or of such other person as is duly authorized to issue and deliver the same, a warrant for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid, and to sign a receipt or acquittance therefor; and may said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint on or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purpose above expressed

Attest WM Maxwell
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STATE of New York
Cayuga County. 
[illegible] Office, April 3rd 1823
I certify, that satisfactory evidence was adduced to me, to prove that Sally Heath of [Illegible] in said county is the Grandaughter and one of the legitimate heirs at law in fee to Thomas Gary late a soldier in the Regiment of the Revolution Army commanded by Colonel Rufus Putnam of the Massachusetts line
Given under my hand and Seal of Office this third day of April 1828.
John Porter Surrogate
[Illegible]

The above form will answer for the following as States
Judge of Probate
	Main,
	Massachusetts,
	New Hampshire,
	Rhode-Island,
	Connecticut,
	Vermont,
Surrogate
     New-York,
      New-Jersey,
Ordinary
     South-Carolina,
     Georgia,