Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 456-200, Matthew Clay, Va.
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SERVICE
Va.

Clay Matthew

NUMBER
B.L. Wt. 456-200 Lieut
Issued May 20, 1797
No papers
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COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY
DEPARTMENT OF MINES
W. H. JONES
CHIEF INSPECTOR
LEXINTON, KENTUCKY
July 7 "25
Department of War Pensions.
Washington D. C.
Gentlemen,
   Would it be possible to write me the name of the Revolutionary Soldier under which Patey widow of James Harris of Floyd Co. Ky drew a pension in 1840.  Also if Solomon Clay Revolutionary soldier or his widow Dres a pension and Matthew Clary Revolutionary soldier or his widow drew a pension?
  If there is any fee attached to it please let me know immediately.
  Please send names of widows and addresses if possible.

Very truly yours,
Mrs. L. S. Moles
Prestonsburg, KY
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August 4, 1925

Mrs. L. S. Moles
Prestonsburg, Kentucky

Madam:
  I have to advise you, that from the records of this Bureau, it appears that Warrant No. 456 for 200 acres of bounty land was issued May 20, 1797 on account of the services of Lieutenant Matthew Clay, of the Virginia Line, War of the Revolution.
  There is no further data on file as to his services and no data as to family, owing to the destruction of papers in such claims when the War Office was burned in November, 1800.
  The above noted is the only Matthew Clay found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.

Respectfully,

Winfield Scott,
Commissioner