Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1159-200, John Duguid, Penn
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Penn

Duguid, John

NUMBER
B.L. Wt. 1159-200

CONTENTS
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Warrant No 1159 issued to 
Christiana Seth, Signer &c &c
to Lieut. John Duguid of the 
Penna line - Feby
7th 1826 -
Deliv'd to Col'o Watson
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The State of Maryland Talbot County, to wit
I hereby certify that on the Twenty Fifth day of
January in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty Six
Christiana Seth of the said County, Widow, a person
of Credibility and good repute well known to me,
personally appeared before me one of the Justices
the peace of the said State in and for the County aforesaid
made Oath on the holy Evangels of Almighty God that she is the surviving sister and an heir at law 
to John Duguid late of Philadelphia deceased, 
who was an Officer of the Pennsylvania
Line in the Army of the Revolution. And that the
John Duguid died single unmarried without
leaving any Issue or any will; and that she hath 
never received a land warrant from the United States
for the Bounty Land due to the said deceased
Officer nor hath any persons in her behalf;
and that she verily believes that the said John
Duguid never received such warrant nor performed
his Right to it in any manner whatsoever.
In testimony whereof the said Christiana Seth
hath to this deposition subscribed her name
in my presence, and I have hereto set my had
this day and year afs’d. Christianna Seth
Will Harrison

The State of Maryland Talbot County to wit
I hereby Certify that on the Twenty Fifth day of
January in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty
Mary Nicholson of the same County Widow
and Margaret Nicholson of that same County, widow, persons persons of credibility and good repute well
known to me, personally appeared before me,
Justices of the peace as above set forth, and
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being severally duly cautioned, respectively under
Oath on the holy Evangels of Almighty God that
they have been long acquainted with Christiana
Seth, who subscribed the foregoing deposition,
and with that family to which she belonged.
And that she is the surviving sister and an
Heir at law of John Duguid late of the City of
Philadelphia deceased, and that they have always 
understood and do verily believe that the
said John Duguid was an Officer of the
Pennsylvania Line in the Army of the Revolution;
 and that he died unmarried without
leaving Issue or any will.
In testimony whereof the said Deponents
have to this deposition subscribed their names
in my presence, and I have hereto set my hand
the day and year afs’d
Will Harrison JP
Margaret D Nicholson
Mary E Nicholson

Know all men by these presents that I Christiana
Seth of Talbot County in the State of Maryland,
 widow, the person mentioned in the foregoing
depositions, and constituted and appointed, and do
hereby constitute and appoint Colonel Joseph 
Watson of the City of Washington, my true
and lawful attorney for me and in my name
respectfully to demand and received from the 
Secretary at War of the United States a Warrant
 for the Bounty Land awarded to John Duguid
an Officer in the Pennsylvania Line in the
Army of the Revolution, deceased, and due to me
in his right as his surviving Sister and
Heir at Law and for me and in my name to
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cause the said warrant to be located, and as Patent
 secured for the Land therein contained, according
 to Law. And my said Attorney is hereby
fully authorized and empowered to constitute &
appoint one substitute or Attorney, or more
than one, under him for doing and accomplishing
the special acts and purposes aforesaid. And
such appointment to revoke at pleasure:
Hereby giving to my said Attorney and his Substitutes
 full power in the premises to do & act for me and
 in my name in like manner
as if I were personally present doing and
acting therein. In Witness whereof I have
hereto set my hand and affixed my seal this
Twenty Fifth day of January in the year 1826.
Chistanna Seth {seal}
Sealed and delivered 
in the presence of 
Will. Harrison
Wm Hammond

The State of Maryland Talbot County to wit:
I hereby certify that on this Twenty Fifth day of
January in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty six
Christiana Seth of this same County, the party
to the foregoing Power of Attorney, personally
appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of
the peace of that said States in and for the County afs’d
and acknowledged the same Instrument of
writing to be her voluntary act and deed for the
purposes therein mentioned. In Testimony whereof
 I have hereto set my hand the day and year
aforesaid
Will. Harrison JP
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The State of Maryland Talbot County to wit
I hereby certify all persons whom it may concern that
William Harrison Junior, of the aforesaid County,
Gentleman, before whom the several Depositions
and the acknowledgment of the Power of Attorney
to which these presents are respectively annexed,
were taken, and by whom the same are certified
was at the time of taking and certifying the same
and yet is a Justice of the peace of the said State in 
and for Talbot County aforesaid,  duly commissioned
and qualified; and that to all depositions and
acknowledgments before him taken and by him
certified, due faith and credit are and ought to be
given as well in Courts of Justice as thereout.
In Testimony whereof I have hereto set
my hand and affixed the seal of Talbot
County Court this twenty seventh day of
January Eighteen hundred & twenty six
Jacob Lockerman Clk Talbot Co

Col. Watson 
No 1159

3 febr. 1826
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51-12 - 5 - 41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME De Hammell, John B.
GRADE Private
LINE Pennsylvania

WARRANT NUMBER 9283
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED May 28, 1790
to not shown-

*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.