Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1508-300, for Robert Morrow, Virginia
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Service
VA

Morrow Robert

Number 

B.L. WT. 1508-300-Capt.
Issued July 5, 1799 to James Taylor, assignee of David Morrow, the only surviving brother and heir of R. M.
No papers
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Mrs. Calvin S. Brown
Historian D. A. R. in Miss.
University, Miss.

Pension Office U.S.
Jul. 25, 1924

July 22, 1924
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

My dear Sir,

The records of the War Department show that Robert Morrow, Revolutionary Soldier, was commissioned Cornet, Feb. 20, 1777; adjutant, June 1, 1778; leutenant, Jan. 3, 1779; and captain at an unknown date in the 3rs Regiment Light Dragoons Continental Troops; that his name
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appears in an undated list "of the Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia Line on Continental Establishment," which shows Regiment 3rd Dragoons; number of Acres, 300.

I think that this Robert Morrow married, Jane Peden.

If so, I can locate his grave and wish to get it marked.  Can you give me the exact location of his grant of land?  The land records may show his wife's name.  Do your records show the name of his wife or of
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Mrs. Calvin S. Brown
Historian D. A. R. in Miss.
University, Miss.

his children?  If he married Jane Penden, she was before her marriage to him, the Widow Morton.

I shall be most grateful for all the information you can give me about his and his family and shall be glad to pay for any necessary copying of records.

Yours truly,
Maud Morrow Brown
State Historian D. A. R. in Miss.
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Pension Office U.S.
Sept. 17, 1924
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Atlanta Georgia
Sept. 12, 1924

Department of Interior Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir:
If possible I wish you would give me the following war records:
Robert Morrow of Va Capt Revolutionary War Soldier
William Henry Morrow of Ga soldier in the War of 1812
I desire this information as a matter of family record only and not for any pensions purposes.
If this is not the proper place to get this information would appreciate it very much if you  would give me address.

Thanking you in advance, I am yours truly,
B.J. Roan
514 Highland Avenue
Atlanta Ga.
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August 14, 1924

Mrs. Calvin S. Brown
University, MISS.

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the records of this Bureau it appears that Warrant Number 1508 for 300 acres of bounty land was issued July 5, 1799, on account of the service of Robert Morrow, a Captain of the Virginia Line, War of the Revolution, to James Taylor, assignee of David Morrow, the only surviving brother and heir of Robert Morrow.
There is no further data on file as to this officer of his family, owing to the destruction of papers in such bounty land claims when the War Office was burned in 1800.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
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Rev. and 1812
War Section.

October 9, 1924

B.J. Roan,
514 Highland Ave.,
Atlanta, Ga.

Sir;
I have to advise you that from the records of this Bureau, it appears that Warrant Number 1508 for 300 acres of bounty land was issued July 5, 1799, on account of the services of Robert Morrow, a Captain of the Virginia Ling, War of the Revolution, to James Taylor, assignee of David Morrow, the only surviving brother and heir of Robert Morrow.
There is no further data on file as to this officer or his family, owing to the destruction of papers in such bounty land claims, when the War Office was burning in 1800.
In order to make a proper search of the records for a solider named William Henry Morrow, some of the following data is essential - approximate date of birth and death places of residence at enlistment and after service, given name of widow, please state at what period he served.
Respectfully,
Commissioner