Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 2254-300, for Dennie Porterfield, North Carolina
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N.C.

Porterfield, Dennie
or Dennis

NUMBER
B.L.Wt. 2254-300

CONTENTS
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We James Owen and John Owen heirs at law of Majr Dennie Porterfield do on our oath declare that Majr Dennie Porterfield who was a Majr: in the North Carolina Line in the War of the Revolution and was killed at the Battle of Eutaw Springs. We further declair that we his nephews are the only legal representatives of the said Majr Dennie Porterfield - and that we have never received the bounty lands due to us as his heirs & representatives, nor has the same been assigned or transferd by us in any manner whatsoever therefore - Know all men by these presents that we the undersigned heirs & legal representatives of Majr Dennie Porterfield of the North Carolina Line in the War of the Revolution do hereby authorise and impower Richard H Mosby of Virginia as our attorney to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States or any other person authorised to issue the same all bounty land warrants unto us as the heirs of Majr Dennie Porterfield on account of his Revolutionary services - and all such bounty land warrants issued in our names to sell assign or transfer in the same manner that we could do if personally present; with power to appoint one or more substitutes or attornies under him and all the acts of our said attorney or his substitutes we hereby bind ourselves to notify and confirm
Given under our hands and seals this 8th day of April 1839.
Jas Owen seal(circled)
Jno. Owen seal(circled)
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The records show, also, that Warrant No. 100, for three thousand eight hundred and forty acres of land, was granted the heirs of Captain Dennie Porterfield by the State of North Carolina. For information relative to the location of that land, you should consult the archives at Raleigh, North Carolina.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Dennie Porterfield
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