Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 1361-100, George Harman, Va.
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SERVICE NUMBER
Va. Harman, George. B.L. Wt. 1361-100,
CONTENTS
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Geo.e Harman
No. 1361
issued Sept. 5 1828.
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State of Virginia Leroy Jordan
County of Bedford
# I Thomas Harman heir at law of George Harman dec'd do upon oath testify and declare to the best of my knowledge and belief that George Harman did enlist in 1777 for the term of during the war and served in the regiment No. fourteen under the command of Colonel William Davis of the Virginia Continental line and that he continued in the service aforesaid until the end of the war
I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to George Harman on the pact of the United States nor do I believe that he ever received it or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever
Therefore
Know all men by these presence that I Thomas Harman aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint Leroy Jordan of Bedford County to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him for the special purpose above expressed
Thomas Harman x his mark
John Chapman
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Personally appeared the above named Thomas Harman subscriber to the foregoing declaration and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subpened to be his free act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned
Chas Whitely, JP.
John Chapman

In Testimony that the above written Charles Whitely was a Magistrate authorized to administer oaths and take acknowledgements &c. in the state of Virginia at the above date and that his name there subscribed appears to be his usual signature I have hereunto affixed the County seal & subscribed my name & quality at Liberty this 29th day of July 1828.
Ro. P. Mitchell C.B.C
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Virginia To Wit.
At a Court continued and held for the County of Bedford the 28th day of August 1828,
Satisfactory evidence was adduced in Court to prove that Thomas Harman is the son and only heir at law in fie to George Harman late a Souldier of the fourteenth Regiment of the Virginia line on Continental establishment.
I Gustavus A. Wingfield, Deputy Clerk of the County Court aforesaid do Certify That the above evidence is Taken from the records in my office 
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto affixed my official seal this 30th day of August, 1828
A Wingfield D Clk
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OFFICE BELL PHONE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING

J. W. Harman
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Sept. 30, 1926.
PARSONS, W. VA.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: I am writing for some information about George Harman who was revolutionary soldier from Va. His pension No. was 1361-100. 
I would like you to look at the record of this pension and ascertain if possible from the records, what was his father and mother's Christian names; post-office address of this soldier; county in Va. from which he came and any other information you might deem of interest disclosed by the record.
You would likely have date he died and where his death occurred, possibly, too, the record might disclose whence his father came.
Any information you can give me as to these several matters will be greatly appreciated.
Truly yours,
J. W. Harman
U. S. PENSION OFFICE C
OCT 2 1926
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AWF
Rev. & 1812 Wars
Section.
B.L. WT. 1361-100
December 1, 1926.
J. W. Harman,
First National Bank Building,
Parsons, W. Va.

Sir:
I have to advise you, that warrant No. 1361, for one-hundred acres of bounty land was allowed on September 5, 1828, to Thomas Harman of Bedford County, Va., the son and only heir of George Harman who enlisted in 1777 in Colonel William Davis' Fourteenth Regiment of the Virginia Line, War of the Revolution and served to the close of the war.
It does not appear that pension was claimed on account of his services and there is no other information file as to this soldier's services or family.
The date and place of his birth and death and residence are not on record.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.