Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. 8425 And 13,952-100, for Hubbard Jewell, New Jersey
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
New Jersey

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Jewell, Hubbard

NUMBER
B.L.8425 and 13,952-100.
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CONTENTS
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F.W.
July 22, 1912.

Hon. Frank B. Willis,
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Willis:

In response to your letter dated the twentieth
instant and received this day, I have the honor to advise
you that the records of this Bureau show that Warrants
8425 and 13,952 for 100 acres of land, issued October 2, 1790,
to Mary Jewell, widow of Hubbard Jewell, on account of his
services as private in the New Jersey Line, Revolutionary War.

The claim is not on file in this Bureau, the records of
many bounty land claims granted prior to 1814, having been
destroyed when the British burned the war office in 1801 and
1814.

Very respectfully,
J. L. Davenport
Commissioner.
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FRANK B. WILLIS
8TH DISTRICT, OHIO

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON

July 20, 1912.

Hon. James L. Davenport,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:-

The enclosed copy of letter which I have just received from Adjutant General
McCain relative to the request of Hon. Harry W. Jewell of Delaware, Ohio, for the
war record of his great grandfather, Hubbard Jewell Sr., is self-explanatory. I note
that the Adjutant General suggests that possibly you may be able to give some
additional information. I should appreciate very highly a statement of any facts shown
by the records of your office in addition to what is given by the Adjutant General.

Very respectfully,
Frank B Willis
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(COPY)
WAR DEPARTMENT,
The Adjutant General's Office,
WASHINGTON.
1936547

July 19, 1912.

Hon. Frank B. Willis,
House of Representatives,
Dear Sir:-

Referring to your letter of the 17th instant, received today, with which you
inclose a copy of a portion of a letter herewith returned from Hon. Harry W. Jewell
of Delaware, Ohio, relative to the history of his family, who desires to secure the
Revolutionary War record of his great-great-grandfather, Hubbard Jewell, sr., said to
have lived near Elizabethtown, New Jersey, and to have been killed at the battle of
Germantown, October 4, 1777, and who desires to ascertain whether a land warrant was
ever issued to the soldier's widow, and in response to your request for the desired
information, I have the honor to inform you as follows:

The records of this office show that Hubbard Jewill,--, name also found as Hubbert
Newell,--, served as a private in the 1st Regiment New Jersey Troops, commanded by the
Rt. Hon. The Earl of Stirling, Revolutionary War. His name first appears on a muster
roll, dated at Elizabethtown, January 11, 1776, of Captain Andrew Myer's Company, said
regiment, which shows that he enlisted December 2, 17--. His name next appears, without
mark, on the pay roll for the month of April, 1777, of Captain John Flahavens' Company,
same regiment, commanded by Colonel Matthias Ogden. A company muster roll dated June 7
1777, shows that he enlisted December 16 [underlined], 1776. A muster roll dated November 4, 1777,
of Captain Daniel Piatt's Company, same regiment, shows that Jewell was killed at
Germantown. A company roll for October, 1777, shows that he was killed October 4.
Nothing further relative to him has been found of record.

The collection of Revolutionary War records in this office is far from complete,
and it is suggested that as a possibility that additional information bearing on the
subject of inquiry can be obtained from the Adjutant General of New Jersey, Trenton,
or from the Commissioner of Pensions, this city, which last-named official is the
custodian of the pension and land warrant records of the Revolutionary War.

It is proper to remark that the Revolutionary War records on file in this office
are of a purely military character and afford no information relative to the families
of soldiers.

Very respectfully,
(Signed) Henry P. McCain.
ADJUTANT GENERAL.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME Jewell, Hubbard GRADE Private LINE New Jersey
WARRANT NUMBER s 8425 and 13952 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED October 2, 1790 to Mary Jewell, widow

*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.