Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 2450-100, for William Lee, Maryland
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Service
Md.
Lee, William
Number 
B.L.Wt. 2450-100
Contents
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State of Maryland
City of Baltimore, Sct. 

I Isaac McNichols, now a resident of said City, but a native of Anne Arundel County in said State of Maryland, heir at law of William Lee do upon oath testify and declare to the best of my knowledge and belief that William Lee did enter the service of the Unites States for the term of during the Revolutionary War with England, and served as a private in the Regiment No. 4 under command of General William Smallwood of the Maryland Line; and that he continued in service aforesaid until the end of said war. I further declare that I have never received a Warrant for the Bounty Land promised to William Lee on the part 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 present, that I, Isaac aforesaid, do hereby appoint myself aforesaid to receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid;
his
Isaac McNichols
mark

Sworn to and subscribed this 21st day
of August 1820, before me.
Jas. Buchanan J. P. 

State of Maryland, 
Baltimore County, Sct. 
I hereby Certify, that James Buchanan 
Esquire before whom the annexed affidavit
was made and who has thereto subscribed his name was at the 
time of so doing a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland, in and for the City of Baltimore, duly commissioned and sworn. In testimony whereof, I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of Baltimore County Court, this twenty first day of August A. D. 1850
A. W. Bradford,
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William Lee
N. 2450

Isaac McNichols
Present
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Papers of Application
for Revolutionary Bounty Land

Isaac Mc Nichols 
Baltimore
Md.
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State of Maryland
At an Orphans Court held for Howard District of Anne Arundel County in the court house at Ellicott Mills on the tenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty. 
Present
Chat. G. Haslup Sheriff 
{(illegible) Brown}   Esquires 
{William Frost)}
{George A. Hennrick}
Thomas Jenkins Register

Amount other proceedings were the following  wit: 

Satisfactory evidence was addressed in court to prove that William Lee who entered the service of the United States for the term of during the Revolutionary was with England did serve as a private in the fourth Regiment under the Command of General William Smallwood of the Maryland Line and that he served until the close of the war. 
That Isaac McNichols now a resident of the City of Baltimore but a native of Anne Arundel County Maryland is the nephew and only surviving heir at law in fee to William Lee who served in the Regiment and Line as aforesaid

I Thomas Jenkins Register of wills for Howard District of A. A. County, do certify that the above evidence is taken from the Records in my office. 
In Testimony where of I have here unto affixed my official seal this tenth day of September 1850
Thomas Jenkins Register of wills
for Howard District of A. A. County
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State of Maryland
Anne Arundel County to wit. 
On this 15th day of August A. D. 1850 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace of the State aforesaid in and for said county personally appeared Samuel Baldwin now a Pensioner of the Unite States for revolutionary services performed to the said state and United States during some part of the war of the Revolution who made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that he well knew and was intimately acquainted with William Lee and knows that he was a regular solider attached to the 4th Regiment of the Maryland line under the command of General William Smallwood and knows that said William Lee served regularly during the whole war of the Revolution between the United States and England-this deponent further declares that he also knows Isaac NcNichols who is now a resident of the City of Baltimore and knows him to be the nephew and only surviving heir at Law of the said solider who served as aforesaid
his 
Samuel X Baldwin
mark
before me Dennis Griffith
J. P. State of Maryland

This is to certify that I am well acquainted with Samuel Baldwin who has subscribed and sworn to the within statement after given and hearing the same read to him and knows him to be a person who can be relied upon on oath with safety in any statement made by him the said Baldwin
Dennis Griffith
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Anne Arundel County to wit-
I certify that Dennis Griffith Esquire before whom the aforegoing acknowledge was made was at the time and still is one of the State of Marylands Justices of the Peace in and for Anne Arundel County duly Commission and Sworn-
Given under my hand and the seal of Anne Arundel County Court this 3rd day of September in the year 1850
Jos. H. Nicholson Cl. 

Seal's 
Place

State of Maryland
City of Baltimore to wit. 
On this twenty first day of August A. D. 1850 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace of said State in and for the said city personally appeared James Jones, now a resident of said city but a native of Anne Arundel County, aged 84 years who being sworn on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that he well knows and was intimately acquainted with William Lee who was a regular solider in the Revolutionary Army of the united States attached to the fourth Regiment of the Maryland Line; and knows he said Lee served under the command of General William Smallwood during the whole war of the Revolution with England. 
Deponent further declares that he also well knows Isaac McNichols now a resident of the city aforesaid and knows him to be the nephew and only surviving heir at Law of the said solider William Lee who served during the whole ware as aforesaid, further this deponent saith not
his
James Jones
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Sworn and Subscribed
before me. Wm. Carroll J.P.
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This is to certify that I would believe deponent Mr. James Jones in any statement made by him under oath
Wm. Carroll J. P. 

State of Maryland
Baltimore County Sct. 
I hereby certify, that William Carroll Esquire before whom the annexed affidavit was made and who has thereto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland, is and for the city of Baltimore duly commissioned and sworn. 
In Testimony whereof, I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of Baltimore County Court this twenty first day of August A. D. 1850
A.W. Bradford- 

Seals 
Place

In Testimony that the aforegoing is a true copy taken from one of the Records of the Proceedings of the Orphans Court for Howard District of A. A. County. 
I hereunto subscribe my name, and affix the seal of the said Court this tenth day of September in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and fifty Just. Thomas Jenkins Register of Wills for Howard District of A.A. County