Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1210-100, for Peter Shopp, Connecticut
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Conn.
Shopp, Peter
NUMBER
B.L. Wt. 1210-100
CONTENTS
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Warrant No 1210 issued to
Peggy Booth heir of Peter Shopp ┃
a private of the Connecticut
Line for 100 acres of land
February 10th 1827
and delivered to R. I. Ingersole
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STATE of Connecticut
LitchfieldCounty.
District of Woodbury Probate
Office Jan 123 1827
I certify, that satisfactory evidence was adduced to me, to prove
that Peggy Booth is the sister of the whole blood and is sole heir at law fee to Peter Shopp
late a soldier in the Regiment of Col. Charles Webb of the Connecticut Line
Given under my hand and Seal of Office, this 23
day of January 1827
W B Phelps Judge of Probate
for the District of Woodbury
The above form will answer for the following States: viz.
Maine,
Massachusetts,
New-Hampshire,
Rhode-Island,
Connecticut,
Vermont,
Judge of Probate.
New-York,
New Jersey,
Surrogate.
South-Carolina,
Georgia,
Ordinary.
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No 1210
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DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
Regulations for the heirs of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army, who were
slain by the enemy, or who have died since the war, and have not received land from
the United States.

By an Act of Congress, of the 16th September, 1776, it is provided, that the Officers and Soldiers who engaged for, and continued to serve during the war, or until discharged by Congress, and the heirs of such Officers and Soldiers as shall be slain by the enemy, shall receive land in proportion to their rank.
N. B. Those who engaged for three years, or for any other period than during the war, or who died of sickness, fatigue, or casualty, are not entitled to land from the United States.
The following declaration and enclosed blank form of heirship) must be filled up and signed by the proper authorities:

State of Connecticut
County of Litchfield
Woodbury - January 23 1827

I Peggy Booth - heir at law of Peter Shopp
do, upon oath, testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that Peter Shopp did enlist in 1777, for the term of during the war, and served in the regiment No. 2
---, under the command of Colonel Charles Webb of the Connecticut line; and
that he continued in the service aforesaid until the discharging or disbanding of the Army in June 1783.
I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to Peter Shopp 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 presents, that I, Peggy Booth aforesaid do hereby constitute
and appoint the Hon. Ralph Ingersoll Esqr of Newhaven, in Connecticut member [illegible] or 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 purposes above expressed.

Attest,
Nathaniel B Smith
W Phelps

Peggy Booth
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Personally appeared the above named Peggy, Booth, subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be her free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.

Attest,

W Phelps
Justice of the Peace.

In testimony that the above written Charles [illegible] was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c., in the State of Connecticut
at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Litchfield this [illegible] day of February 1827.

Frederick Nott, Clerk
County Court or Court
Common Pleas within
County of Litchfield in the state
of Connecticut