Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 2199-300, for Samuel Talbert, Pennsylvania
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(8-1776)    
Service                     ⭐️                       Number
Penn         Talbert, Samuel      B.L. Mt 2199-300-capt.
No Papers
Contents
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Penn.     Talbert Samuel     B. L. Mt. 2199_300_bapt
Issued Dec. 4, 1792 to
Hannah Talbert, adm’x
No papers
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Los Angeles; Calif.
4-4-35
The Director of Pensions,
Washington; D.C.
Dear Sir:
I would like very much to find information concerning Samuel Talbott.  He is listed as a captain in the 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment, in a list of those who received Depreciation Pay for Revolutionary service.
My great great grandfather was Samuel Talbott of Fairfax County Virginia.  His wife was Mary Magdaline Talbott who died in 1791,  Samuel Talbott died at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania Dec 31, 1777.  He was wounded fighting in Washingtons army possibly at Germantown Oct 4, 1777.  More probably in the attack at Whitemarsh Penn. Dec 5, 1777.  Tradition hands down the information that he was wounded and between the wound and the terribly cold weather at Valley Forge, he died Dec 31, 1777.  He was said to be 68 years old although I think 58 more likely as his father Benjamin made a will in 1726.  I am wondering if the Captain Samuel Talbott of the 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment could have been the same party, possibly having transferred or maybe he went

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to Penn. and enlisted.  Although I think it more probably he enlisted at Alexandria at the commencing of the war.  Any information you can give me will be greatly appreciated.  He lived near Pohick.
Also can you give me any information concerning a Samson Talbott who served during the Whiskey Insurrection.  He came from either Fairfax or Loudoun Counties in Virginia.  I would like to find out where he enlisted from.  He was discharged Nov 24, 1794.
Yours Truly;
Presley Talbot
1939-W-78 St
Los Angeles Calif

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search O.W. cards & 1812 Petins & Rev. War
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TOLBERT EWEN & PATTERNSON
COUNSELLORS AT LAW
JOHN EWEN
WILLIAM M. PATTERSON
WARD V. TOLBERT
CLIFFORD 8.BO8TWICK
JOSEPH D. NUNAN, JR.
BERTRAM F. BONGARD
(WILDER, EWEN & PATTERSON)
45 CEDAR STREET
NEW YORK
CABLE ADDRESS "WILDCEDAR"
June 17, 1936 Veterans Administration,
Washington,
D. C.
Dear Sirs:
19
I am herewith enclosing copy of a letter that I
received from the War Department in Washington.
I have been trying to ascertain whether the Samuel
Tolbert mentioned in the letter is my direct ancestor. I am certain that the Samuel Tolbert who lived in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in the year 1790 was my great, great grandfather and I am
trying to ascertain whether the Samuel Tolbert mentioned in the War Department's letter is
the Samuel Tolbert who was my ancestor.
Do the records in your department show the age of Samuel Tolbert when he entered the Revolutionary War? Do they show where he went after the war was closed and do they show the name of his
wife?
The Samuel Tolbert's wife who was my ancestor was
named Nancy•
Do the records show the names of any of the
children of
Samuel Tolbert? I ask this because I know the names of the children of the Samuel Tolbert who was my ancestor. Do the records show where Captain Samuel Tolbert lived when he died and where he was buried and do they show
that he or his wife, Nancy Tolbert, received a pension: Any information that you can give me about this matter will
be greatly appreciated.
Yours very truly,
Tolbert
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COPY
WAR DEPARTMENT
The Adjutant General's Office
Washington
June 9, 1936
In reply ORD-jaw
Refer To
Respectfully returned to
Ward V. Tolbert,
45 Cedar St.,
New York,
New York.
The records of this office show that one Samuel Tolbert served in the Revolutionary War as a 1st Lieutenant and Captain in the 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment.  He was commissioned 1st Lieutenant January 1, 1777; was commissioned Captain March 31, 1777, and was paid to November 3, 1783.  The records do not show the place of entry into service, the place of death or the place of burial of this officer.
The collection of Revolutionary War records in this office is far from complete, and it is suggested as a possibility that additional information may be obtained from the State Librarian, Harrisburg, Penna., or from the Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C., which has custody of the U. S. pension records.
E. T. Conley
Major General
The Adjutant General
By Jaw
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BA-J/ILL
Samuel Talbert
B.L.Wt. 2199-300 acres.
June 27, 1936
Ward B. Tolbert
45 Cedar Street
New York, New York.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of your ancestor, Samuel Tolbert, of Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
You are furnished herein the record of Samuel Talbert who received bounty land on account of his service in that war.  This is the record of the only Samuel Talbert of Pennsylvania found on the records of this office, under any spelling of that surname.  It may aid you in your research.
This record shows that warrant #2199 for 300 acres of bounty land was issued December 4, 1792, on account of the service of Samuel Talbert, Captain in the Pennsylvania Line, War of the Revolution.  Said warrant was issued to Hannah Talbert, administratrix; no relationship between said Hannah and Captain Samuel Talbert was shown.
There are no data on file regarding the service and death of the above noted officer, and no further information pertaining to his family because of the destruction of papers in such early claims when the War Office was burned in 1800.
If you are interested in the location of this land, you should apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, this city and furnish that official the number of warrant, acreage and date of issuance, as given herein.
Very truly yours,
A. D. Hiller,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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BA-J/ILL
Samuel Talbert
B.L.Wt. 2199-300 acres.
April 22, 1935
Presley Talbot
1939 West 78 Street
Los Angeles, California.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Captain Samuel Talbott, 2nd Pennsylvania regiment, also information in regard to Samuel Talbott of Virginia who served during the Whiskey Insurrection.
The records of this office fail to show a claim for pension on file on account of service of a Samson Talbott who served subsequent to the Revolutionary War to and including the War 1812, or issuance of bounty land on account of such service.  Similar spellings of the surname have been searched.
The records of this office show that warrant #2199 for 300 acres of bounty land was issued December 4, 1792 on account of the service of Samuel Talbert, Captain in the Pennsylvania Line, War of the Revolution. Said warrant was issued to Hannah Talbert, administratrix; no relationship between Captain Samuel Talbert and said Hanna is shown.
There are no data on file regarding the service and death of the above noted officer, and no further information relative to his family because of the destruction of papers in such early claims when the War Office was burned in 1800.
The record given above is that of the only Captain Samuel Talbert of Pennsylvania found on the Revolutionary War records of this office, under any spelling of that surname.
Very truly yours,
A. D. Hiller,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Talbert, William
GRADE Private
LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7884
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED October 11th, 179?
to Henry Tremper, assignee
* 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.