Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Rej., for Henry Simmonds, Pennsylvania
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SERVICE   Pa.
Simmonds, Henry
B. L. Rej - [bounty land] rejected]
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This Bounty Land claim remains separated from the pension claim of Henry Symmonds, S. File No. 40,550 because this application for bounty land is endorsed "forged", and there is no way of ascertaining the nature of the fraud or whether the soldier left sons Joseph of Butler County, Penn., and John and Solomon of Indiana. 
See Auditor's report in pension claim
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Pension Roll Penna 1819
BOUNTY LAND FOR REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES -- CLAIM OF HEIRS. 
STATE OF Ohio 
County of Fayette } SS   
1 Joseph Simmonds of the County of Butler Ohio and one of the heirs at law of Henry Simmonds late of the County of Butler and State of Ohio, but now deceased, do upon oath, testify and declare, that to the best of my knowledge and belief, the said Henry Simmonds was a private in the Regiment of belonging to the Pennsylvania line, on Continental establishment, during the Revolutionary War. I do further testify and declare, that I have never received a warrant from the United States for the quantity of land due the said deceased, from the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his right to it in any manner during his life time.    
THEREFORE, KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I, Joseph Simmonds as aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Col. JOSEPH WATSON my true and lawful attorney, for me, in my name, to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States , for the time being, a warrant for the quantity of land due in right of said deceased. And said attorney I do hereby fully authorize and empower to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purpose herein expressed, and the same to revoke at will. 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this ninth day of May A. D. 1832 
In presence of Elitt Janes   
Joseph Simmonds his mark   
(NO.2)
PERSONALLY appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the above County, the above named Joseph Simmonds signer and sealer to the foregoing declaration and power of attorney, and made oath in due form of law to the one, and acknowledged the as his voluntary act and deed for the purposes therein named. 
Sworn, subscribed, and acknowledged before me, this ninth day of May A. D. 1832
Elitt Janes  JP 
(No. 3. )
State of Ohio
County of Fayette} SS
PERSONALLY appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid, William McDonald and John Williams both credible and disinterested persons who being duly sworn, did depose and say, that they verily believe that Henry Simmonds named in the within decaration, signed by Joseph Simmonds service in the Pennsylvania line during the Revolutionary War:  That they have understood that he died about six years since, viz. on or about the tenth day of September 18 at or near home within the count of Butler O. leaving a widow, who has since died and that Joseph Simmonds of the count of Butler in this State is his son & that John Simmonds & Solomon Simmonds who reside in Indiana as it is believed within the County of Dearborn in Said State are an also his sons & that the above three sons are the reputed and only heirs at law of him, the said Henry Simmonds deceased.
William McDonald his mark
John Williamson his mark
Sworn and subscribed before me, this seventh day of May A. D. 1832
Elitt Janes JP
{Am interested I hereby authorize him to adopt all necessary means to convert the warrant into [unreadable] & to return & tell them same for me and in my name.}
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(No. 4. ) 
STATE OF Ohio 
County of Fayette SS}   
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this day, to wit: the fourth of June day Anno Domini, 1832, there has been adduced satisfactory proof to the Court of Common Pleas holden at Washington in said County by the deposition of William McDonald and John Willams two credible witnesses, and other explanations and information submitted, that Joseph Simmonds who has made the declaration on oath, and has subscribed the power of attorney herewith connected, is a son and one of the heirs of Henry Simmonds late a private in the Continental army of the Revolutionary War, and that the other heirs of the said Henry Simmonds are two in number, viz. John Simmons his son of the said and resides is supposed to reside in the within the State of Indiana & Soloman Simmons who is his son & is supposed to reside within the County of Davidson within the State of Indiana   
and that the above named persons are the only heirs of the said Henry Simmonds known to be living.
IN WITNESS OF ALL WHICH, I have hereunto affixed my hand and seal official, in my capacity of a Clerk this fourth day of June Anno Domini, 1832
Jesse Millihan Clerk
(NO. 5)
STATE OF Ohio 
County of Fayette} SS  
DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Edward Janes Esquire, before whom the declaration, power of attorney, and deposition hereto annexed appear to have been signed and made, was, at the time of signing and making the same, one of the Justices of the Peace, in and for the county of Fayette aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified as such, and to all his official acts as such, due faith and credit should and ought to be given. 
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, at Washington this fourth day of June A.D. 1832
Jesse Millihan Clerk
 (No. 6. ) 
INSTRUCTIONS.  
It is only requisite that one of the heirs should sign the declaration and power of attorney. Although in the states of Maine, Massachusetts, New-Hampshire, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, and Vermont, the Judge of Probate, in New-York and New-Jersey the Surrogates; in South Carolina and Georgia the Ordinaries; in Virginia, North-Carolina, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, and the other Western States, the Court of Record are considered as authorized to certify heirship; yet it is deemed expedient to accompany their certificates (which must be under seal, or their absence accounted for with the evidence on which ley may grant them, and hence the deposition No. 3, herewith, which is indispensable as to the States of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and North Carolina, where it has been considered that no particular office is authorized to certify heirship, yet even in these, it is advisable to cause the certificate of heirship No. 4, to be signed by the officer charged by law, with the granting letters of administration, and receiving he proof of wills. 
DIRECTIONS AS TO FILLING OUT THE BLANKS. 
In the declaration, after the name in the first line, place the degree of relationship -- After regiment the 5th line, place infantry, artillery, dragoons, invalid, sappers and miners Homen or Congress, as the case may be, the other blanks sufficiently indicate the words to be supplied. In deposition No. 3, previous to the word widow, place the word or no, as the case may be; and in the blank which follows, place the names of all the heirs, having care after the name of each, to tate, his or her degree of relationship to the deceased; the other blanks sufficiently indicate the words to be supplied. In the certificate of heirship, No. 4, after the word proof, insert the words to me, or the court of holden at as the case may require; and previous to the words and one, insert the degree of relationship of the person who signs the power of attorney. In the large blank, insert the names of all the other heirs, designating their relationship and residence; the other blanks sufficiently indicate the words to be supplied.
Rec’d from Mr. Gordon of the War Dept.  Papers forged.
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Joseph Simmonds
Willliam Gordon Esqr
Bounty Land Office
War Department 
Rec'd June 14 1832
Rec'd from W. Gordon of the War Dept.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES 
Form VAM-51 
12 - 5 - 41 
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD* 
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
NAME   Simmonds, John    GRADE  Private   LINE  New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7764   ACREAGE. 100  ISSUED    August 6, 1790 to not shown  - 
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.