Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 11907-100, William Bransford, Va.
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Service Va.
Bransford, William
Number B.L. Wt. 11907-100
Issued May 21, 1794 to
Richard Smyth, assignee
No Papers
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{Seal} RECEIVED DEC 11 1931
PENSION FILES

Franklin, Tenn.,
Dec 8, ‘31

Mr. A.D. Hiller,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir,
I acknowledge the reception yesterday of your of Sept. 3, and thank you for the information you give me.

It seems that your letter was held up somewhere for quite a while.

We have had the information as to Wm. Bransford, and his warrant for a great while, but it was not official, at least to us. Those, who first had it, may have obtained it officially.

We succeeded at last in getting Mrs. B. L. Bishop, Patchogue, N.Y., the great, great-granddaughter of William Bransford, the Revolutionary Hero, into the D.A.R.

We have written up the genealogy of the Bransfords from John Bransford, the English Emmigrant, who, & wife, Mary Kingsford, both of them English nobility, came to Va. In 1729, to the present. The large volume will shortly be given to the Tenn. Historical Society for preservation and perusal.

I am a [illegible] preacher for the Tenn. Conf. M.D. Church South, now in my 85th year, and am the acknowledged Vestor of the Bransfords.

Again thanks for writing to me.
Very truly Yours,
Samuel W. Bransford
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Franklin, Tenn.
Aug 20, ‘31

The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir,
I am writing the Genealogy of the Bransfords of America to be deposited for preservation & perusal with the Tenn. Historical Society.

With regards to our Revolutionary kisman & hero, I find two accounts.

As those joining the D.A.R. and other orders, would like an accurate account of him, I write you for the information that can only be found in your Department.
One account is, “William Bransford was born in Chesterfield Co., Va. In the year 1761. He enlisted in the Revolutionary Army as a private in Capt. Wm Fowler’s Company, Fifth Va., Regiment, Feb. 10, 1778, served one year, & then reenlisted for ‘during the war’ in Light Horse Harry Lee’s Cavalry (Calvary) Legion, was taken prisoner by the British in 1780, & kept on the British prison ship, Torbray, in Charleston Harbor more than a year.”

Another account: “Was in the company of Capt. Joseph Eggleston, an uncle of Genl. Joseph E. Johnston. He enlisted for the whole war, served three years in the Continental Line. He received a warrant for 200 acres of land from the State. The No. of the warrant is 1594 located in Ohio.”  Now which account is correct. Will be greatly obliged for the correct information. I will be 84 the 4th [illegible].

Very truly yours,
(Rev.) Samuel W. Bransford
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WASHINGTON
September 3, 1911
BA—J/AWF 

Reverend Samuel W. Bransford
Franklin,
Tennessee.

Dear Sir:
You are advised that is appears from the records of this office that Warrant No. 11907 for one hundred acres of bounty land was issued May 21, 1794, to Richard Smyth, assignee, on account of the services of William Bransford, private of the Virginia line, War of the Revolution.

There is no further information as to his services, nor any data as to his family, due to the destruction of such papers, when the War Office was burned in 1800 and in 1814.

Very truly yours,
A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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The National Archives
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veteran’s Administration Archives

NAME Bransford, William 	
GRADE Private		
LINE Virginia

WARRANT NUMBER 11907	
ACREAGE 100 		
ISSUED May 21, 1794 to Richard Smyth, assignee