Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9577, Samuel Hill, Del. Or Md. N.C. Va.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Del. or Md. [handwritten]
N.C. [handwritten]
Va. [handwritten]
CONTENTS
Hill, Samuel [handwritten]
NUMBER
S.9577 [handwritten]
Carded [handwritten]
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7084
North Carolina (handwritten)
Samuel Hill (handwritten)

of Rockingham (handwritten) in the State of No Carolina (state handwritten) who was a private (handwritten) in the company (handwritten) commanded by Captain Mason of the regt commanded by  Col Stephens (name handwritten) in the Virginia (handwritten) and (shape star above (hand drawn) (illegible word crossed out) for 2 years from '78 (handwritten)

Samuel Hill (handwritten)

Va., (Md. or Del.) (hand drawn star) NC (all handwritten)

Records corrected Jan, 16, 1905 (all handwritten)

Inscribed on the roll of North Carolina (handwritten) at the rate of 80 (inserted) Dollars 00 (inserted) cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension fund the 1 (inserted) day of March 1833 (inserted) and sent to Hon. A H Shepperd  (handwritten)  H..Dep

Arrears to date of March 1833   $160.00 (date & amount inserted)

Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833  $40.00 (date and am. inserted)
$200.00 (handwritten)

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by  W. L. Williams (handwritten) Clerk

Book  E (inserted) Vol. 6 (inserted) Page 42 (inserted)
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7084
North Carolina
Samuel Hill

of [handwritten] Rockingham [end handwritten] in the State of [handwritten] No Carolina [end handwritten] who was a [handwritten] private [end handwritten] in the [handwritten] company [end handwritten] commanded by Captain [handwritten] Mason [end handwritten] of the [handwritten] Regt [end handwritten] commanded by [handwritten] Col Stephens [end handwritten] in the [handwritten] Virginia ____ [hand-drawn star] [end handwritten][illegible crossed out] for [handwritten] 2 years from '78
Samuel Hill
Va (Md or Del) [hand-drawn star] NC
(Records corrected, Jan 16, 1905 [end handwritten]
Inscribed on the Roll of [handwritten] North Carolina [end handwritten] at the rate of [handwritten] 80 [end handwritten] Dollars [handwritten] 00 [end handwritten] Cents per Annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension fund the [handwritten] 1 [end handwritten] day of [handwritten] March 1833 [end handwritten] and [handwritten] sent to
Hon A H. Shepperd H of Dep.
[end handwritten]
Arrears to 4th of [handwritten] March 1833 ... $160.00 [end handwritten]
Semi=anl. allowance ending [handwritten] 4 September 1833...40.00 
$200.00 [end handwritten]

Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by [handwritten] W. L. Williams [end handwritten] Clerk
Book [handwritten] E [end handwritten]
Vol. [handwritten] 6 [end handwritten]
Page [handwritten] 42 [end handwritten]
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3691
Saml. Hill application for pension 
Rockingham Cy and 
We are well acquainted with the applicant Saml Hill now in the city and certify that he is a man of undoubted [illegible] and respectability.
D.L Bassinger
A. R. Shepherd
Feby 16. 1833
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North Carolina
Rockingham County
On the 30th day of August 1832[?] personally appeared before the court of pleas and quarter sessions of the County of Rockingham, Samuel Hill a resident of said county of Rockingham aged sixty nine years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. The said Saml. Hill states that in the fall of the year 1778 or 9 the precise time he cannot recollect he enlisted in the county of Fairfax State of Virginia in the time of said state [illegible] against the enemy under Capt William Mason of said County, Colonel Stephens the term for which he was enlisted was either near or eighteen months that he was marched with the regiment under the command of Col. Stephens to the South passing through Virginia, N. Carolina and entering the state of S. Carolina  where we were ordered for the purpose of reinforcing the army under Gen.l Green after the disastrous defeat of Gen.l Gates in the march they walked the battle ground near Camden where Gates had been defeated and joined Greens forces at a river called the [illegible] and that he continued under the same command and after various marches in that section of county [STRIKETHROUGH]  the army encountered the enemy + fought the battle of the Eutaw Springs, that after the battle deponent  was [illegible] as one of the guard [illegible] charge of the prisoners taken in said battle that in this [illegible], he was marched into the western
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part of Virginia, that after the deponent returned and joined his company in N Carolina where he remained in the services until the expiration of the term of his enlistment when he was discharged at  [illegible] of [illegible] requisition being at the same [illegible] recruits in the continental services deponent enlisted under a Captain Love either in the Maryland or Delaware line (which he cannot recollect) on the continental establishment for and during the war that the Army under Genl Green to which his company was attached was shortly when after marched for [illegible] that is the march he was at the battle or skirmish at the Columbia river where Genl Davidson fell that he was [illegible] near + recollected witnessing his death - that he was subsequently at the battle of Guilford [illegible] shortly after the battle he was taken sick and remained in that situation for about six months at a place called Phelport Bridge on [illegible] Creek Rockingham NC that upon his recovery he rejoined the Southern Army under a militia Captain of [illegible] name of Green that he joined the Army either in [illegible] or the border of N Carolina the regiment to which [illegible] had previously belonged not being there [illegible] the Southern Army he joined the company of Capt Tilman Dixon of the establishment of the Continental [illegible] Dixon Colonel and remained attached to each regiment until the close of the war when he was discharged in the County of Guilford N Carolina that from his first enlistment in the state line of Virginia is that of the was enlisting a period of three years + [illegible] was continued in the service [illegible] of his [illegible] above referenced
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that he is confident name has or should appear upon the [illegible] of state troops the Maryland or Delaware line on Continental establishment and also on that of the [illegible] him on continental establishment,
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state whatever

[signature]
Saml Hill
Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid

Ro. Gallaway, CCC

And the said Court do hereby declare [illegible] that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states

I Robert Gallaway the Clerk of the Court of Pleas and General Sessions of the County of Rockingham [illegible] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Saml Hill for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 20th day of Augt [illegible] 1832[?]
R. O. Gallaway CCC
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On this 16. day of Feby 1833 Samuel Hill the within_ named applicant personally appeared before me Samuel Burch one of the justices of the Peace for the County of Washington D.C.  and being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of the great defect of memory he cannot state with certainty how long he served as a soldier in the Revolution but he is confident that he served as a private two years and six months at least- he has a strong [illegible] that his service was not short of three years but of this he cannot be confident.

Saml. Hill
Sworn to + subscribed before me as above states
S. Burch.  J Peace

3691
Samuel Hill - application
for pension
Rockingham Cq and [illegible]

We are well acquainted with the applicant Saml. Hill now in this city + certify that he is a man of undoubted walk[illegible] + respectability.

D. L. Barringer
A. H. Shepperd
Feby 16, 1833
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Mrs. W. P. Few
Duke University,
Durham. North Carolina.
October 30, 1938.
BA-J/CC
Samuel Hill
S.9577
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S.9577, based upon service of Samuel Hill in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of Samuel Hill and names of his parents are now shown.
Samuel Hill enlisted in Fairfax County, Virginia, about the time of Gates' Defeat at Camden, served under Captain William Mason and Colonel Stephens in the Virginia troops; in the company of Captain Love, of Maryland or Delaware, and in Captain Tilghman Dixon's company, Colonel Henry Dixon's North Carolina regiment, his services terminating at the close of war.  He was in the battles at Cowan's Ford, Guilford and Eutaw Springs.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 30, 1832, at which time he was aged sixty-nine years and resided in Rockingham County, North Carolina.
No family data are shown.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of Samuel Hill, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Samuel Hill, Certificate No. 7084, issued March 1, 1833, rate $80.00 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, North Carolina Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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State of North Carolina
Secretary of States Office
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the state
afore said do certify that it appears from the master rolls of the Continental line of this State in
the revolutionary war that Samuel Hill a private Soldier in Cap Dixon’s Company of the 10th
regiment, enlisted in the year 1781, and that
his time was out the 1st April 1782. That nothing
more is said of him on said rolls
Given under my hand
this 10th day of February 
1833
M. Hill (signature)
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If any further explanation is necessary I hope I may be able to give it - In the hurry of drafting his amended affidavit - he has packed to state when he was born - He has often told me it was in Fairfax County Va - I most confidently believe that Mr. Hill served in the revolutionary war as long as he states - for I know no man of more(?) undoubted truth.

A H Shepperd
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36 y_
Saml. Hill

from 1778 private
2 years
$80.

Amended + filed
with ___ certification.
A H Shepperd

Hon A. H. Shepperd
H R
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Samuel Hill [handwritten]
which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes [handwritten]
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes [handwritten]
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason
assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes [handwritten]
V.
Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he
served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension
he is entitled? no [handwritten]
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes [handwritten]
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832? yes [handwritten]
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes [handwritten]
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes [handwritten]
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished
from any other seal?
yes [handwritten]
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary
service?
III. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining
it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? [Handwritten:] His name appears on the Maryland(?) rolls - but his signature ___ ___
on the ___ of any evidence of his service in the Maryland or Delaware lines(?).
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who
administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under
his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? (ink)Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered? 
1. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

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EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how
long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: Formonths
and days, I served as a . For months
days, I served as a ; and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served,
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of
the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too
indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he
must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits
the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which be belonged. The magistrate who may administer
the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature
of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the
certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly
attached to the certificate.
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1917 May 2. Hist. to C. K. Hill &
1934 - Jan 26 Hist. to Harry Z. Tucker
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1939 - Oct 30 Hist to
Mrs. W. P. Few - ___ in case
of Wm Hill W2939CO(?)

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9577
INVALID.
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File No. [Handwritten:] 9577
Samuel Hill
___ Rel. Hur.
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Act: [Handwritten:] June 7th 1802(?)
Index:--Vol. [Handwritten:] 1, Page [Handwritten:] 173

[Arrangement of 1870.]


[ON CENTER LINE HANDWRITTEN VERTICALLY]
Rev ___
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Harriman, Tennessee.
April 25, 1917.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.
Revolutionary War Section.
Dear Sir: -- In reply to your letter of the
20th regarding the Revolutionary War pension
record of Samuel Hill of North Carolina, I
am sorry to say that I made a mistake in
giving the County as Lincoln when it should
have been [underlined] ROCKINGHAM.

If you will be good enough to furnish this
record for Samuel Hill of Rockingham County
N. C. 1833, age 71, I will appreciate the
favor very much.
Yours very truly,
CKH/K C. K. Hill
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Stokesdale, N.C.
January 16, 1934
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs,
Will you give me what information you have on Samuel Smith, and Samuel Hill, two soldiers of the Revolutionary War, from Rockingham County, N.C.? These men were pensioned.
Yours very truly,
Harry Z. Tucker
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January 26, 1934
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Mr. Harry Z. Tucker
Stokesdale
North Carolina

RA-J/EML
Samuel Hill- S.9577
Samuel Smith- W.4808

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Samuel Hill and Samuel Smith, soldiers of the Revolutionary War, of Rockingham County, North Carolina, who received pensions for their services.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the respective claims for pension, S.9577, and W. 4808, based upon the military services in that war of Samuel Hill and Samuel Smith.
Samuel Hill
S.9577
The date and place of birth and the name of the parents of Samuel Hill are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
Samuel Hill enlisted in Fairfax County, Virginia, about the time of Gates' Defeat at Camden, served under Captain William Mason and Colonel Stephens in the Virginia Troops; in the company of Captain Love, of Maryland or Delaware; and in Captain Tilghman Dixon's Company, Colonel Henry Dixon's North Carolina Regiment, his services terminating at the close of the war. He was in the battles at Cowan's Ford, Guilford and Eutaw Springs.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 30, 1832, at which time he was aged sixty-nine years and resided in Rockingham County, North Carolina.
There are no data as to soldier's family.
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In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Samuel Hill (S.9577), you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing the following dates


Samuel Hill, certificate No. 7084, Issued March 1, 1833, rate $30 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, North Carolina Agency. 

......

Samuel Smith
W. 4808

           Samuel Smith was born November 16, 1758, in Guilford (later Rockingham) County, North Carolina. The names of his parents are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.

He first enlisted about the year 1775 to go on an expedition against the Cherokee Indians, but was excused in order that he might remain at home and make powder for the use of the army. He again enlisted, served as a private and commissary_ at various times on short tours until 1781, at least two years in all, under Captains Williams, William Rothel and Sharp, Major Owens and Colonel Gillespie in the North Carolina Troops, place of enlistment and dates of these tours are not shown.

     He was allowed pension on his application executed August 30, 1832, while residing in Rockingham County, North Carolina.

     He died May 6, 1839, place not shown.

    The soldier married April 5, _1788_, Martha her maiden name, names of her parents and place of marriage of Samuel and Martha Smith are not shown in the claim.

     Soldier's widow, Martha, was allowed pension on her application executed July 17, 1843, at which time she was aged seventy-eight years and resided in Rockingham  County, North Carolina.

-2-(?)
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Samuel and Martha Smith had the following children:

John Smith born April 4, 1794.
Elisabeth Smith born February 18, 1796.
Thomas Smith born November 25, 1788.
Samuel Smith born February 10, 1790.
Henry Smith born November 19, 1791, died August 12, 1796.
____ Smith born September 20, 1794, died August 10, 1796
William Smith born January 20, 1797.
Clement Smith born August 1, 1798, made affidavit in Rockingham County, North Carolina in 1845.
Martha Smith born August 16, 1800.
Joseph Smith born January 7, 1802.
Robert Smith born January 8, 1804
Dolly Smith born August 20, 1805. 
Moses Smith born July 21, 1807.
Joshua Smith born January 22, 1809.
Calvin Smith born March 16, 1811.

Clement Smith referred to his uncle, William Huff, no further data in regard to said William Huff was shown.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Martha Smith, widow of Samual Smith (W.4606), you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, siting the following data:

Martha Smith, widow of Samual Smith, Certificate No. 2942, issued January 11, 1849, rate $40 per annum, commenced March 4, 1848, set(?) of February 3, 1848, North Carolina Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator. 
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   In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of [HANDWRITTEN:] Samuel Hill
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ([STRIKETHROUGH]) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

[HANDWRITTEN ABOVE CHART:] S.9577
[Column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT ON APPOINTMENT, LENGTH OF SERVICE., RANK., OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. - CAPTAIN., OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. - COLONEL., STATE.]
[HANDWRITTEN:] 
Fall 1778 or 1779 | 3 years | Private | William Mason, Love, Tilghman Dixon, Stevens, Henry Dixon | Va.

Battles engaged in, [HANDWRITTEN:] Cowan's Ford Feb. 1, 1781, Guilford + Eutaw Sp. Mar. 15, 1781
Residence of soldier at enlistment, [HANDWRITTEN:] Enlisted in Fairfax Co., Va.
Date of application for pension, [HANDWRITTEN:] Aug 30, 1982 His claim was allowed. 
Residence at date of application, [HANDWRITTEN:] Rockingham Co., N.C. 
Age at date of application, [HANDWRITTEN:] Sixty-nine years, born in Fairfax Co., Va.
Remarks: [HANDWRITTEN:] There is no family data on file.

Respectfully,

[Blank] Commissioner.

6--2856
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October 30, 1939.
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Mrs. W. P. Few
Duke University,
Durham, North Carolina.

BA-J/CC
Samuel Hill -
S.9577

William Hill
W.2939

Dear Madam:

   Reference is made to your letters in which you request the record in the Colonial Wars of the service of Captain William Cobb, who lived in Spettsylvania Couty, Virginia, and whose will was recorded there in 1760, and the Revolutionary War records of Samuel Hill and William Hill, both of Amherst County, Virginia.

   This office has no record of service rendered in the Colonies prior to the Revolutionary War, hence no record of service rendered by Captain William Cobb.

   The record has been found of a William Hill of Amherst County, Virginia and one Samuel Hill only of any southern state who served in the Revolutionary War. The records of Samuel and William Hill are furnished you herewith.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.

[HANDWRITTEN] William and Samuel Hill
W2939
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The National Archives
Form VAM-51
12-3-41

Bounty Land Warrant Record Card*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

Name [handwritten] Hill, Samuel Grade [handwritten] Private 
Line [handwritten] Massachusetts
Warrant Number [handwritten] 4342 Acreage 100 
Issued [handwritten] Mar. 26, 1796 to Peter Swier -
*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.