Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1590-100, William Bennett, R.I.
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
NUMBER
R.I.
Bennett, William
nessees
NUMBER
B.L. Wt. 1590-100
CONTENTS
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Hon J. Davis
Feby 24th 1831
1590
W. Bennett
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War Dept Bounty Land Office
Feby 24th 1831
Sir
Your letter of the 8th enclosing one from Mr. John Bennett accompanied by land Warrant no 1590 was received at this Dept and referred to the Genl Land Office without my knowledge, or having passed through this office, as it should have done, being addressed to me
The letter and its enclosures, above referred to, were referrible to the Gen Land Officer and I have ascertained that they are now in that office, and will meet due attention
I have the honor re
Wm Gordon

Hon J Davis
House of Repts
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County [illegible] office
Feby 22 1831
[illegible]
J. Davis
me
Mr Gordon
Bounty Land office
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July 1831
Sir
I endorce the land warrant of one Bennett some days since, with a letter of his, to you, but have read no reply.  Be so good as to inform me whether it reached the office

Respectfully your Obe Servt
J Davis

Mr Gordon of the Bounty Land Office
Referred the 8 Feb 1831 to the C. L. off by Mr. Evans
No 1500 issued for Jn. Bennett only heir of Wm Bennett
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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 Rhode Island
County of Providence

I, John Bennett heir at law of William Bennett do, upon oath,  testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that said William Bennett
did enlist in 1777, for the term of during the war, and served in the regiment successively under the
command of Colonel Israel, Christopher Greene, and Jeremiah Olney of the Rhode Island line; and that he continued in the service aforesaid until the 15th of June 1783, where he received a Furlough or conditional discharge.  
I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to said William
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, John Bennett
aforesaid, do
hereby constitute and appoint John Davis
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.
Subscribed sworn to before me this
day of Jan 1830 W. Aplin Jus Peace
Personally appeared the above named
John Burnett
subscriber to the
foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be his
free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
W. Aplin Justiceof the Peace.
In testimony that the abovewritten William Aplin Esquire was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments &c., in the State of Rhode Island 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 Providence this Sixth day of January 1830

Wm H. Smith C. Clerk, &c.
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William Bennett
No 1590
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I Lucy Ann Bazzel of Cranston in the county of Providence in the State of Rhode Island of lawful age and Sworn according to Law, testify and Say that I am now sixty two years of age, That I lived in the Town of Providence in Said State in the year seventeen hundred and eighty two, and there resided for many years afterward.  I married in Providence and had a family therein, I was very well acquainted with William Bennett in said Providence who was a soldier in the revolutionary army in the Rhode Island Regiment, I well remember of Said William Bennets being married I was intimate in the family after his marriage and I know that his wife had by him two children and no more, the childrens names were John and Elizabeth.  Some years after the birth of said Elizabeth her mother died and Said William married againg but by said last wife there were no issue, I continued to be acquainted in the family until the death of Said William Bennett which took place something like one or two years after his second marriage, Said Elizabeth afterwards at about the age of fourteen years also died, leaving the aforenamed John Bennett his son and only child, whom I know to be the only remaining child of Said first marriage, I never knew Said William to be married to any other woman and believe said John Bennett to be Said William Bennetts only Son and Sole heir at Law

Lucy An Bazzel
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Providence Lc In Providence on the 12. day of January AD 1830 Then the aforenamed Lucy Ann Bazzel, appeared and after being examined and cautioned and Sworn to testify the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth gave the aforegoing deposition which was by min in her presence reduced to writing and and by subscribed in my presence, taken at the request of John Bennett before me

W Aplin Jus. Peace
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Providence Lc In Providence January 12th AD 1830

I certify that I am acquainted with Lucy Ann Bazzell whose deposition appears on the first page of this paper and that she is a person of good character and trust her testimony is entitled to full faith and credit.

Husband of said Lucy Ann Bazzell at the time that Jon A. Bazell was in my employ which was for several years and that several years since.  I should not have doubted her veracity as to truth.

Sam Thurber
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It appears by the Regimental Book that William Bennett
on the first
day of February 1777
enlisted
into the service of the United States a Private Soldier to serve during the war;- that he did faithfully serve from that time in the Regiments successively
commanded by Colonel Israel Angell and Christopher Greene and
lastly by Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Jeremiah Olney, in the Rhode Island
Line on the Continental Establishment until the fifteenth day of June 1783, when he received a Furlough or conditional Discharge, at Saratoga in the State of New-York, granted in compliance with a General Order of the second day of the same month.

Maj. Dexter Major of said Reg. at the termination of the War.

Providence October 29th 1829.
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STATE of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Providence County ⎬
Town of Providence Court of Probate Office January 12 1830

We certify, that satisfactory evidence was adduced to us, to prove
that John Bennett
is the only son and sole
heir at law in fee to William Bennett late a soldier in the
Continental Regiment of the Rhode Island line successively commanded by Colonels Israel Angell, Christopher Greene &
Jeremiah Olney.

Given under our hand respectively this day of January 12 1830,
Richmond Bullock
William S Frinnell
Gaylord Newell
Charles Holden
Amasa Mason

The above form will answer for the following States: viz
Judge of Probate
Maine,
New-Hampshire,
Rhode-Island,
Connecticut,
Vermont,
Surrogate
New-York,
New-Jersey,
Ordinary
South-Carolina,
Georgia,

Providence Lc. Clerks office of the court of Probate of the town of Providence January 12th AD 1830.

I, Richard M. Field, Clerk of said Court, do hereby certify that the
persons whose names are subscribed above constitute the Court of Probate for said town of Providence, and the name of each to the above certificate is subscribed thereto in his own proper hand writing.
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In Witness whereof I do hereunto set my
hand & affix the seal of said Court of Probate
on the day and year above written

Richard M Field P. Clk