Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 764-300, John Fitzgerald, Va.
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Va.
Fitzgerald, John
B.L.Wt. 764-300 [illegible]
Issued July 14, 1972 to
Robert Means - assigned
No papers
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December 23, 1936



BA-J/EEL
John Fitzgerald
B.L.Wt. #764-300

Mrs Frank Hamklton
147 Barton Avenue
Terre Haute, Indiana

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of a number of soldiers of the Revolutionary War. 

Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to comply in full with each request pertaining to soldiers of that war.  The record of John Fitzgerald is furnished you herein and in that of the only soldier Of that name who served as an officer, found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.

The records of this office show that warrant no. 764 for three hundred acres  of bounty land was issued July 14, 1792 to Robert Means, assignee,  on account of the services of Captain John Fitzgerald of the Virginia line War of the revolution. 

There is no further information on file relative to his service or any data pertaining to his family due to the destruction of papers in such claims When The War office was burned in 1800. 

In order to obtain information in regard to the location of the land cited above  you should address The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department,  this city and furnish That official with the number of the warrant, the acreage, and the date of issuance of said warrant. 

Very truly yours, 


A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Garnel Hall
Annapolis Md
March 16th, 1929

Pension Office-
[Illegible]

Please send the record of xxx & pension for the following officers and reserve in The Revolutionary War. 

Col John Fitzgerald
served in Gen Washington Staff * [illegible]
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Col William Lewis
Of [illegible] Co Virginia
Served in both the 
French & Indian Wars 
Wounded at the battle of 
Braddock Heights
& [illegible] in the 
Revolution. 

Please send copy of the Records of these 
Officers to 
Mrs. A. Walton Fleming 
Carvel Hall
Annapolis Md

Another Captain John
Fitzgerald of Va
Soldier of the Revolution
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Mrs Walton Fleming
“Rannoch”
Blue Ridge Summit
Pennsylvania

November 23rd/32
Rev 1812

Veterans Bureau
Pension Office
[Illegible][Illegible]

Please be [illegible]
And send me any records
You may have in Capt
John Fitgerald of Prince George
Co. Va - who served in the 
Continental line for 7 years
His bounty [illegible] No. 2309
& was loaned Jan 29th, 1784
(4666 ⅔ acres)
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This is not the Maj (or Col)
John Fitzgerald of Alexandria 
Who served on Sen [illegible]
staff . his warrant is for 
3 years service 6.333 ½ acres
Issued april 2nd 1784 - 


Mrs. A M Fleming 
Blue Ridge Summit Pa
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Department of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Would you please send 
Any information you might 
Have about Nm Fitzgerald
Randolph Co Washinton [illegible]
Ind. He received [illegible] ok
In 1840.

James Fitzgerald or 
Fizchgerald or Filtsgerls
Maryland Va or [illegible]
John Fitzgerald received only one in f
Sand Warrant in Va. Military
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Land issued prior to Dec 31 1784
Would you please send the 
Original application as I hope 
In that way to find the wifes
Name.
Thank you,
Sincerely
Mrs John Boggs
138 N Union St
Circleville ohio


Ps. Could you suggest any way 
I might trace John Sapp who enlisted
In Chester Co Pa and I understand
Died in service, but have never found
Out any thing to prove this. 

Stamp 
Received Apr 26 1932
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2728 Fifth Avenue
Hibbing, Minnesota
February 12, 1928

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir:

I am writing you in an effort to learn if one John Fitzgerald, an ancestor of mine, served in the Revolutionary War. This John Fitzgerald was my great-great-great grandfather and from what little information I have, it seems that he resided in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, after the Revolution. Family tradition says that he was married three times and was the father of twenty-one children, but I have no data as to what any of his wives maiden names were. 

As to the children, I only have the names of two, one being John Jr. who was my great-great grandfather and who is said to have been born in Pittsylvania County about 1791, and then another son, Ambrose.  I know nothing more concerning Ambrose, not even knowing whether he was a full brother or just a half brother of John Jrs’. 

According to family tradition John Fitzgerald Sr. was quite wealthy and a land and slave-owner. He is also supposed to have been born in Ireland, but this is family tradition and as far as I know not an established fact.  

If your records show any person by that name whose service record gives details fitting in with the meager description I have given, I would be very glad to learn any and all facts concerning him which your files may disclose.  

Thank you in advance for any favors you may be able to to do me in connection with this I remain, 

Yours respectfully

Charles E. Johnson

Stamp
Feb 15, 1928 
US Pension Office
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Terre Haute, Ind.
Aug 4 1937

Veterans Administration
Washington D.c.
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant

Dear Sir,

On Dec 23 or 24, 1936, I wrote to either the Veterans Administration or War Dept for information on John Fitzgerald an officer in Rev. War from Virginia.  I have lost the reply and would appreciate it very much to receive a copy of same, If it was from your office and isnt too much trouble, will you kindly grant the favor,

Sincerely,

Mrs. Frank Hamilton

147 Barton Ave. 

[added by hand in pencil “Miss [illegible]”
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Frank Hamilton
Attorney-At-Law
612 ½ Ohio Street
Terre Haute, IND

December 8, 1936

[stamp]
RECEIVED 
DEC 10 1936

Dear Sir:

Can you give me any information o nthe following names? 

William H. Isgrigg from England - maybe France then America 1720-1725. Sons, Michael and Daniel.  17 or 18 children, some were Caty married Abraham Barnes other Isgrigg Children were John, Michael and Daniel born in Baltimore County, Maryland, March 2, 1775. Died July 17, 1854.  Buried in Shockley Cemetery Ripley County, Indiana. Married Rachel Barnes (sister of Abraham Barnes) maybe children of John Barnes. Rachel Barnes was born in Virginia in Feb. 22, 1760. Died August 16, 1854 Buried in Shockley Cemetery. 

I have been told MIchael (father of Daniel) was in Revolutionary War.  Daniel in M. Calvins?
Co. Ky. vol. Tod’s Brigade under General Scott who joined Gen. Wayne at Georgetown Ky. Daniel enlisted two different times at Ft. Detroit with W. H. Harrison.  Daniel when a small boy helped his Uncles (I think Henry and John Love) his mother’s brothers to capture a man by the name of McGuire. 

Would like information on Amos Morris of Wayne County Virginia; wife Rebecca Tyler related to President Tyler. 

John Fitzgerald from Ireland. Officer in Revolution. Married Mary hawkins Bartlett daughter of Col. _____ Bartlett and Mary H. Bartlett. 

Nancy Jackson (cousin of Andrew jackson) born November 1761, died Dec. 22, 1855 Buried in Franklin Church Cemetery south of Sunman, Indiana. M. James Anderson, Irish. 

Rev. _____ McSwain of Lexington, Ky., in Revolutionary War. 

Ridley Byrum married Sara Ann McSwain daughter of Rev. _____McSwain. 

Thank you very much for any information, I beg to remain

Sincerely, 

[added by hand at the bottom in black ink “Mrs Frank Hamilton 147 Barton Ave”]
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Charles E. Johnson
2728 Fifth Avenue
Hibbing, Minnesota

Sir:

I advise you from the records of this bureau it appears that Warrant No. 764 for three hundred acres of bounty land was issued July 14, 1792 to Robert Means, assignee, on account of the services of Captain John Fitzgerald of the Virginia Line, War of the Revolution. 

There is no further information on file as to his services, nor any data on file as to his family, owing to the destruction of papers in such claims, when the War Office was burned in 1814. 

This is the history of the only soldier named John Fitzgerald, of Virginia, found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau. 

Respectfully, 

Winfield Scott
Commissioner.
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May 15, 1925

Mrs. A. Walton Fleming
Carvel Hall
Annapolis, Md. 

Madam: 

I have to advise you from the records of this Bureau, it appears that Warrant No. 764 for 300 acres of bounty land was issued July 14, 1792 to Robert Means, assignee, on account of the services of Captain John Fitzgerald of the Virginia Line, War of the Revolution. 

There is no further information on file as to his services, nor any data on file as to his family, owing to the destruction of papers in such claims, when the War Office was burned in 1814. __

[added by hand in black ink “only of Va”]

This Bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolution, unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made on account of his services and a careful search of the records fails.
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to show such a claim on file on account of the services of Colonel John Fitzgerald and Colonel William Lewis. 

Respectuflly, 

Wilder S. Metcalf
Commissioner
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BA-J/ADY
John Fitzgerald
Wt. No. 764-300

Mrs. A. W. Fleming
Blue Ridge Summit
Pennsylvania

Dear Madam: 

Reference is made to your letter requesting information relative to John Fitzgerald, a soldier of the Revolutionary War. 

The records of this office show that warrant No. 764 for three hundred acres of bounty land was issued July 14, 1792 to Robert Means, assignee, on account of the services of Captain John Fitzgerald of the Virginia Line, War of the Revolution. 

There is no further information on file relative to his services, nor any data pertaining to his family, owing to the destruction of papers in such claims, when the War Office was burned. 

The above record is that of the only soldier named John Fitzgerald of Virginia, found on the Revolutionary War records of this office. 

Very truly yours, 


A. D. Hiller 
Assistant to Administrator.
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June 10, 1932.

BA-J/ILL
John Fitzgerald
B.L.Wt. 764-300

Mrs. John Boggs
138 W. Union Street 
Circleville, Ohio

Dear Madam: 

Reference is made to your letter requesting information relative to John Fitzgerald, a solider of the Revolutionary War. 

The records of this office show that Warrant #764 for three hundred acres of bounty land was issued July 14, 1792 to Robert Means, assignee on account of the services of Captain John Fitzgerald of the Virginia Line, War of the Revolution. 

There is no further information on file relative to his services, nor any data pertaining to his family, owing to the destruction of papers in such claims, when the War Office was burned. 

The above record is that of the only soldier named John Fitzgerald of Virginia, found on the Revolutionary War records of this office. 

Very truly yours, 

A. D. Hiller, 
Assistant to the Administrator
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James Fitzgerald
B.L.Wt. 1436-100


The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of James Fitzgerald are not shown in the papers in the claim. 

James Fitzgerald enlisted sometime in 1777, and served in the 5” Virginia Regiment, commanded by Colonel Scott; length of service to the close of the war. 

Bounty land in full satisfaction for the service rendered by James Fitzgerlad was allowed on an application executed October 10, 1828, by Elijah Fitzgerald, one of the sons and heirs at law of James Fitzgerald.  Said application was made in Amherst County, Virginia. 

In order to obtain the location of the land cited above, you should address The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, citing the following data: Bounty Land Warrant Number 1436-100, issued december 5, 1828. 

Very truly yours


A. D. HILLER 
Assistant to the Administrator.
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July 7, 1934


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BA-J/EEL
John Fizgerald B.L. Wt. [illegible]
James Fitzgerald B.L.Wt. [illegible]

Mrs. H. Hannah
632 Tarboro Street
Rocky Mount, North Carolina

Dear Madam: 

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to James and John Fitzgerald, of Virginia, soldiers of the Revolutionary War, who received grants of land for their services. 

The data which follow were obtained from the records of this office and claim for bounty land based upon the services of these soldiers in the Revolutionary War. 

John Fitzgerald
B.L.Wt. #764-300

The records of this office show that Warrant No. 764 for three hundred acres of bounty land was issued July 14, 1792, to Robert Means, assignee, on account of the services of Captain John Fitzgerald of the Virginia Line, War of the Revolution. 

There is no further information on file relative to his services, nor any data pertaining to his family, owing to the destruction of papers in such claims when the War Office was burned. 

The above record is that of the only soldier named John Fitzgerald, of Virginia, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office. 

In order to obtain the location of the land cited above, you should address The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city furnishing that official with the number of the warrant, the acreage and the date of issuance of said warrant. 

[added by hand in black ink on the right hand column “See Letter in case of Jam Fitzgerald B.L. Wt. 1436-100”]

Very truly yours


A. D. HILLER 
Assistant to the Administrator.
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July 7, 1934


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BA-J/EEL
John Fizgerald B.L. Wt. [illegible]
James Fitzgerald B.L.Wt. [illegible]

Mrs. H. Hannah
632 Tarboro Street
Rocky Mount, North Carolina

Dear Madam: 

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to James and John Fitzgerald, of Virginia, soldiers of the Revolutionary War, who received grants of land for their services. 

The data which follow were obtained from the records of this office and claim for bounty land based upon the services of these soldiers in the Revolutionary War. 

John Fitzgerald
B.L.Wt. #764-300

The records of this office show that Warrant No. 764 for three hundred acres of bounty land was issued July 14, 1792, to Robert Means, assignee, on account of the services of Captain John Fitzgerald of the Virginia Line, War of the Revolution. 

There is no further information on file relative to his services, nor any data pertaining to his family, owing to the destruction of papers in such claims when the War Office was burned. 

The above record is that of the only soldier named John Fitzgerald, of Virginia, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office. 

In order to obtain the location of the land cited above, you should address The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city furnishing that official with the number of the warrant, the acreage and the date of issuance of said warrant. 

[added by hand in black ink on the right hand column “See Letter in case of Jam Fitzgerald B.L. Wt. 1436-100”]

Very truly yours

August 13, 1937

Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

BA-J/EEL
John Fitzgerald-B.L.Wt. #764-300

[added by hand in black ink initials “[illegible]”]

Mrs. Frank Hamilton
147 Barton Avenue
Terre Haute, Indiana

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of John Fitzgerald, who served as an officer in the Revolutionary War from Virginia.  You state that you received this information in reply to a letter written by you December 23, or 24, 1936, but have lost the same and wish [illegible] - [illegible].

John Fitzgerald 
B.L. Wt. #764-300

The records of this office show that Warrant No. 764, for three hundred acres of bounty land was issued July 14, 1792 to Robert Means, assignee on account of the services of Captain John Fitzgerald, of the Virginia Line, War of the Revolution. 

There is no further information on file relative to his service, nor any data pertaining to his family, due to the destruction of papers in such early bounty land claims when the War Office was burned in 1800. 

In order to obtain information in regard to the location of the land cited above, you should address The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish that official the number of the warrant, the acreage and the date of issuance of said warrant. 

Very truly yours

George H. [illegible]
Acting [illegible] Assistant 
to the Administrator.