Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 668-200, James Gardner, Continental Artillery Parents Of N.Y.
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(3-1776) 
SERVICE 
Continental Artillery  

Gardner, James

NUMBER 
B.L. Wt 668-200  

Parents of N. Y. 
CONTENTS 
after Rev. lived in N. C.
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No. 668. 
James Gardner 
Capt. Lieut. Artillery. Massachusetts Line. 
Warrant issued to “Daniel Gardner and the other Heirs at Law of James Gardner dd. on the 25th Feby 1817, and delived to the Honble Hosea Moffit on the 26th Feby. 1817.
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Know all men by these presents that we Jonathan Howard and Mary Howard, the wife of the said Jonathan Howard, Josiah Howard and Phoebe Howard, the wife of the said Josiah Howard, Benjamin Sheldon and Elizabeth Sheldon, the wife of the said Benjamin Sheldon, all of Stephentown in the County of Rensselaer and the state of New York. And Job Gardner of the City of Troy in the County of Rensselaer and State of New York and Lionell Udell and Hannah Udell the wife of the said Lionel Udell of Greenburgh in said County of Rensselaer and State of New York and Daniel Gardner of the town of Bern in the county of Albany and the state of New York, Divers good and weighty considerations each and every of us whose name are above mentioned and hereunto subscribed moving have and by these presents do under our hands and seals constitute, ordain, nominate and appoint Hosea Moffatt Esquire of Stephentown in the county of Rensselaer and the state of New York our true and Lawful attorney for us and each and every of us, in our name, or names, and for our use and benefit, to ask for, receive, or to demand from the proper office at the City of Washington or from such officer of the United States as is duly authorized to grant the same, all the right title, claim, interest or demand that each or either of us may or might have had or now have to Military Bounty
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lands as the heirs at law of James Gardner of the state of North Carolina and county of New Hanover, deceased.  The rank of the said James Gardner to be determined by the commission issued by the Department of War to the said James Gardner during the Revolutionary War and we the subscribers holding all his right to Military bounty lands to wit - Mary Howard, the wife of Jonathan Howard, and Phoebe Howard, the wife of Josiah Howard, and Elizabeth Sheldon, the wife of Benjamin Sheldon and Hannah Udell, the wife of Lionell Udell, being the sisters of the said James Gardner, deceased, And Daniel Gardner and Job Gardner being the Brothers of the said James Gardner, deceased, and all of the females above mentioned together with James Gardner, deceased, and Daniel Gardner and Job Gardner being the natural children of Job Gardner and Hannah Gardner, formerly of Stephentown in the county of Rensselaer and state aforesaid, deceased, And we also further hereby empower the said Hosea Moffatt our attorney aforesaid on the condition that the Lands have been allotted to the said James Gardner, deceased, & are now taken up by other settlers to take proper measures for
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the recovery of the same - or to take such other allotment of lands as shall be right and just, according to the rank of the said James Gardner, deceased.  Or to do such other thing or things & to pursue such steps for the attainment of the lands aforesaid as to him shall seem meet hereby satisfying and allowing and confirming whatever our attorney aforesaid may lawfully do in the premises 
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals the (blank) day of (blank) in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixteen.

In presence of Jonathan Howard
Abraham Schermerhorn
Mary Howard

Caleb Carr
Josiah Howard
Phebe Howard

Nathan Howard
Benjamin Shelden
Betsy Shelden

Job B. Gardner
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J. S. Van Rensselaer 
Lionel Udell
Hannh Udell
Henry Brown 
Daniel Gardner

Albany County ss.
On the ninth day of November AD 1816 personally appeared before me, Daniel Gardner to me known to be one of the persons described in and who executed the within power, and acknowledged that he executed the same for the uses and purposes therein mentioned 
[signed] Henry Brown one of the Judges of Albany Common pleas 

I Certify that the above named Henry Brown was a Judge of the Court of Common pleas for the County of Albany State of New York. Acting under the authority of the People of said State on the 9th day of November 1816 and that the above is his Signature 
Feby 26th 1817 -
[signed] Hosea Moffitt 

Rensselaer County
On the nineteenth day of October 1816 personly appeared before me Jonathan Howard and Mary his wife, Josiah Howard and Phebe his wife, Benjamin Shelden and Betsey his wife to me now to be the persons described in and who executed the within power and acknowledge that they executed the same for the use and purposes therein mentioned
[signed] Caleb Carr one of the assistant Justices for Rensselaer County –

I hereby Certify that the above named Caleb Carr was an Assistant Justice of the County of Rensselaer State of New York acting under the authority of the people of said State on the 19th day of October 1816 and that the above is his signature 
Feby 26th 1817 
[signed] Hosea Moffitt
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Jonathan Howard 
Mary his wife 
Josiah Howard 
Pheobe his wife & 
6, others 
To Hosea Moffatt 
Power of attorney

New York State ss.
Albany ss.  On the sixth day of November A.D. 1816 personally appeared before me, Job B. Gardner Lionel Udell and hannah his wife, to me known to be three of the persons described in and who have executed the within powers, and who duly executed the same in my presence And the said Hannah was private examination by me, apart from her said husband, duly acknowledged to me, that she executed the said within power of attorney freely without any fear of compulsion of her said husband –
[signed] G. Van Rensselaer master in Chancellor in & for the State of New York
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Jonathan Howard 
Mary his wife 
Josiah Howard 
Pheobe his wife & 
6, others 
To Hosea Moffatt 
Power of attorney

New York State ss.
Albany ss.  On the sixth day of November A.D. 1816 personally appeared before me, Job B. Gardner Lionel Udell and hannah his wife, to me known to be three of the persons described in and who have executed the within powers, and who duly executed the same in my presence And the said Hannah was private examination by me, apart from her said husband, duly acknowledged to me, that she executed the said within power of attorney freely without any fear of compulsion of her said husband –
[signed] G. Van Rensselaer master in Chancellor in & for the State of New York
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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 
Washington March 1, 1939. 
Honorable Kent E. Keller 
House of Representatives 
Washington, D. C. 
BA-J/ILL James Gardner
B.L. Wt. #668-200 acres
My dear Mr. Keller:
The data which follow are found in the papers on file in the claim for bounty land based upon service in the Revolutionary War of James Gardner. 
James Gardner was the son of Job Gardner and his wife, Hannah. who resided in Stephentown, Rensselaer County, New York; the date and place of birth of James, and his residence at the time of the Revolutionary War are not shown. 
James Gardner was commissioned January 1, 1777, Adjutant of Colonel Crane's Regiment of Artillery, and was commissioned January 22, 1780, Captain-Lieutenant of the 3d Battalion of Artillery and was in service at the close of the war; he was in the first campaign at Boston, no other details regarding his service given. 
This officer resided in New Hanover County, North Carolina, and died prior to October 1816; the date and place of his death are not shown. He was not survived by children. 
The names of the brothers and sisters of the above noted officer, James Gardner, were given in November 1816 as follows: Daniel Gardner of Bern, Albany County, New York; Job B. Gardner of Troy, Rensselaer County, New York; Mary (Gardner) Howard, the wife of Jonathan Howard, of Stephentown, New York; Phebe (Gardner) Howard, the wife of Josiah Howard, also of Stephentown; Betsy or Elizabeth (Gardner) Shelden, the wife of Benjamin Shelden, also of Stephentown; Hannah (Gardner) Udell, the wife of Lionel Udell, of Greenburg, New York . 
Daniel Gardner and the other brother and sisters of James Gardner were allowed 200 acres of bounty land on warrant #668, on
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account of his service as an officer in the Revolutionary War; the warrant for this land was issued February 25, 1817. 
If you desire information in regard to the location of this land, you should address the Commissioner, General Land Office, this city, and furnish that official the following data-Warrant #668 for 200 acres of bounty land, issued February 25, 1847. 
It is suggested that further information in regard to the military record of James Gardner might be obtained from the Adjutant General, War Department, this city. 
Very truly yours, 
A. D. HILLER, 
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator.
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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED
For James Gardner Esquire Greeting. We Reposing special trust [missing part] in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct, and Fidelity DO by these presents constitute and appoint you to Captain Lieutenant in the third Battalion of Artillery in the Army of the United States to take rank as such from the 22nd day of February 1780 You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of a Captain Lieutenant by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging. And we do Strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers, under your command to be obedient to your orders, as Captain Lieutenant. And you are to observe and follow such order and directions from time to time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United States or Committee of Congress for that purpose appointed a Committee of the States or Commander in chief for the time being of the Army of the United States, or any other your superior Officer, according to the rules and discipline of War, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue inforce until revoked by this, or a future Congress, the Committee of Congress before mentioned, or a Committee of the States.
Witness his Excellency Saml Huntington Esqr. President of the Congress of the United States of America at Philadelphia the 31st day of April 1785, and in the sixth [?] year of our Independence
[signed] Saml Huntington President
Entered in the War Office and examined by the Board
Attest
[signed] Ben Stoddert, Secretary of the Board of War
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In CONGRESS
The DELEGATES of the UNITED STATES of New Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia, TO James Gardner Gentleman
WE reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO, by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be Adjutant in a Regiment of Artillery commanded by Col. John Crane in the Army of the United States raised for the Defence of American Liberty, and for repelling [illegible] from the invasion thereof. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of Adjutant by doing and performing all manner of Things thereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers, to be obedient to your Orders as Adjutant.  And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to Time as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United States, or Committee of Congress, for that Purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the Time being of the Army of the United States, or [missing text] other your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in Force until revoked by this or a future Congress 
Dated this first day of January 1777 Seventy Seven
By Order of the Congress
[signed] John Hancock PRESIDENT.
ATTEST. [signed] Ch Thomson [illegible]
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State of New York 
Rensselaer County } ss.  On the 7th day of January one thousand eight hundred and Seventeen Came Before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the peace for said County Jonathan Howard and Josiah Howard who being Duly sworn do depose and say that they was acquainted with James Gardner Deceased, (the Son of Job Gardner) An officer in the Revolutionary War that he was in the first campaign at Boston and Continued in the Army till the End of the War and the Army was Disbanded, and further they say not 
[signed] Jonathan Howard  Josiah Howard
Sworn Before me the day and year aforsaid 
[signed] Nathan Howard Justice of the peace 

State of New York
Rensselaer County }  January 7th day 1817. I the undersigned, do hereby Certify that the above Named Jonathan Howard and Josiah Howard who have Subscribed their Names to the foregoing affidavit are freeholders of the Town of Stephentown in the said County and Men of unimpeachable Veracity and of Good Standing in Society 
[signed] Nathan Howard Justice of the peace 

I Benjamin Higbee Clerk of the County of Rensselaer State of New York Do hereby certify that Nathan Howard before whom the above Affidavit appears to have been Made, and Certificate to which he has Subscribed is a Justice of the peace for said County and Acting under the Authority of this State, and that the above is his Signature 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County the 8th day of January 1817 – 
[signed] Benj Higbie Clk Renss. County
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[Note: a small square of paper that appears to have a seal stamped on it was placed on the upper left portion of the document, obscuring part of the text.]

State of New York
Surrogates Office of the County of Rensselaer

It Having been Satisfactorily proved to me that James Gardner An Officer in the Revolutionary War was Deceased some time Since; Leaving no Legitimate issues, and that his [obscured word] Father Job Gardner has also Deceased since the Decease of the said James, Leaving Sundry Children brother and Sisters to the said James Gardner Among which is Daniel Gardner  I William McManus Surrogate of the said County of Rensselaer Do hereby Certify that said Daniel Gardner is according to the Law of the State aforesaid One of the Heirs at Law to the said James Gardner Deceased Estate

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and Affixed the Seal of the Surrogates office for the said County at the City of Troy the Eighth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and Seventeen

                        Wm M McManus [signature]
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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 
Washington, March 1, 1939.
Honorable Kent E. Keller 
House of Representatives 
Washington D. C.
BA-J/MMHF/ILL
James Gardner
B.L. Wt. #668-200 acres
James Harris
R. 4653
My dear Mr. Keller:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of your ancestors, Henry Bradley who served in the Virginia troops, Colonel James Gardiner of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and Major James Harris of North Carolina.
A very careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no claim for pension found based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Henry Bradley, her for service in that war of a Colonel James Gardiner, or other spelling of that surname, nor of a James Harris identical with your description. 
The record of a Lieutenant James Gardner who once resided in North Carolina, and that of a Captain James Harris are furnished you herewith, which may aid you in some way in your research. 
Very truly yours, 
A. D. HILLER, 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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AW [handwritten initials]
Rev. War Section

Feb. 3,1920. 

Mrs. C. E. Congdon,
28 Centre St.
Fort Plain, N.Y.

Madam:

In reply to your letter of the 18" instant, you are advised that James Gardner, the son of Job and Hannah Gardner, was, on January 1, 1777, commissioned Adjutant of Colonel John Crane's Regiment of Artillery and on January 22, 1780, he was commissioned Captain-Lieutenant of the Third Battalion of Artillery and served to the close of the Revolution.

He resided in New Hanover County, North Carolina, and died (date not stated) leaving no issue.  The date and place of his birth are not stated.

Two hundred acres of bounty land were allowed on Warrant No. 668, which was issued February 25, 1817, to his brother Daniel Gardner in behalf of himself and the other heirs of the soldier.

Very respectfully,
G.M. Saltzgaber {signature}
Commissioner

[Handwritten note:] As all the heirs were collaterals no use to mention them 
AW
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February 23, 1939

Mrs. Finch
The Veterans' Administration
Revolutionary and 1812 Section
Washington D.C.

My dear Mrs. Finch:

In accordance with our telephone conversation I am listing the Revolutionary soldiers whose record Mr. Keller is personally interested in finding. Inasmuch as he wants it to assist in tracing his own family geneology, he will thank you very much to include as much matter pertinent to that phase of the matter as possible.

HENRY BRADLEY - in a Virginia Company. His wife apparently died at about the time of the on set of the Revolution and his two sons, William and Joshua, were bound out while their father went into the army.

JAMES GARDINER - of Mecklenberg County, near Charlotte, North Carolina, served we believe as a colonel in a North Carolina company. [handwritten note:] one only of N.C. who [illegible] as an officer NT.668200

MAJOR JAMES HARRIS - also, we believe, in a North Carolina Company.

The daughter of James Gardiner (or Gardner) married Joshua, the son of Henry Bradley, and their son, Benjamin Franklin Bradley, marries Nancy Harris the daughter of Major James Harris, and came by way of Tennessee into Southern Illinois, where Joshua took up land about 1810.

Any information you may be able to give Mr. Keller tending to establish, or clarify these stories of the family will be very greatly appreciated.

Very sincerely yours,
Kent E. Keller {signature}
KENT E. KELLER, MC
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C.E. Congdon, M.D.
Fort Plain, N.Y.
                                       Fort Plain, N.Y.
                                        January 18th, 1920
Commissioner of Pensions,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D.C.                  [postmark stamped].  Pension Office Jan 21 1920 US

Dear Sirs:-
In answer to your letter of the 6-1920, concerning the data of James Gardiner whose history I desire- I will give you all that I have and hope that you may be able to varify [sic] the record that I already have.

Daniel Gardiner had some lands, derived from a brother, Colonel James Gardiner who had received them as a portion of his bounty in the vicinity of Columbus, Ohio, Colonel James Gardiner and his brother Daniel were sons of Job Gardiner and Hannah Howland, of Newport, R.I. The father of Job Gardiner was a commissary during the Revolutionary War; and James served in