Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5962, Isaac Bullin, Va.
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[typed form with handwritten responses]

SERVICE
Va.

Bullin, Isaac
Susannah

NUMBER
W. 5962

CONTENTS
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[typed form with handwritten responses]

19.450 R

North Carolina
Isaac Bullin

of Stokes Cy [County] in the State of NC who was a Private in the Compy [company] commanded by Captain Marks of the regiment commanded by Colonels Campbell +Haws in the Virginia line, for the term of 18 months, from 1779 to 1781.

Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 6 of May 1825

Certificate of Pension issued the 2 of June 1825 and Sent to Pensioner, at Patrick C. H. Va. of B. Horace Esqr. [Esquire]

Arrears to 4th [blotted out]
Semi-anl. all’ce [annual allowance] ending Sept. 1825	$31.76
					                $31.76
3 mo [months] 26/31 4/30 	 6.70
			          1. 6
			        24—
			        31.76
{Revolutionary claim,
Acts March 18, 1818,
and May 1, 1820}
March 1, 1823
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[typed form with handwritten responses]

[left side of page] Letter to Pen Agt [Pension Agent] 18 March 1845
Reported
Reg. Act June 17, 1844 sent to Cha Banner, Germanton, NC Sept 11, 1844.

[right side of page] 2179.

North Carolina
Susannah Bullin
widow of Isaac Bullin
Va [Virginia]
who was a Private
in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 60 Dollars--
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of Dec. 1843
and sent to
C. Banner,
Germanton,
N.C.

[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1. Page 199.
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19.652

Isaac Bullin
[Illegible]
N Carolina

[written sideways] Isaac Bullin 
Declaration

Brice Hoarace Esq.
Patrick. C. H. [Court House]
Virginia
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State of North Carolina}
Stokes Country} At a superior court
holden for that Country of Stokes aforesaid this is 19th day of April 1825 the same being a court of record by keeping a record of its proceedings and having unlimited jurisdiction in law and equity Isaac Bullin aged 62 years resident in the Country of Stokes North Carolina who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and 1st May 1820 that he the said Isaac Bullin enlisted for the term of 18 months in the revolutionary war the precise day and year not recollected though I think in the year 1779 in Virginia Albemarle County Enlisted by Capt [Captain] John Marks and commanded by Capt [Captain] John Anderson in the 1st Virginia regiment commanded by Col Campell until he was killed then commanded by Col Haws in line of the State of Virginia on the continental establishment that he continued to serve in the said corps for the said term of 18 months above stated when he was duly discharged from the said service at Salisbury by Major Jones there received a written discharge which has since been accidentally lost that he was in the battles of Guilford and of 96 and the Eutaw Springs and that he had no other evidence now in his power of his said service except the affidavit of Henry Carter Esq hereto annexed that the reason this declarant did not know that the act of Congress of 1818 was passed until a few months passed as he is a person that lives remote and did not make any enquiry into the laws of his country he is old and infirm and very poor & not able to support himself by labour [labor] and in pursuance of the act of Congress of the 1st May 1820. 
I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen
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of the United States on the 18th March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of or any part of my property with intent; thereby so to dimmish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property on security contract or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is included in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.

Schedule of property possessed by Isaac Bullin March 18th 1818 -- 100 acres poor land -- $100.
one horse valued -- 10. now in the use of the family & 4 cattle valued -- 17. now in the use of the family

Sworn to & subscribed in open Court

T.T. Armstrong Clk [Clerk] 
Isaac [his x mark] Bullin

This declarant further declares that he has a wife and seven children who resides in North Carolina and in Tennesee [Tennessee] viz Henry Williams, Jackson, Isaac, Martin, Austin & Edward Bullin and have all left him but Martin who is under age and none of them contribute in any way to his support that he has no trade or particular occupation and that his age and infirmity disquallifies [disqualifies] him from labour [labor] so as to get his support.

Sworn to & subscribed in open Court
Thos T. Armstrong Clk [Clerk] 
Isaac [his x mark] Bullin

Henry Carter Esq an old revolutionary soldier a man of respectability and varacity [veracity] came into court on the day aforesaid and made oath that he served the greater part of the above term with the above named declarant Isaac Bullin and knew him personally during that term.

Sworn to & Subscribed in open Court
Thos T Armstrong Clk [Clerk]
Henry Carter
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State of North Carolina}
Stokes County}
Superior Court of law
April Term 1825

I Thomas T Armstrong clerk of said Court hereby Certify that the forgoing affidavits were sworn to in open Court that it is the opinion of the Court that the amount of property mentioned in said Schedule is correct & true

In Witness whereof I do hereto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at office the 6th May AD1825
Thos. T Armstrong Clk [Clerk]
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State of North Carolina
County of Stokes
Be it known that on this 4th day of April 1839 before me Charles Banner one of the acting Justices of the peace in & for the County aforesaid personally appeared William Pafford and John Mail both Pensioners of the United States and respectable residents for probity, truth and veracity, in the County aforesaid, and they being duly sworn according to Law to declare what they knew of the Marriage of Isaac Bullin & Susannah his wife, first William Pafford declares that he was well acquainted with said Isaac Bullin before & since he married to Susannah whose maiden name was Susanna Jackson, that they were married in this deponants [deponent's] presence on a Sabath [Sabbath] day in the Baptist meeting house near Mayho River called the Meadow Church in the County of Henry Virginia, in the year 1784 or 85, he does not recollect the month or day of the month, but it was five or six years before this deponant [deponent] married a sister of said Isaac Bullin, which circumstance causes him to recollect the time of the their marriage aforesaid and that said Isaac Bullin was a pensioner as well as this deponent & the Identical person & the said Susannah the same that was married at the time & place aforesaid by a Baptist Minister by the name of Anthony Bowles that, the said Isaac Bullin died about ten or eleven years past, and the said Susannah his widow has remained unmarried ever since that period, and that he has just reason to believe the statement of the names & ages of said Widows children as made by her in the foregoing declaration which she intends to present to Court is perfectly correct, as he has lived in the same neighborhood with them upwards of fifty years past, Sworn to and Subscribed the day & year first above writen 
 [written] before me -
C Banner J.P.
William [his x mark] Pafford

Next, John Mail declares on his oath, that the above Deposition of William Pafford is the truth to the best of his recollections as he this Depon.t [deponent] was present in a congregation at the Meadow meeting house near Maho River & saw the above named Isaac Bullin and Susanna Jackson married as above stated. Sworn to & subscribed
the date first above written before me
C Banner J.P.
John [his x mark] Mail
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State of North Carolina}
County of Stokes} I
Clerk of the Superior Court of Law in Stokes County aforesaid do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court before his honor Judge Thos. Little in the matter of the application of Susannah Bullin for a Pension, and further I certify, that Charles Banner is a Magistrate, and that the foregoing Signature purporting to be his, to the Declarations is genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of my office and subscribed my name this 10th day of April A.D. 1839
Isaac Golding Clk
Jno. Hill D.C.

[Vertical]
N.C. 6229
Susannah Bullin
widow of Isaac
Act 1838 -

[Upside down]
6229
Susannah Bullin
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State of North Carolina}
County of Stokes} SS-
On this 10th day of April 1839 personally appeared before the Judge of the Superior Court of Law & Equity for the County of Stokes aforesaid Susannah Bullin a resident said County & State aforesaid aged Seventy four years who being first sworn according to Law, doth on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the [delete the] benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838, entitled, an act granting half pay and Pensions to certain Widows,, that she is the widow of Isaac Bulling decd. who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, and Served as she has Just Reason to believe, as he Stated & proved by Henry Carter and John Fry, in his declaration filed in the Pension department of the United States, by Virtue of which he obtained a pension commencing the 6th of May 1825 at the rates of ninety six dollars per annum, reference being had to the documents filed in the Pension department will more plainly show" to which this applicant begs leave to refer the Commissioner of Pensions for Satisfactory proof of her husbands Services, for which she claims a pension. She further declares that She was Married to the said Isaac Bullin in the Month of September Seventeen hundred and Eighty four by the Revd. Anthony Bowles a Baptist Minister in the County of Henry in Virginia at old Mayho Church. That her husband the aforesaid Isaac Bullin died on the 6th or 7th day of May 1828,, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service, but the Marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four at the time above Stated, and that she has remained a Widow ever since his death as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereunto annexed. She has no family Record of the Ages of her Children, But from memory & frequent repeating their ages, nine in number they stand thus (viz) the first was Henry Bullin 54 years old 25th of March last day 1839- 2d. Edwd. Bullin 51 years old in May next, the 3d & 4th were twinn [twin] Children & died; 5th William Bullin will be 46 years old in May next - 6th Jackson Bullin is 44 years old
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old in July next - 7th Juston Bullin will be 42 years old in May next - 8th Isaac Bullin will be 40 years old in June next - the 9th & last Child, Martin Bullin will be 37 years old the 3d of July 1839. Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year first above writen [written] before.
Susannah Bullin
X her mark

Sworn & subscribed
in open Court
Isaac Golding Clk
By Jno Hill D.C.
State of North Carolina}
County of Stokes}

[Upside down]
Susannah Bullin.
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Isaac Bullin
and
Susannah w
Rev. Pensioners -
N. Ca Rolls -
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Power Atty to see
Papers per L B True
Atty in th case
_______________
Ex. }
L B True
Dec 3d 1852
_______________
June 28/42
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Know all men by these presents that I Edward Bullin of the County of Stokes and State of North Carolina and one of the children & legal representations of Isaac Bullin a Revolutionary Soldier [word crossed out] pensioner of the Government and Susannah Bullin his wife also a pensioner of the Government after the death of her husband, both of whom are now deceased, do hereby irrevocably constitute & appoint Saml M Hughes of Stokes County North Carolina my true and lawful attorney for me & in my name to execute unto and prosecute any claim that may be due aforesaid to be due the Children and legal Representatives of the said Isaac Bullin, in virtue of the services of the said Isaac Bullin in the Revolutionary war & the several acts of Congress in relation thereto, and that myself have deemed to either of the said parties and not drawn during their life time, and now due Their legal Representatives - I hereby authorize my said agent as attorney to do all things that I might or could do if personally present and I hereby certify and confirm all that my said agent or attorney may do, in cause to be legally due in the pensions - witness my hand & seal this 22nd day of May 1852
Edward [his x mark] Bullin {Seal}
Witness
Wm Moore
~
Tatum

Edward Bullin
X his mark

State of North Carolina} On this 22nd day of
County of Stokes} May 1852 personally appeared before me Edward Bullin and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his act and deed, and I certify that I well know the said Edward Bullin and that he is the person now present and who executed the foregoing power of attorney
Wm M Moore JP
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State of North Carolina} 
County of Stokes} 
Be it known that on the 22nd day of May 1852 before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Edward Bullin a resident of said County, and made oath according to law that he is the son of Isaac Bullin (was a Revolutionary soldier & a pensioner of the Government of the United States and Susanah Bullin his wife) and who it is supposed was entitled to bounty land and additional pension - that he is directly interested as a claimant in said claim his father & mother both being dead, and he makes this affidavit to be filed with such papers as additional evidence as my said agent may use in presentation of said claim.

Edward [his x mark] Bullin 

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me 
W. M. Moore JP

I William M Moore Justice of the peace in and for the County of Stokes and State of North Carolina do hereby certify that Edward Bullin is a respectable citizen of said County, and that he executed the foregoing papers, and is as I believe directly interested in said claim as therein set forth. –
W. M. Moore JP
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State of North Carolina} 
County of Stokes} 
I John Hill clerk of the court of Pleas and quarter sessions for the county of Stokes do hereby certify that William M Moore whose signature appears as a witness to the foregoing power of attorney and the annexed certificates is a duly commissioned, qualified, and acting Justice of the peace in and for said county of Stokes, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine. -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 24 day of May 1852

Jno. Hill clk [Clerk] 
By Saml. H. Taylor D.C
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 5962 Own
Susannah Bullin
Wid: [Widow]
Isaac Bullin
Pvt. Rev. War

Act: Mch. 3d/43 [March 3, 1843]
Index: - Vol. A, Page 101
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[Typed form with written responses]

5227
North Carolina

Susannah Bullin
widow of Isaac Bullin, died.-
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 -
and who died on the 6 or 7 May 1828 -
of Stokes Co in the State of N.C. -
who was a private in the compy [company] commanded by Captain Marks of the regt commanded by Col. Campbell & Haws Virginia line for 18 months.

Subscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 60 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2d day of April 1840, & sent to Hon John Hill of N.C. H. R.

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1840 $240.00
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 Sep '40 30.00
$270.00
{Act July 7,
1838.}

Recorded by D.M. Cardy Clerk,
Book A. Vol. 2. Page 186.
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Amendatory Declaration of Susanna Bullin 

Hon J H A [Illegible] 16 [Illegible]
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Amendatory Declaration of Susannah Bullin 

State of North Carolina} 
County of Stokes} SS 
On this 20th day of February 1840 before me Charles Banner a Justice of the peace in and for the County Court of pleas & quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Susannah Bullin Widow of the late Isaac Bullin deceased and she being duly sworn according to law declares on her oath that she intermarried to the said Isaac Bullin in September Seventeen hundred and eighty four in the County of Henry (now Patrick) in the State of Virginia after having been published by the Revd [Reverend] Anthony Books a Baptist preacher at a place called & known by the name of the Meadows Church near the Mayho [Mayo] River, that she has no record of the day of the month or certificate of marriage nor knows of no record of the same, as the said Preacher is now dead. But she know that Mr. John Maib and Wm. Pafford were present at the said Marriage, and further she declares that she has just reason to believe that the Bans of her husband the above named & herself was duly published by the above named precher [Preacher] in Congregation of his Church at least three Sabbaths immediately preceeding [preceding] his Solemnizing the marriage aforesaid. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above mentioned before the 
C. Banner J.P. 

Susannah [her x mark] Bullin 

And be it further known that on the same 20th day of February 1840 at the place of residence of the widow Susannah Bullin in the County of Stokes aforesaid William Pafford appeared before me & he being sworn according to law, declares on
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on his oath that he was personally present and Saw a Baptist preacher Anthony Boles join together Isaac Bullin and Susannah Jackson (the widow above mentioned) as man and wife at the time and place she has declared in her foregoing declaration, and further this Deponant [deponent] declares that he well remembers of hearing the aforesaid preacher publish the Banns of Marriage of the said Isaac Bullin & Susannah aforesaid in the Congregation of his Church when convened for divine worship several times previous to their being married as aforesaid. Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year above mentioned before me 
C. Banner J.P. 
William [his x mark] Pafford

North Carolina} 
Stokes County} I Charles Banner one of the acting Magistrates for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing Amendatory Declaration of the widow Susannah Bullin was duly taken at her own place of Residence in the County of & State aforesaid when & where the above named William Pafford gave his Deposition as above, that they are considered in the County & neighborhood where they live as persons of respectable veracity for truth & probity, and that I concur in that opinion of them, & Given under my hand this 20th Feby 1840 

C Banner J.P.
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State of North Carolina}
County of Stokes} I Reubin D. Golding Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions for Stokes County aforesaid Certify that Charles Banner is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of my office and subscribed my name this 7th day of March 1840 

Reuben D Golding CCC
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4174 
S. Bullin 
$60 per an [annum]

C. Banner Germanton N.C.
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State of North Carolina} 
County of Stokes} On this 30th day of August 1843 personally appeared before me Charles Banner a Justice of the peace in and for said County Susanna Bullin a resident of the County of Stokes aforesaid aged Eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3rd March 1843 Granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the war of the Revolution.- That she is the widow of Isaac Bullin Decd [deceased] who served as a private in the Army of the United States during the War of the Revolution, for which services her said husband Isaac Bullin was placed on the pension Roll of the U. States in June 1825 or 1826, and drew at the rate of Eight dollars per month until[until] the day of his death which happened on the 6th of May 1828. and after her said husband’s death she obtained a Pension under the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838. and recd [received] at the rate of Sixty dollars per annum, ending 4th March 1841—

Reference being had to her former declararation [declaration] as also to that of her husbands, & the papers filed therewith in the offices of the Pension department will more plainly appear in justification of this her present claim under the act of 3rd March 1843. She further declares that she still remains the widow of Isaac Bullin Dec.d [deceased]. Sworn to & Subscribed the day and year first above mentioned before me 
C Banner J.P. 
Susanna [her x mark] Bullin 
Witness Saml [Samuel] Shelton
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State of North Carolina} 
County of Stokes} 
I Charles Banner a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that from personal knowledge & acquaintance with Susanna Bullin who swore to and subscribed the within declaration is the identical same person & remains the widow of Isaac Bullin dec’d [deceased] and that Saml [Samuel] Shelton the subscribing witness is a respectable young man. Given under my hand this 30th day of August 1843 
C Banner J. P. 

State of North Carolina} 
Stokes County} 
I John Hill Clerk of the Court of pleas & quarter sessions for Stokes County certify that Charles Banner is a magistrate as above & that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office & subscribed my name this 8th September 1843. 

Jno. Hill clk [Clerk]
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State of North Carolina}
County of Stokes} SS 

On this 8th day of July 1844 personally appeared before me Charles Banner a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Stoke aforesaid Susanna Bullin aged Eighty years a resident of [delete of] the County of Stokes aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed the 17th June 1844, to continue pensions to certain widows. that she is the Identical widow of Isaac Bullin Decd [deceased] & drew her pensions under the acts of Congress of 7th July 1838 & 1843 which pension certificate has been duly relinquished & returned to the Pension department as reference being had thereto will more plainly appear, she further declares that she has not married but continues the widow of Isaac Bullin dec’d [deceased] aforesaid, the truth of which I am fully satisfied. Sworn to & subscribed the day & year first above mentioned before me 
C Banner J.P. 
Susanna [her x mark] Bullin 
William Shelton 

N. Carolina}
Stokes County} I the undersigned Justice of the peace in and for said County do hereby certify that from my own knowledge & acquaintance with Susanna Bullin who swore to & subscribed the above declaration is the identical person & widow of Isaac Bullin dec.d [deceased] & still remains his widow and resides in the County & State aforesaid. - Given under my hand this day 8th day of July 1844

C Banner J.P.
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State of North Carolina} 
Stokes County} I John Hill Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter Sessions for Stokes County aforesaid. Do hereby certify that Charles Banner is a Magistrate in and for said County, and that the within signatures purporting to be his is genuine. 

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of my office and subscribed my name this 18th day of August A.D. 1844 

Jno. Hill clk [Clerk]

[upside down] State of North Carolina} 
Stokes County}
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Susannah Bullin M [married] 1784 
Isaac Bullin d. [died] 1828. 

proof of marriage reqd [required]
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6229 
Susannah Bullin 
Wid [widow] of Isaac 
N C 
Act July 7 1838 
Married 1784
died 1828 S.
Allow $60 per an [annum]

Hon. Jno Hill N C H R
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Patrick C House 27th January 1825      18

The Houble [Honorable] James Barbour 
Secretary of War 
Washington City

[written sideways] 50-
121-
$162-
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The enclosed papers are sent to the war department for examination, after which the secretary of War is respectfully requested [word crossed out] to save his decision upon the application to Bull Horace, Patrick C. House Va [Virginia]
May 1835
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[left side] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES 
Form VAM-51 
12-5-41

[center] BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

[right side] Division of Veterans’ Administration Archives

Name Pullman, John Grade Private Line Crane’s Continental Artillery (Massachusetts)

WARRANT NUMBER 3833 ACREAGE  100         ISSUED Aug. 10, 1789 to Richard Peatt

*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.