Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 2445-100, for Dudley Lee, Maryland
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Md     Lee, Dudley     Bl. Wt. 2445-100
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Declaration of
Isaac McNichols
heirs at law of
Dudley Lane MD
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State of Maryland
City of Baltimore

     I, Isaac McNichols, now a resident of New Jersey, but a native citizen of Anne Arundel County in said State, do upon oath testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief that I am sixty three years of age and the only surviving heir at law in fee of Dudley Lee, who enlisted for the term of during Revolutionary War, between the United States and Great Britain, and served in the Regiment commanded by Colonel William Smallwood, on the Maryland line and that said Dudley Lee, continued in service of the United States, until the end of said war,--I further declare that I have never received a Warrant for the Bounty Land, promised to the said Dudley lee, 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 Isaac McNichols, aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint William Alexander, of the City of Baltimore, 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, the quantity of Land due to me, as aforesaid, and my said Attorney, is hereby full authorised and empowered to constitute one or more substitutes under him for the special purpose therein mentioned. 

Sworn to and subscribed on this
fifth day of November, 1849, 
before me 
Theodore Denny
Justice of the Peace

Isaac McNichols
His
+
mark
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STATE OF Maryland
City of Baltimore
.
Be it remembered, that on this fifth
day of November,
A. D. 1849, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, of the State of Maryland in and for
said City, personally appeared Isaac McNichols subscriber to the aforegoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the Power Attorney, thereby subjoined to be his free act and deed for the special purposes therein mentioned.
Theodore Denny  {seal}

State of Maryland
Baltimore County, Sct.
I hereby Certify, That Theodore Denny -
Esquire before whom the annexed acknowledgment was made and
who has hereto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland, in and for the City of
Baltimore, duly commissioned and sworn.
In testimony whereof, I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of Baltimore County Court, this first day of December A.D. 1849
A.W. Bradford Baltimore County Court
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State of Maryland
Anne Arundel County Sct
At an Orphans Court held for said
County on the fifth day of March Eighteen
hundred and fifty the same being a Court
of Record, satisfactory evidence was adduced
in Court to prove that Isaac McNichols now
a resident of the State of New Jersey but a native
Citizen of Anne Arundel County in Maryland
is the nephew and only surviving heir 0n
law in fee, of Dudley Lee, deceased, who was a
soldier in the Revolutionary War with Great
Britain. Attached to a company in the third
Regiment of the Maryland Continental line
Commanded by Colonel Peter Adams. 
In Testimony whereof we the Judges of
the Orphans Court of said County have subscribed our names the day and year afore mentioned.
John Wilmot
James H Watkinsop
Gerrad H Hopkins

In Testimony that the aforegoing is truly
Copied from the minutes and proceeding of the Orphans Court of Anne Arundel County
I have hereunto set my hand and affix my seal of Office this fifth day of March
Eighteen hundred and fifty
in Benj Cant & Wills Adely
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Mrs. H. Clyde Miller
115 South Street
Martinsburg, West Virginia

February 12, 1936

BA-J/EEL
Dudley Lee - B. L. Wt. #2445-100

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you state that you desire information in regard to Dudley Lee, a Revolutionary War soldier of Maryland, who received a pension until his death, after which his wife, Margaret Lee, received a widow's pension.

There is no claim for pension on file based upon the service of a Dudley Lee in the Revolutionary War. The pension to which
you refer may have been paid by the state from which he served, in
which instance his record might be obtained from the Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, Maryland.

A claim for bounty land has been found based upon the service is given herein as found in 
of a Dudley Lee, of Maryland, in the Revolutionary War. His record is given herein as found in that claim.

Dudley Lee

Dudley Lee was born in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. The date of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown.

Dudley Lee enlisted and served as a private in Colonel Peter Adams's 3rd Maryland Regiment. The place of enlistment and the dates
of service are not shown but it is stated that he served until the close of the war.

He died about the year 1791, in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

It is not stated that the soldier was ever married.

Bounty Land Warrant No. 2445, for one hundred acres of bounty land was issued May 8, 1850, in favor of Isaac McNichols, nephew
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and only heir of Dudley Lee, on account of the services of the said Dailey Lee, Maryland Line, War of the Revolution.

In 1849, Isaac McNichols stated that he was a native of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and was then aged sixty-three years. At that time he was residing in the state of New Jersey, but in
1830, was living in Baltimore, Maryland. The names of the parents of Isaac McNichols are not shown and there are no further data as to soldier's family,

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Martinsburg W. Va
Feb 5th-36
Dear Sirs
I am trying hard to get some data regarding
Dudley Lee Revolutionary Soldier of Maryland
we have his service record and also that he received a pension and after his death his wife Margaret Lee received a widows pension.

The Director of the Burean of Census W L Austing suggested I write you and see if the affidavits and other papers on file in his case might give me valuable information as to date of birth, date of marriage, also where were his checks sent, where cashed, that is where did he live when these checks were sent him.

Will you please let me know at once what cost would be to give me such information.
Yours truly
Mrs. H. Clyde Miller
115 Smith St.
Martinsburg W. Va.
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Lincoln Nebr
July 21-1930
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sirs
I write regarding
the birth & death of Dudley
Lee who served in the
Revolutionary in 6th Maryland
Regiment - July-1-1778
Discharged April 1, 1779
also, of Fredrick Lee who
served in War of 1812
Service commencing Aug 11
1814 ending January 10,1815
Place of residence Allegheny
County. So there a record to
prove that Fredrick Lee
was a son of Dudley Lee
any information regarding
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this would be very much
appreciated by D.A.R.

Thanking you
Mrs H.K. Anderson
R. R. 3. Lincoln Nebr
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43 Chittenden Ave
Columbus, Ohio
Nov. 20, 1934
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Gentleman
Please send me a copy
of the Service Record of Dudly Lee, in the
Continental Line, from Maryland, possibly
Frederick County, showing when & where
enlisted, when & where mustered out of
the service.
If he was on your pension
rolls and his widow Margaret Lee, and
if so for how long etc.

Thanking you in advance

Very Respectfully
Mrs. W. D. Barr
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December 4, 1934

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BA-J/EEL
Dudley Lee -- B.L.Wt.#2445-100

Mrs. W.D. Barr
43 Chittenden Avenue
Columbus, Ohio

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request that the record of Dudley Lee, of Maryland, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in the claim for bounty land based upon the military service of Dudley Lee in the Revolutionary War.

Dudley Lee was born in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. The date of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown.

Dudley Lee served as a private in Colonel Peter Adams' 3" Maryland Regiment. The place of his enlistment and the date are not shown but it is stated that he served until the close of the war.

He died about the year 1791 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It is not stated that soldier was ever married.

Bounty Land Warrant No. 2445 for one hundred acres of bounty land was issued May 8, 1850, in favor of Isaac McNichols, nephew and only heir of Dudley Lee, on account of the services of the said Dudley Lee, Maryland Line, War of the Revolution.

In 1849, Isaac McNichols, stated that he was a native Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and was then aged sixty-three years. At that time,he was residing in the state of New Jersey, but in 1850, was living in Baltimore, Maryland. The names of the parents of Isaac McNichols are not shown and there are no further data as to family.

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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August 19, 1930

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
B.L. Warrant No. 2445_100
EEL:

Mrs. H.K. Anderson
R.R. #3
Lincoln, Nebraska

Dear Madam: 
You are advised that it appears from the records of this bureau that Dudley Lee was born in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. The date of his birth is not given and it is not stated that soldier was ever married.

He died about the year 1791 in said county of Anne Arundel.

In 1849, Isaac McNichols, aged sixty-three years and a resident of the State of New Jersey, stated that he was the only surviving heir of the soldier, Dudley Lee, who was his uncle.

The War of 1812 records of this bureau do not show that a claim for pension was ever made on account of the services of Frederick Lee, as described by you.

Very truly yours

E.W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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State of Maryland
Anne Arundel County to wit
On this 29th day of November AD 1849 before
the subscriber Justice of the peace of the said State in and for said County personally appeared John Short aged Eighty one years a resident of said
County and a native of the same who made
Oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that he
was personally acquainted with Dudley Lee
before and during his revolutionary services
when he was acting as a private in the third
Regiment of the Maryland Continental line
in the Revolutionary Army of the United States
under the command of Colonel Peter Adams 

that after said Lee and completed his revolutionary services he returned to his native place
in the County aforesaid after which at many
different times be the said Lee was at work
and performed labour for deponent up to
the time of his said Lee's death, which occurred sometime in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety-one as he believes, deponent further declares that he well knows. Isaac McNichols now a resident of the State of New Jersey and knew him to be the nephew and only surviving heir on Law in fee of the said Dudley Lee, who this deponent knows, served as aforesaid regularly until the close of the War in 1783.

Sworn to and
Subscribed before Mr. Dennis Griffith
Justice of Peace

John Short
His + Mark
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This is to Certify that deponent John Short
who has subscribed and sworn to the statement
on the opposite side is a man of Good Character
and can be relied on
Dennis Griffith {seal}


In Testimony that the aforegoing is a true
Copy taken from the Original filed and remaining
in the Office of the Register of Wills for Anne Arundel County

I have hereunto set my hand and
affix my seal of office this fifth
day of March Eighteen hundred and fifty
[Leer Benj Gan H Rogrmees a acly]
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State of Maryland
Anne Arundel County to wit
On this 29th day of November AD 1849 before
the subscriber a Justice of the peace of the said
State and for the said County, personally appeared
Samuel Baldwin a native resident of the said
County and a Revolutionary Pensioner of the
United States, who made oath in the Holy Evangely of Almighty God, that he well knew. and was intimately acquainted with Dudley Lee
before he enlisted, during and after his
Revolutionary services, that said Lee acted
as a private in a company attached to the
third Regiment of the Maryland Continental
line, under the command of Colonel Peter
Adams, and that said Lee, Continued to
render active services in the United States
Army during the whole of the revolutionary
War

 after which time the with the said Dudley Lee returned to his native place in Anne Arundel
County where he lived up to the time of his
death. This deponent further declares that
he is well acquainted with Isaac McNichols
now a resident of the State of New Jersey, but a native citizen of Ann Arundel County
in the State of Maryland, and knows him
to be the nephew and the only surviving
heir at Law in fee of the said Dudley Lee
who served as aforesaid to the close of the
said War in 1783.
Sworn to and subscribed
Before me
Dennis Griffin
Justice of the peace
Samuel Baldwin
his +mark
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This is to Certify that the deponent Samuel
Baldwin who has subscribed and from
to the statements on the opposite side is an
Old Gentleman of Good character and be
relied on under oath with safely
Dennis Griffith J P.

In Testimony that the herein is a fair copy taken from the Original plea and remaining in the Office of the Register of Wills for and Arundel County I have hereunto set my hand
and affix my seal of Office this fifth day of March
Eighteen hundred and fifty 

Benjamin & Garth R Wells a acly
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Dudley Lee dec'd
No 2445



Isaac McNichols
Present
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District of Columbia
County of Washington to wit

On this Eighth day of May
one thousand eight hundred and fifty
before the undersigned a Justice of
the peace in and for the County and
District aforesaid, personally appeared
Isaac McNichols, of Baltimore and late of New Jersey State of Maryland, and being
duly sworn deposeth and saith: That he
did heretofore to wit on the day of
1849, the day and month not now
recollected, be placed in the hands of
William Alexander of Baltimore
Maryland, a power of attorney, to
obtain a revolutionary Land Warrant
for services rendered by his uncle in
the war of the Revolution, Dudley Lee
of the Maryland line, the deponent
believes said attorney has had sufficient
time to prosecute with effect, and also
that said attorney fees are exorbitant
and failing up to this time to consummate the business, your deponent wishes to obtain his claim himself, said deponent further declares that he is willing to pay said attorney all
reasonable costs and charges he may
require of him for his, (the said attorney's)
trouble, he said business, if it can be
made appear that any benefit has
accrued to him, the said deponent, by
the act of said attorney, now therefore
this deponent makes the following
revocation of the said power of attorney
as follows to wit
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To all people to whom these presents
shall come. Whereas, Isaac McNichols of
Baltimore Maryland, formerly of New Jersey,  and of the County of Anne Arundel
State of Maryland, did heretofore
by a certain instrument in writing
or letter of attorney empower William
Alexander of Baltimore Maryland to be
my attorney in my name and for
my use, to recover and receive of the proper office if the government
of the United States a land warrant,
for services rendered by my uncle Dudley Lee of the Maryland line
in the war of the Revolution, and
to do all other matters and things
as fully as I myself may or could
do for that purpose, or to that or the
like effect, as by the said [illegible]
relation being thereto said, at large
appears.

Now know ye that I the said Isaac McNichols for does good causes and consideration
set forth in my affidavit, have revoked, recalled, countermanded and made void, and by these
presents do revoke, recall, countermand, and to all intents and purposes, make null and void, and of non-effect, the said in part 
unters , ending letter of attorney, and
all power and authority there
and thereby given, and all other
matters and things therein or in
any of them contacted, and all acts
matters and things whatsoever
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which shall or may be active
done or performed by virtue or means
thereof in any manner whatsoever

In witness whereof the
said Isaac McNicholls hath
set his hand and
affixed his
seal this eighth day of May
one thousand eight hundred
and fifty
nesses

Isaac McNicholls 
His + mark  {seal}

H. M. Durall
John L. Smith


District of Columbia
County of Washington} to wit

On this 8th May 1850
before the subscriber a Justice
of the peace in and for the county
and District aforesaid personally
appears Isaac McNicholls and
made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that the facts set forth in the foregoing
affordance are true, and that the revocation of said power of attorney  is his act and deed
J.L. Smith {seal}
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