Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2328, for Oliver Osgood, New Hampshire
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(3-1776)
 
SERVICE                             
N. H.     

Osgood, Oliver       
                   Mary       

NUMBER
W. 2328
B.L.Wt. 40678-160-55

CONTENTS
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9279 -       
Vermont 
Oliver Osgood of Windsor in the State of Vert. who was a pri in the Com commanded by Captain Ellis of the Reg commanded by Col. Scammel in the Conn line for 6 mo

 Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of April 1833 and sent. Carlos Coolidge, Windsor, Vt

 Arrears to the 4th of March. 33     $: 40 
Semi-and. allowance ending Sep 33 10 
                                                             $50 

                                         {Revolutionary Claim,}   
                                         {Act June 7, 1832.     }
 Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk, 
Book E Vol. 3 Page 82 

(right side)
Order to pay 11 Sept 1837.
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(left side written vertically lower corner)
248896

(right side)
1588
 Vermont Montpelier 
Mary Osgood 
widow of Oliver Osgood 
Who served in the Revolutionary War, as a Private
 N. H. Line 

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3 rd February 1853 
 
Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of Aug/53 and sent to
Thos. F. Hammond 
Brownsville 
Windsor Co., Vt.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3/53 Page 31 Vol. A
1832
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2 L. 8. 896.                  Act Mar. 3. ‘11
                                          June 17. ‘16
Mary Osgood. Wid.
Oliver Osgood. Pri.
Oliver
No 40678_ Sept 6/50
Revly. War.
Pens. Act Feb. 3. ‘53  cert. 1588
 AD: 160 ac, Sept: 3d 1856 
BO Yuttow
Feby 53 - 1588
C. W. Stilphin
Swanton
Vol. O. 115.
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Oliver Osgood
No. 3459

on rolls 
6 mo
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Declaration of Oliver Osgod 
State of Vermont} Ss      District of Windsor Ss
County of Windsor} 
On this thirtieth day of July in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, personally appeared before the Probate Court for the District of Windsor in the State of Vermont, in open Court, Oliver Osgood, a resident of Windsor in the County (and District) of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged Seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. 
That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year seventeen hundred and eighty with Capt. William Ellis and served in the Regiment of the Newhampshire line commanded by Col. Scammel, (afterwards Adj General) under the following named officers: 
At Kune in the County of Cheshire and State of Newhampshire where the declarant then resided, in June 1780 but on what day he cannot recollect he enlisted as a private for six months, and as a recruit, marched with others to West Point, New York, where he joined the Company of Capt. William Ellis, in the Regiment commanded by or called by the name of, Col. Scammel, afterwards Adj. General; which regiment was afterwards commanded by Col. Henry Dearborn - He remained at West Point some time, how long he cannot recollect, and thence marched into New Jersey and there remained until after Major Andre was executed, and then marched back to West Point, where he was discharged, on the first day of January
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1781, having served out his term of six months. - After his return, he sent his discharge to Exeter in Newhampshire in order to procure his pay, and has never since seen it; 
He was not engaged in any actions; at one time, after his return from New Jersey to West Point, upon an alarm, the Regiments of Cilley, Reed, and Dearborn, were marched down to the vicinity of Croton River, but no engagement took place- He was on duty as sentry, at Major Andre’s quarters, when Adj. Gen. Scammel read to Andre his death warrant. He is aged Seventy years and has lived in Windsor, his present place of residence, for 25 years past; 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State. 
                                                Oliver Osgood 
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid 
                               Jabez Proctor Judge 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
                               Jabez Proctor Judge 
I Reuben Washburn, Register of the Probate Court within and for the District of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains
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the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Oliver Osgood for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court, this thirtieth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two 
                           Reuben Washburn.——
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No 3459
Vermont 
Admit 
6 mo. per
$20 
Carlos Codidge 
Windsor Vt
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Brief in the case of Oliver Osgood of Windsor, County of Windsor in the State of Vermont.
                      (Act 7 June, 1832.) 
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court 
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 
3. How old is he? 70.
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
Period. In 1780 
Duration of Service. 
Years, Months, 6,  Days
Rank.
As a Private
5. In what battles was he engaged? 6 7. 
Rank. As a Private 
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. 
Capt Wm Ellis. Col Scammel afterwards Adjt General 
Col H Dearborn 
5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Keene, Cheshire County New Hampshire 
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary 
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
James Milne Examining Clerk
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Bounty Land Claim 
Act of March 3/55 
24P. 896
C. W. Stilphen Atty 
Swanton Vert
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State of  N York}ss. 
County of St Lawrence}
On this 29th day of May, 1856, before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Mary Osgood aged 78 years, a resident of Lawrence County of Lawrence in the State of N York who made oath in due form of law, that she is the identical Mary Osgood to whom, under the provisions of the Act of Feby 3d, 1853, a pension of Seventy dollars per annum has been allowed for the services of her late husband Oliver Osgood private  of the Revolutionary war, and late of Windsor County of Windsor State of Vermont She further states that her Pension Certificate, under the aforesaid Act of February 3, 1853, is numbered 1588 - bears date the 27th day of August 1853, and is made payable at the Montpelier Agency. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act of 3d March, 1855 never having received or known herself entitled, or made application, under any previous act of Congress. In evidence of her marriage and proof of service of her said husband, she respectfully refers to the proofs heretofore adduced, now on file in the Pension Office, and upon which her annuity as aforesaid was granted. 
That, since being placed on the list of Revolutionary Pensioners, she has not intermarried, but continues the widow of the said Oliver Osgood.            Mary Osgood
 Enos Burt                           
Attest Lucy A Burt 
Sworn to, subscribed and acknowledged before me, the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I knew the aforesaid Mary Osgood to be the identical person she alleges herself to be-a Pensioner of the United States, and at the date of the execution of this declaration a widow; and that I am not interested in her claim as Agent, Attorney, or otherwise. 
Lemuel P Ferris Justice of the Peace
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State of N. York           )
St Lawrence COUNTY, ) SS.
["Vermont" and "FRANKLIN" stricken out]

On this 29th day of May 1856 before me, undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Enos Burt and Lucy Burt residents of Lawrence County of St. Lawrence in the State of New York--known to me as credible persons, who made oath in due form of law, that Mary Osgood who in their presence has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing declaration, is, to their personal knowledge, the identical peron to whom, under the provisions of the Act of February 3d 1853 a pension of twenty dollars per annum has been granted for the services of her late husband Oliver Osgood deceased a private of the Revolutionary war.

That since being placed on the roll of Pensioners, she, the said Mary Osgood has not intermarried, but remains and now is a widow:  That they have known her for more than twenty years, and derive their knowledge of the facts herein named from the following circumstances, to wit:  Having lived a neighbors her for a number of years and that the said Mary now lives in [illegible stricken out] our family

They further state that they are disinterested witnesses.
Enos Burt
Lucy A Burt

Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year above written.
Lemuel P Farris   Justice of the Peace

State of N York ["Vermont" stricken out )
County of St Lawrence                            ) ss.

I HEREBY CERTIFY, That Lemuel P. Farris Esq., before whom the foregoing Declaration, Power of Attorney, and affidavits were made and acknowledged, and who has thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing an authorized Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, and that his signature thereto is genuine.  I further certify, that in the within application I am not interested as Agent, Attorney or otherwise.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County Court for the County aforesaid, this eleventh day of June 1856
["Clerk of" stricken out]
Ed. H. Neary  Dep Clerk of St. Laurence County
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The following is an extract from the record of Marriages for the Town of Windsor in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont 
“State of Vermont,} Be it remembered, that at  
Windsor County ss} Windsor in the County aforesaid, on this seventh day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty four, Oliver Osgood of Windsor in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, and Mary Smead of Windsor in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont were duly joined in marriage. By me, Allen Wait, Justice of the Peace. A true copy of Record. Attest, Allen Wait, Justice of the Peace. Windson March 21. 1825. 
Received and recorded the foregoing certificate.} Attest, Carlos Coolidge, Town Clerk
March 21. 1825.} 
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the year, which is expressed on the record of the Certificate, in fair legible figures as follows: “1824.”
N. B. Safford Town Clerk of said Windsor
I Noah B. Safford above named, depose and say, that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the town of Windsor, County and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town, with the exception above named, as certified by me.      N.B. Safford 
                            Town Clerk of said Windsor 
Windsor County SS 
Sworn to and subscribed, this thirtieth day of May, A.D. 1853. Before me, Thomas F. Hammond, Justice of the Peace
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I, Delight McNelly of West Windsor in the county of Windsor
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West Windsor, Vt. June 24, 1853,
Should a pension be granted to Mrs. Mary Osgood it is her wish that the certificate be sent to my address, "Brownsville, Windsor Co, Vt." 
Thomas F Hammond
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State of Vermont}
Windsor County ss}.  Be it known, that on this eleventh day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty- three, personally appeared before the subscriber, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Vermont, Mary Osgood, who for several years past has been residing in Lawrence in the County of St. Lawrence and State of New York, but is now a resident of West Windsor in said County of Windsor, aged seventy five years, who, being first 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, approved on the 3d day of February, A.D. 1853. That she is the widow of Oliver Osgood, who was a Private in the Army of the United States during the War of the Revolution and for his revolutionary services, received a Pension of Twenty dollars per annum, under the act of the 7th June, 1832. She further declares, that she was married to the said Oliver Osgood on the seventh day of December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty four, at Windsor (now West Windsor) in said County of Windsor, by Allen Wait, Esq. a Justice of the Peace, her former name being Mary Smead; and that her husband, the aforesaid Oliver Osgood died, at Windsor, (now West Windsor) in the year, one thousand eight hundred and forty two, on the twenty eighth day of March. She further swears that she is now the widow of the said Oliver Osgood, and that she has never before made any application for a pension. 
                                          Mary Osgood 
Subscribed and sworn before me, the day & year first above written.
    Isaac F Renfield Chris Justice of the Supreme Court of Vermont.
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I further certify that I am satisfied that the said  Mary Osgood, by reason of age & consequent bodily infirmity, is unable to travel and attend in open Court. 
Dated at Windsor in the County of Windsor the day first above written.
 Isaac F. Redfield Ch. J. of Sup Court 
State of Vermont,} WINDSOR, SS. 
COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. 
I, NORMAN WILLIAMS, Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of Vermont for the County of Windsor, being a court of record and having a seal, as hereto attached, do certify that Isaac F Redfield Esq. was at the date of the paper writings to which this is attached, and now is Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Vermont , duly commissioned and qualified; that his signature to the foregoing Murat and certificates are genuine; that the said paper are executed according to the laws of this State, and are in due form; and that as such Officer, he is duly authorized by the laws of this State to take acknowledgments of Deeds and Depositions, and to administer oaths, &c. 
 In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal said Supreme Court, at Woodstock, this second day of June Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three 
Norman Williams, Clerk
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I Delight McNelly of West Windsor in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged fifty one years, being duly sworn, depose and say that I was well acquainted with Oliver Osgood, late of Windsor, (now West Windsor) in said County, deceased, and with Mary his wife, that I lived a near neighbor to them during the term of more than nine years immediately before his death; that he, the said Oliver Osgood, died something more than eleven years ago; I think he died in March eighteen hundred and forty two; that I made his Shroud and attended his Funeral; that the said Mary Osgood, his widow, is still living, and is the identical person she represents herself to be in the foregoing Declaration. The letter "I" interlined before signing. 
Delight M. Nelly 
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Delight Mc. Nelly on this 16th day of April, A.D. 1853. Before me. And I hereby certify, that the said deponent is a person of truth, and entitled to full credit and belief.
Thomas F. Hammond, Justice 
STATE OF VERMONT,} I,Norman Williams, Clerk Windwor County, ss.  }of the County Court, of the County of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that Thomas F. Hammond is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 30th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two and will expire the thirtieth day of November next, and that his signatures on the papers hereto attached are is genuine. 
Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court, at Woodstock, in said County of Windsor, this second day of June A. D. 1853. --            Norman Williams, Clerk
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Rory File    WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 2328
Mary Osgood.  
Widow 
Oliver Osgood 
Pri. Rev. War 
Act Feb. 3. 1853. 
Index:-- Vol. M, Page 103 
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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40678
Rev Amt
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Pension Office 
Aug 23 /53 
Sir
Please report time of last payment to or death of within named Pensioner 
Respectfully S. Cole for Court
F. Burt Esqr and Present 
Oliver Osgood Act 1832 $20.00or p. An. -- Died 28th March 1842, Paid to his death.
F. Burt
 Auditor.
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June 9th 1856
No 2090
Appl. Of Mary Osgood widow of Oliver 
9279 
Vt. P$20
Act 3d Feby 1853 
Rev: 
allowed $20 per annum 
Com. Feb. 3- 1853 
Ths. F. Hammond
Brownsville 
Windsor Co
Vt.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Pension Office, Official Business
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Brownsville               Official Business.
VT June 3
Department of the Interior
Pension Office
Washington, D.C.
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Osgood
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Brief in the case of Mary Osgood widow of Oliver under County and State of Vermont act of Feb 3, 1853 
Claim (" original”) 
Proof exhibited, (if original.) 
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. 
Husband a pensioner under act of June 7 1832 at 20 per annum 
Pri 
Marriage proved by public record 
(If for increase) Has additional evidence been filed since admission of the claim? If so, what? Death and report 
Identity Cr. Witts(circumstantial)
Name and residence of Agent 
 Thos. F. Hammond Esq. 
Brownsville                  Examining Clerk. J C Gray
Windsor Co.
VT.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? It does 
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? He did 
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? 
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? He has 
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? He has. 
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? he has. 
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? He has 
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? They have 
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? He has 
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguish from anny other seal? It is & distinguisable
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? He has not. belonged to New Hampshire Line 
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? Their is not.
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? He has not.
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? 
XVI. + Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? They are.
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? EXPLANATORY NOTES. 
QUERE V.    In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For____
Year______months, and ______days, I served as a________.  For______months and______days, I served as a _______; and for such service I claim a pension."
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 It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. QUERE XIV. Proof of Service. 
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed. 
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being in improperly attached to the certificate
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Bank of Windsor 
Windsor Vt. Sept 6. 1837 
Sir,
Herewith are presented the vouchers of Oliver good and Andrew Parsons, Pensioners under the act of June 7. 1832, per your directions relative to payment upon them. 
It has been suggested that your instructions recd. here in circular from “Treasy. Department, second Comptrollers office" dated Sep. 29. 1836 “are misapprehended by me. In the 2nd section of the same, the language is “no payment will in future be made to any pensioner, either in person or by attorney, who has applied” “for more than than one year without” & & The question which has arisen is, whether it is intended that vouchers & all “evidence” required, must first be transmitted you, for your special directions”, as in the case of the above Oliver Osgood & Andrew Parsons, when but one years pay is called for,- The amt. of pay sought is for percisely one year; yet it may not be 8 mo since the last preceding payment was receipted. The Sept. payt. of 1836 may have been demanded & pd. to the pensioner in Feby. 1837. & the March & Sept. payt. of 1837, may be demanded on the 4th of Sept, so that it may seem to the Pension 29 that has not neglected to “apply for his pension for “more” than one year." Is it intended to be understood that vouchers
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executed for, and claim one years pay, are first to be “transmitted to the Commissioner of Pensions for special directions to be given”? and am I following the given instructions, in forwarding you the Osgood and Parsons vouchers. Perhaps these enquiries should be directed to a Second Comptrollers Office. 
I am sir very respectfully your obet. Servt. Thomas Emerson Part and Pension Agent 
by R. Emerson Cook 
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES 
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Osgood, Phineas GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 4787 ACERAGE 100 
ISSUED Mar 25, 1790
to—not shown—
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 application s 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.