Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 210-400, Lewis Bush, Continental Penn.
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Continental Penn.
Bush, Lewis
B.L. Wt. 210-400
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Pow'r of Attorney Lewis Neill, to Caleb Swan.
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Philadelphia City and County, ss. Charles Swift, Esquire, Register for the Probate of Wills and granting Letters of Administration in and for the City and County of Philadelphia, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. To Lewis Neill of the CIty of Philadelphia Merchant Greeting. Whereas Major Lewis Bush lately died intestate, as is sworn having, whilst he lived, and at the time of his Decease, divers Goods and Chattels, Rights and Credits, within the said County, by Means whereof the full Disposition and Power of granting Letters of Administration thereof is manifestly known to belong to me: I therefore desiring that the Goods and Chattels, Rights and Credits, which were of the said Deceased, may be well and truly administered, converted and disposed of according to Law, Do hereby grant unto you, the said Lewis Neill full Power, by the Tenor of these Presents, to administer the Goods and Chattels, Rights and Credits, which were of the said Deceased, within the said County; as also to ask, collect, levy, recover and receive, the Credits whatsoever of the said Deceased, which at the time of his Death were owing, or did in any way belong to him, and to pay the Debts in which the said Deceased stood obliged, so far forth as the said Goods and Chattels, Rights and Credits, will extend, according to their Rate and Order of Law; especially of well and truly administering the Goods and Chattels, Rights and Credits, which were of the said Deceased, and making a true and perfect Inventory and conscionable Appraisement thereof, and exhibiting the same into the Register's Office at Philadelphia, on or before the twentieth day of July next ensuing; and also a true and just Account, Calculation and Reckoning of your Administration, upon your solemn Oath to render at or before the twentieth day of June in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and six or when legally thereunto required. And I do by these Presents Ordain, constitute and depute you, the said Lewis Neill Administrator of all and singular the Goods and Chattels, Rights and Credits, which were of the said Deceased, within the Limits aforesaid, saving harmless, and for ever indemnifying me, and all other Officers, against all Persons, by reason of your Administration aforesaid, and saving all other their Rights, &c. IN TESTIMONY whereof I have caused the Seal of the said Office to be hereunto affixed. Dated at Philadelphia aforesaid, the twentieth Day of June in the Year of our Lord One Thousand eight Hundred and five. Charles Swift Register
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Know all Men by these Presents:  That I Lewis Neill Adm. of major Lewis Bush dec'd
Do make, constitute and appoint Major Caleb Swan to be my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my Name to apply for receive and give acquaintances for the Land Warrant to be issued granted or allowed for the services of the said Major Lewis Bush in Hartleys Regiment in the late Revolutionary War
with Power also an Attorney or Attorneys under him for that Purpose to make and substitute; and to do all lawful Acts requisite for erecting the Premises; hereby ratifying and confirming all that he the said Attorney or Substitute or Substitutes shall do therein by Virtue hereof.
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the Twentieth Day of June in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and five.
Lewis Neill
Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of}
Clement Biddle
Rob't Jackson
Be is known, that on the Twentieth Day of June One Thousand Eight Hundred and five Before me, Clement Biddle, Esquire, Notary Public for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, duly commissioned and authorized, dwelling in the City of Philadelphia, came and acknowledged the above Letter of Attorney to be his Act and Deed.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed my Notarial Seal the Day and Year last aforesaid.
Clement Biddle
N P
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AWF:  MLB
B. L. Wt. 210-400
Lewis Bush
October 4, 1930
Mrs. R. W. Hutson
19 Greenhill Street
Charleston, South Carolina

Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the Revolutionary War records of this bureau that Lewis Bush resided in Yorktown, Pennsylvania, prior to the War of the Revolution.
He served in Colonel Thomas Hartley's Pennsylvania regiment and was major in Colonel Thomas Hartley's regiment at the time of the battle of Brandywine, in which battle he was wounded by a musket ball in the thigh which wound caused his death.
Bounty land was allowed his heirs in full satisfaction for services rendered, names of the heirs not specified.
Lewis Neill of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was administrator of the estate of said Major Lewis Bush.
This bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolutionary War unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made to the United States on account of the soldier's services.
A careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of Leonard Bush.
Very truly yours
E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner
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re 104
Phil'a Jan'y 17th 1805
Lewis Neil Relative to the Claim of the heirs of Lewis Bush
{illegible} 22 Jan'y 1805
No. 210-400
{illegible} to Maj Swan
{illegible} 1 Aug't. 1805
referred Willey {illegible}
Rec'd Jan'y 21st 1805

{the following is written upside down to above}
The Honorable Henry Dearborn Esq
Secretary of War
City of Washington
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{illegible} Jan'y 17 1805
The Honorable Henry Dearborn Esq
Secretary of War
Sir,
If it will not encroach too much on your time & goodness, I will thank you to inform me, whether the heirs of Major Lewis Bush of the 7th Pennsylvania Regiment (Originally the 6th Reg't) are entitled to any lands from the United States as compensation for his Services & if they are in what Manner is the application to be made, Col. Menges who is now at the City of Washington, was acquainted with Major Lewis Bush while in the army - the reg't was Commanded by Col. Thomas Hartley of Yorktown Penn'a & Major Bush was killed at the Battle of Brandy wine on the 11th of Sept'r 1777 - your attention to this will much oblige
Sir
Your Most Obt
Lewis Neill
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Certificate of Lt. Col. Mentges, - relative to the Death of Lewis Bush
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I hereby certify that I had personal knowledge of Lewis Bush Major in Col. Hartley's Reg't of the Pennsylvania line of the late revolutionary army, that he was slain by the enemy while in the line of his duty as major aforesaid, at the Battle of Brandywine on the 11 day of September 1777, & that I superintended his funeral.
Given under my hand at the city of Washington this 29th day of Jan'y 1805.
J Montgwhate
Lt Col P Line
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Baltimore Feb'y 15. 1805
Bickham Gettig & Co. Enclosing the Deposition of Gen'l H Miller relative to Maj. Lewis Bush being killed by the Enemy
{postmark} Balt, Md Feb 15

The Hobble Henry Dearborne Esq
Secretary of War
Washington
{illegible} Willey & Rozen
Rec Feb'y 10. 1805
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The Honb'le {honorable} Henry Dearborne, Esq
Sir
At the request of Mr Lewis of Philad'a we obtained the Deposition of General Henry Miller proving that Major Lewis Bush was killed by the Enemy at the Battle of Brandywine in the Year 1777 which we enclose agreeable to the directions of Mr Neill
Your Obed't S't
Beckham Gettig & Co.
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United States of America, 
State of Maryland, to wit:
I, Samuel Sterett, Notary Public, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the State of Maryland, duly Commissioned and Qualified, residing in the City of Baltimore, in the State aforesaid, to hereby Certify, Attest, and Make Known, That in the Day of the date hereof before me personally appeared Henry Miller, late Lieutenant Colonel of the 2'd Pennsylvania Regiment, in the army of the United States during the revolutionary War, who voluntarily made Oath, That he was personally & well acquainted with Lewis Bush, who prior to the War aforesaid resided in York Town in Pennsylvania.  That the said Lewis Bush was a Major in the Regiment commanded by Colo. Thomas Hartley and was killed by the Enemy at the Battle of Brandywine in the Month of September One Thousand Seven hundred and seventy seven.  That this Deponent was engaged in the same Battle and saw the said Lewis Bush after his Death, which was occasioned by the Wound of a Musket Ball in one of his Thighs
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed my Notarial Seal, the Fifteenth Day of February in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Five. 
{illegible}H Miller
Samuel Sterett
Not. Pub.
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19 GREENHILL STREET
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Sept 4 - 30

[Departmental Stamp]
REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS
SECTION
SEP 8 1930
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

Commission of Pensins
Washington D.C

Dear Sir
I want to thank you very much
for the detached information you sent me
concerning Elnathan Corey, and I want
to ask a similar favor for another Rev. Soldier.
I'm anxious to get the record of
Major Lewis Bush, who was killed at the
battle of Brandywine. I should
like as many personal details
as possible for I want to establish
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definitely whether or not he was
the father of one Leonard Bush_
who also served in the Revolution as
a private in Capt John Hamer Co of
Rangers
Any information you can give me
will be very much appreciated.
Yours sincerely
(Mrs. R.W.) H.J. Hutson
(Historian
Rebecca Motte Chapter DAR)