Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1706-300, for Robert Patton, Pennsylvania
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Penn

Patton, Robert

B.L.Wt 1706-300
Issued Mar 30, 1792

No papers
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On the list of bounty lands issued to officers prior to 1800, for which there are no papers, owing to the burning of the War office in Nov 1800, are the two following entries:

Wt.1704, Robert Patton, Capt, 300 Acres, Penn Troops (on file, not delivered); 
Date of Wt  July 31, 1792, to which has been added;  No 1833 issued April 12, 1832 in lieu;  No 1833 was fraudulently obtained but the scrip which issued on it was refunded to the Treasury Dept by Joseph Watson.  (For verification of this see endorsement on back of Wt 1704).

Wt 1706, Robert Patton, Capt, 300 acres, Penn Troops, Date of Wt Mar 30, 1792
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May 6 1904 -  Hist to Mrs Oscar Banthold, Weatherforf Texas

1931 Sept 28 - Hist to Judge Harry L Patton

1931 Dec 22 - Letter to Judge Harry L Patton referring him to Comr General office, this city, by location of law

1935 Aug 6 - Hist to Miss Ella E Patton

1937 Aug 18 - Hist to Mrs Laura P Kendall


Revolutionary

Bounty Land

Wt 1833

Robert Patton
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Robert Patton, No 620

No 1704

Warrant No 1833 (new serial) was fraudulently obtained in lieu of this warrant by Joseph Watson.  Which fraud being discovered, S Watson returned to the Treasury Drptarment the scrip which had issues to satisfy, No 1833.

"I do assign over my right of the within warrant to James McFarland

Robert Patton
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"I do assign over my right of the within warrant to James McFarland

Robert Patton


Robert Patton, No 620

No 1704

Warrant No 1833 (new serial) was fraudulently obtained in lieu of this warrant by Joseph Watson. Which fraud being discovered, S Watson returned to the Treasury Drptarment the scrip which had issues to satisfy, No 1833.
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No. 1704

To the GEOGRAPHER of the UNTED STATES, or to the Surveyors appointed by him to survey the Military Lands. You are hereby required to survey for Robert Patton late a Captain of the Pennsylvania line three hundred acres of Land, in any of the Districts apportioned for satisfying the Bounties of Land, due to the late Army of the United States, and return this Warrant to the Board of Treasury, agreeably to the Act of Congress of the ninth Day of July, 1788.

Given at the WAR OFFICE, this thirty-first day of July 1792

Registered [illegible] Staggs, Junior

Secretary of War
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[duplicate of warranty with additional comment written across as follows]

Annulled Warranty No 1833 issued to Robert Patton, Captain in the 2nd Regiment, Penn Line and delivered to Joseph Watson, Washington City, Apr 12, 1832

T F Gordon
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(Note: Miss B. on leave -  copied her history)

August 18, 1937.

BA-J/ady
Robert Patton

Mrs. Laura P. Kendall
712 N. W. 19
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to Robert Patton, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The record of only one soldier named Robert Patton was found who served from Pennsylvania and it is given below.

The records show that Warrant No. 1706, for three hundred acres of bounty land, was issued March 30, 1792, on account of the services of Robert Patton, Captain of the Second Regiment, Pennsylvania Line, War of the Revolution.

For information in regard to location of the land cited above, you should write to the Commissioner of the General
Land Office, Interior Department, this city, furnishing the number of the warrant, acreage and date of issuance.

There are no further data on file as to the services of Robert Patton and no data as to his family, because of the 
destruction of papers in such claims when the War Office was burned in November, 1800.

Very truly yours
GEORGE H. SWEET
Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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August 8, 1934

Miss Ella E. Patton
543 Chestnut Street
Nelsonville, Ohio

ROBERT PATTON
B. L. Wt. 1706 - 300
BA-J/MLB

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter of recent date, in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Francis Patton of Pennsylvania, who served as captain, and of Robert Patton also of Pennsylvania.

The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service of F. or Francis Patton, under any spelling of the name. Such claims are the source of data furnished by this office in regard to soldiers of the Revolution. The record of only one soldier named Robert Patton was found who served from Pennsylvania and it is given below.

The records show that Warrant No. 1706, for three hundred acres of bounty land, was issued March 30, 1792, on account of the services of Robert Patton, Captain of the 2nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Line, War
of the Revolution.

For information in regard to location of the land cited above, you should write to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, furnishing the number of the warrant, acreage and date of its issuance.

There are no further data on file as to the services of Robert Patton and no data as to his family, owing to the destruction of papers in such claims when the War Office was burned in November, 1800.

The record of oath of allegiance might be obtained by consulting the archives at the capital of the state from which the soldier served.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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December 22, 1931
BA-J/MHF:MLB

Judge Harry L. Patton
Clovis , New Mexico

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to the location of land which was allowed for Revolutionary War service of Robert Patton.

It is suggested that you apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, this city, as that official is custodian of the land patents, and at the same time furnish him the data you possess relative to the warrant number and date of issuance.

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Washington    September 28, 1931


Judge Harry L. Patton      BA-J/MMHF

Clovis, New Mexico

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter of recent date, in behalf of Mrs. John D. Brown, of Clovis, New Mexico, relative to one Robert Patton, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

You are advised that when a search of the records was made for Mrs. Brown, it was for Revolutionary War service; the reference for reply in office letter of August 1, 1931, is Revolutionary and 1812 Wars Section and the first paragraph of that letter refers to Revolutionary War only.

A further search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no claim for  pension has been found based upon the service of a Robert Patton who served in the Pennsylvania troops from York County, Pennsylvania, and later lived in Knox County , Tennessee; nor do the records show such a claim on file on account of the service of a Robert Patton who rendered service in the Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, militia. (the Cumberland Co. city by you from the Pennsylvania Archives would mean that it was a county of that state.)

The records of this office show that Warrant No. 1706, for three hundred acres of bounty land was issued March 30, 1792, on account of the services of Captain Robert Patton of the Second Regiment, Pennsylvania Line, War of the Revolution.

There are no further data on file as to his services and no data on file as to his family, owing (crossed out) because of to the destruction of papers in such claims when the War Office was burned in November, 1800.
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STATE OF NEW MEXICO
NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
CLOVIS
  OFFICE OF HARRY L. PATTON JUDGE
COUNTIES; CURRY
DE BACA
QUAY 
ROOSEVELT

December 4th, 1931

Mr. A. D. Hiller,
Assistant to Administrator,
Veteran Administration,
Washington D. C.    Your Reference: BA-J/MMHF.

Dear Sir:--
I have your letter of September 28th in reply to my letter making inquiry as to the military service of Robert Patton in the American Revolution.  In your letter you state: "The records of this office show that Warrant No. 1706, for three hundred acres of bounty land was issued March 30, 1792, on account of the services of Captain Robert Patton of the Second Regiment ,Pennsylvania Line War of the Revolution."
Could you inform me as to what land this warrant was located upon, and if you cannot give me this information, would you refer me to the Department that could?  It has occured to me that possibly the General Land Office might give such information.
Thanking youu for the information contained in your former letter, and thanking you in advance for that sought in this letter, I am,
Yours very truly,
Harry L. Patton
P/B
(two stamps giving dates of when letter was received at the pension office)
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STATE OF NEW MEXICO
NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
CLOVIS

OFFICE OF HARRY L. PATTON JUDGE
COUNTIES: CURRY
DE BACA
QUAY
ROOSEVELT

Sept. 2nd, 1931.

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington,  D. C.

Your Reference: Rev. & 1812 Wars Section ILL.

Gentlemen:--
A short time ago Mrs. John D. Brown, of Clovis, New Mexico, wrote you as to the pension claim of "Robert Patton of York County, Pennsylvania, later of Knox County, Tennessee. 
Under date of August 1st, 1931, A.D. Hiller, Assistant Administrator replied to Mrs. Brown, stating, that
"A careful search of the records fails to show such a claim o file on account of the service of Robert Patton as described by you."
In the first place mrs. Brown did not correctly describe the Robert Pattan referred to. Besides this I think you must have been under a misapprehension as to the war in which this soldier fought, because in your file you refer to "1812 Wars Section".  The Robert Patton referred to was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. A copy of the history of the Patton Family now in my possession recites:
"The records of the War Department at Washington, D.C., and the records in the office of the State Librarian at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, shows service in that War beyond a doubt."
A letter from the State Librarian and Editor of the Pennsylvania Archives in this connection, states:
"Robert Patton was a private soldier in Captain Samuel Patton's Company, 44th Battalion, Cumberland County Militia, Colonel Samuel Culbertson's Regiment, August 28th, 1780."
(stamp which states day received at Pension office)
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Bureau of Pensions,    -2-     Sept.2, 1931.

Believing that you are under a misapprehension as to the information sought, I am again asking that you kindly investigate your files in the light of the information given in this letter. I would like to have all of the data and information available as to the record of this Revolutionary soldier, including the date of his enlistment and his residence at such time.  Undoubtedly your records disclose this fact, and I am asking if the Cumberland County referred to was Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
Thanking you in advance for this information, I am,
Very respectfully,
Harry L. Patton

P/B
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MMHF
Rev. and 1812 Wars Section

March 23, 1935.

Mrs. Emily C. Reynolds
1016 Summit Ave.,
East St. Louis, ILL.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the records of this Bureau it appears that Warrant No. 1706  for three hundred acres of bounty land was issued March 30, 1792 on account of the services of Captain Robert Patton of the Second Regiment, Pennsylvania Line, War of the Revolution.
There is no further data on file as to his services and no data on file as to his family, owing to the destruction of papers in such claims when the War Office was burned in November 1800.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

W: No. 1704 was annulled and warrant No 1833 was fraudulenty obtained in lieu of 1704 and returned to the Treas., as the above is the only true Wt.
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There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file for any other soldier by the name of Robert Patton who served in the Pennsylvania troops.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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2 OKLAHOMA CITY
OKLA.
JUL 7
4 PM
1937

[Round Stamp]
RECEIVED
JUL 9 1937
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REPLY CARD
THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS

Pension Bureau
Washington
D.C.
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July 7 - 1937-
Will you please see if you have pension
of Robert Patton - Lancaster - Pa. wife
Isabelle Frazier - b 1750 died 1815
I shall appreciate an early reply.
Address Mrs. Laura Pierce Kendall
7124 W 19th
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
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Nelsonville, Ohio July 23, 1935
War Department (Revolution Pensions)
Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:
(1) I am asking you  for the full records of Capt. F. Patton (I think of Penna.) especially of any family names and addresses in his pension papers.
I am trying to prove that Capt. F. Patton and Francis Patton of Penna were the same person.
2) Did Robert Patton, Penna- get a pension? If so, any data you have for him I would be pleased to get.
3) Did Robert Patton and Francis Patton take the Oath of allegiance?  If this department is not the place to get the names of those who took the Oath
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of allegiance, will you please tell me to whom to write?
Very sincerely,
(Miss) Ella E. Patton
543 Chestnut St.
Nelsonville, Ohio
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Chief of Pension Office
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Kindly furnish me copy of land grant to my ancestor Robert Patton of the Pennsylvania line for service rendered during Revolutionary war-1776 etc.
If inconsistent with the rules to
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furnish copy of grant, and I am sure it is not - then tell me where land was located (state) also the name of Robert Patton's wife, on grant.
Thanking You 
Respectfully
Mrs. Oscar Barthold
Jun 30 1913
[illegible] Texas
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East St. Louis , Ill
Feby 7, 1925

Dept of Interior
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
 Please send me the military service of Robert Patton, Captain John Williams. and Thomas Gallagher in the Revolutionary War, and any other data you may have of these men.
Very Truly
 (Mrs.) Emily C. Reynolds
1016 Summit Ave.
East St. Louis, Illinois
These men resided in Pennsylvania.