Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33870, William Warren, Mass.
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Warren,William
Service Mass.
Number S.33870

Contents
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Massachusetts Roll
William Warren
Lieutenant
Capt. Wenship
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Twenty Dollars peer month, to commence on the 20th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 23d of April 1818 ad sent to Hon. Edward Bangs
Worcester, Mass.

Arrearage to 4gh Septr. 1818
4 months 15/30  $90/p-
Massachusetts line '75 9 mo?

See letter 5 Sept. 18286
Sec of Mar.

Sutton Worcerster Co.
Paper copies for Hon.J. Davis H.R.
Feb. 23 1829

Notification sent July 31st 1820 to
Abijah Bigelow, Worcester Mass.

{Revolutionary Claims
Act 18th March, 1818}
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July 24, 1906
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Warren, William

His name appears on a list of claimants to be placed on the pension list returned by the District Court of the district of Massachusetts, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on April 25,1794, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9 page 110
Rank: Lieutenant
Regt.: Col. J. Nixon's
Disablity: Wounded by the bursting of a shell. When and where disabled: June 17,1775, Breed's Hill
Residence: Watertown
Monthly allowance: $3.33 1/3
Arrears due: $50
Remarks: There are no musters for the year 1775 in this office.
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Oct. 30, 1906
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Warren, William

His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of Massachusetts submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on Feby 21, 1790 and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, Page 150

Rank: Lieutenant
Regt: Col. Nixon's
Disability: Wounded by the bursting of a shell, and in consequence of the shock, is subject to ulcerations in his head, which have discharged at his ears, depriving him of the use of his eyes and greatly debilitating his whole body some part of every year since 1775
When and where disabled: June 17, 1775 Bunker's Hill
Residence: Boston
To what pension entitled: One-third
Remarks: Militia
Evidence complete. The examining physicians in their report, say, that William Warren's complaints do not offer to examination any demonstration of their proceeding from the wound said to be received though they would be the probable consequence of a concussion of the brain by the bursting of a shell; hence, it appears to them that every things depends on the relation of Mr. Warren and they fix his degree of disability accordingly.
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Mar 24, 1906
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Warren, William

His name appears on a list of invalid pensioners returned by the Circuit Court for the district of Massachusetts, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on Dec. 14, 1792, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 59

Rank: Lieutenant
Regt: Col. Nixon
Disability: Wounded by the bursting of a shell, June 17, 1775, at the battle on Breed's Hill in Charlestown
Date of commencement: May 17, 1792
Monthly allowance: $3.33 1/3
Arrears due $50.
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Lieut. William Warren
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State of Massachusetts

I William Warren a Citizen of the United States, now a resident at Sutton in the County of Worcester in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on the first of July, 1775 I entered and was engaged in the Land service of the United States on the continental establishment; and received a Commission as a Lieutenant from Congress; but was so inform in consequence of a wound received by me in the battle of Bunker's Hill, that I remained confined, and unable to do active duty; that I belonged to the 4th Regiment, Massachusetts Line and continued to receive pay until May 1776; and consider myself an officer of the Regiment during the whole time of service, tho I did not afterwards receive my pay and that, by reason of my reduces circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of sixty seven years; I am now upon the Pension List of the United States which pension I relinquish in consideration of receive the bounty provided by the late act of Congress.
William Warren

BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this twentieth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen pursuant to law of the United States entitled, " An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War", made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me, Edward Bangs, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the western Circuit in sd. state, comprising sd. County the abovnamed William Warren and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribed the same in my presence; and on examination duly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true. 
(Seal)
Given under my Hand and the Seal of said Court, the day of the date aforesaid.
Wdwd. Bangs
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William Warren
692 Apr 1818
Sep 1818

Sutton
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Schedule of the Estate of William Warren of Sutton, in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress of May 1, 1820

1 Chest of drawers  $1.50  1 Candle Stand  .08
1 clothes chest  .50  1 doz. plates  .50
1 Meat chest   .13   1 dish   .00
1 Pewter dish  .50  1 Bread Trough  .08
6 knives & forks   .50  2 Sieves  .25
2 bowls   .17   1 Bread Shovel   .06
1 Flour tub   .20    1 Pitcher   .00
1 Meat Tub   .75    2 Mugs  .20
1 sm meat tub .25   6 cups & saucers  .17
1 soap tub  .25   1 coffee pot  .17
1 Vinegar Barrel  .12  1 qt. pot  .16
1 Cyder Barrel  1.--  1 pt. pot  .08
2 wash tubs 1.25  2 Basons (tin) .17
2 pails  .38   1 pr. shovel & tongs  .75
1 Brass kettle  2.25  1 pr. hand irons 1.00
1 small do  .50  1 Iron kettle  .58
1 Chafing dish,1 Gridiron, 1 toasting iron 1.00
1 skillet (cracked) .006  1 pr. flat irons .33
1 Tea kettle  .20  2 candle sticks  .25
1 Spider .50  6 silver tea spoons 1.50
1 rocking chair .75  1 small grindstone .50
1 cross-cut saw (old) .50  1 shovel .06   
1 Linen Wheel .75  1 hoe  .06
1 Large wheel .25  1 pitch fork  .25
1 doz. chain  3.--  1 dung fork .33
1 Table  .50
$26.29
The above schedule contains a full and accurate statement of all the property I possess. I have a wife 63 years of age, very infirm. I am by trade a shoe maker, but wholly unable to perform any labour. I have children cut none of the live with me.
Wm. Warren
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Worcester, ss.

On this twenty second day of June 1820 personally appeared in open Court, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, being a Court of Record, within and for said County of Worcester, established as such by the laws of said Commonwealth, William Warren, aged seventy years, resident in Sutton, in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: I entered the service of my County in April 1775,as a volunteer: was in the Battle of Lexington, was commissioned by the Mass. Colony May 1st same year, was in the Battle of Bunker's Hill and was severely wounded, was commissioned as a Lieut. July 1 same year in the Mass. Line on the Continental establishment and continued in commission until the close of that War. My original declaration is dated April 20th 1818, and the certificate issued thereon is No 692 and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent to thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself with in the provision 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 or, securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor do I have any income other than what in contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
William Warren
Sworn to and declared, on the twenty second day of June 1820 before the said Court.
Attest, Abijah Bigelow, Clerk
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Hon. John Davis
Washington Citty
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Worcester Dec. 24th 1828

Dear Sir
In compliance with your suggestion I write to you on the subject of my Fathers application for the Benefit of the law of May last providing for some of the survivors of the Revolution. I wrote to the Hon. Secretary at the time my Fathers application was transmitted about his want of recolection about the affairs of the Revolution He said in his declaration he belonged to the 5th Regiment. But the regiment he did belong to was Nixon's Commanded by john Nixon in 1775 & 6 and by Thos. Nixon in 1776 & 7 and was in the same Regiment till 1780 when he was as he terms it deranged out.
(seal) I shall send you Capt. Gouldings deposition which I hope will be sufficient to settle the matter. T. Braser Esq. could testify to his being an officer in the Army in 1776 but after time he does not know only by common (illegible). I could also testify myself that I destroyed in 1822 a considerable number of papers relating to Army affairs in which papers my father was (illegible) Lieut. Warren and were of the date of 79 &80. My fathers Continental Commission was transmitted to the War department by the late Judge Bangs in 1818 at which place I presume it is now. Mr. Allan desired not to take any deposition with respect to Capt. Goulding's credibillity as know his character for truth and Mr. Washburn who will take the Charge of this communication has kindly offered to do any thing in his power to bring about the result.
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With respect to the deposition of Capt. Goulding the expressions are his own But he states in conversation with me since he could state particulars he says on one occasion he well recollects about the year 1778 or 9 selling to my father a quantity of supplies for the Army and that my father made the purchase in the character of an Officer. If anny thing more is nescessary you will be good enough to write to me on the subject. One thing is true whatever the Government do for the Old Gentleman must be done quickly for his sands are almost out.
Yours Respectfully
Charles Warren

Hon. John Davis
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau 
William Warren S.F. 33870

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment: Apr. 1775
Length of Service:
Rank: as a volunteer at battle of Lexington
May 1 1775 commissioned by the Mass. Colony
July 1 1775 commission Lieut. was sounded at the battle of Bunker Hill for which he was pensioned.
Officers under whom Service was Rendered: Captain Winship, Colonel Nixon
State: 5th Mass.

Battles engaged in : see above
Residence of solder at enlistment: 
Date of application for ^service^ pension: Apr 20 1818 His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application: Sutton, Worcester Co. Mass
Age at date of application: 67 years Died July 29, 1831
Remarks: In 1820 his wife was sixty three years old. children are referred to, names not stated other than son Charles who was living at Worcester Mass in 1828.

taken from printed list.
same in agency book
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IN CONGRESS the DELEGATES of the UNITED STATES of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersy, Pennsylvania, the COUNTIES of New-Castle, Kent and Sussex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Caroline, South-Carolina, to William Warren Gent.
We, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity Do by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be Lieutenant of Capt. Winship's Company in the 5th Regt. commanded by Col. Nixon in the Army of the United States raised for the Defence of American Liberty and for repelling every hostile Invasion thereof. You are therefore carefully and diligently to Discharge the Duty of a Lieutenant by doing and performing all manner of Things thereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your command to be obedient to your Orders as Lieutenant. And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to Time as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United States or Committee of Congress for that purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the Time being of the Army of the United States, or any other your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in Force until revoked by this or a future Congress.
July1st 1775
By Order of the Congress   John Hancock, President
Attest Chas. Thomson, Secy.
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464
J. Davis for
W. Warren
Rec. 2d Jany. 1894

713
1327
1899

To the Secretary of the Treasury
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I take it by the enclosed papers Mr. Warren has made application for the benefit of the law of May last. If I am correctly informed he is now on the roll of Revolutionary pensioners under the former acts. His commission is doubtless on file and was considered as sufficient proof. (illegible) further proof be necessary.
I have the honor to be 
your obt. sevt.
John Davis
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458
W. Warren

Free
Hon. Richard Rush
Secretary of the Treasury U. S. 
Washington

Revolutionary claims
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Worcester July 7th 1828

Hon. Secretary of the Treasury U.S.

Dear Sir, with this I transmit to you a Revolutionary claim for my Father William Warren, formerly a Lieutenant in the Army of the Revolution. His is so broken with age and infirmities that his recolection of events is very imperfect. he says he belonged to the fifth Regiment but it may be some other but he say Nixon was his Col. What Brigade he does not know. The two persons who make the affidavits in the case are old men who were personally acquainted with my father from 1775 to 1780 and knew him to have been an Officer in the Army through that period. My Father says that when the Regiment to which he belonged marched from Boston to N. York in 1776 he was in consequence of wounds recd. at Bunker Hill unable to march with them but he joined his regimenrt in 1777. His Commission is in the War Office it was sent there in 1818 as proof to entitle him to an increase of pension. He has been an U. S. pensioner on the invalid Establishment from 1792 to 1818.
Yours respectfully
Charles Warren

Worcester, County of Worcester State of Massachusetts
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Revolutioary Claims
[C.]
Form of a Power of Attorney

Know all men by these presents, that I, William Warren of Worcester in the county of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts do hereby constitute and appoint col. Aaron Ogden my true and lawful attorney, with a power of substitution, for me, and in my name, to receive from the United States the amount of pay now due to me, under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution", approved 15th May, 1828, as a Lieutenant in the fifth regiment of the Massachusetts line of the army of the Revolution.
Witness my hand and seal this Seventh day of July in the year Eighteen Hundred and twenty eight
W. Warren (seal)
Sealed and delivered in the presence of
Austin Denny
Charles Warren

Before me, Austin Denny a Justice of the Peace in the County of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts personally appeared, this day, William Warren whose name is subscribed to the foregoing power of attorney, and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed, and also declared that the same was not given by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment, levy, or seizure, by any legal process whatever, of the pay therein authorized to be received, but that the said pay is intended to enure wholly to his personal benefit.
Witness my hand this Seventh day of July in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty eight
Austin Denny Justice of the Peace

I, Abijah Bigelow Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts do hereby certify that Austin Denny, Esquire before whom the foregoing power of attorney was acknowledged is a Justice of the Peace
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this seventh day of July in the year 1828.
Abijah Bigelow, Clk.

[D.]
Form of Affidavit to be taken by Attorneys
Fefore me................a justice of the Peace in the county of ............in the .............of............personally appeared this day...............the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney, and made oath that the same was not give to him by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment, levy or seizure, by any legal process whatever, of the pay therein authorized to be received, but that the said pay is intended to enure wholly to the personal benefit of the person by whom the said power was executed.
Witness my hand, this..........day of ..........in the year.............
I,.............Clerk of the Court of the County of ..........in the State of ........do hereby certify, that ..........before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a Justice of the Peace, and duly empowered to administer oaths. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the  [L.S.] said Court this........day of..............
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Revolutionary Claims
[A.]
Form of a Declaration to be made by the Officers

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" approved on the 15th of May, 1828, I William Warren of Worcester, in the County of Worcester, in the State of Massachusetts do hereby declare that I was an officer in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution and served as such* for the time when the arrangement of the army provided by the resolves of Congress of 3d & 21 of October 1780, was carried into effect & that I was reduced under that arrangement at which period I was a Lieutenant in the fifth regiment of the Massachusetts line.
And I also declare that I afterwards received certificates (commonly call commutation certificated) for a sum equal to the amount of five years' full pay; which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress, of the 22d of March, 1783, instead of the half pay for life, to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21st of October, 1780.
And I do further declare, that I have received of the United States as a pensioner since the 3d day of March 1826, (t) four hundred and eighty dollars paid by the agent for paying pensions in the State of Massachusetts.
Witness my hand this fourth day of July in the year 1828
W. Warren
Before me (tt) Austin Denny, a Justice of the Peace in the county of Worcester, in the State of Massachusetts, personally appeared, this day, Samuel Braser Esqr. and Daniel Goulding both of Worcester in the said county who did severally make oath that William Warren by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been an officer in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand, this seventh day of July in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty eight.
Austin Deny Justice of the Peace

I Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Worcester, in the State of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that Austin Denny Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a (tt) Justice of the Peace in and for said Country of Worcester and duly empowered to administer oaths.
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In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this Seventh day of July AD. 1828.
Abijah Bigelow, Clerk

*Here insert, "To the end of the war, or (as the case may be,) to the time when  the arrangement of the Army provided by the resolves of Congress of the 3d and 21st of October, 1780, was carried into effect; and that I was reduced under that arrangement".
(t) Here insert, "The sum of ........dollars, paid to me by the agent for paying pensions in the State of ................." If the claimant has not been a pensioner, this part of the declaration may be omitted.
(tt) A Justice of the Peace, or other magistrate duly empowered to administer oaths, as the case may be.
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Revolutionary Claims
Treasury Department 
July 31, 1828

William Warren of Worcester in the County of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution" approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was an officer on the Continental line, and served as such until reduced under the arrangement of 1780 at which period he was a Lieutenant in the fifth (as well as he now recollects) regiment of the Massachusetts lien; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, four hundred and eighty dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of Massachusetts (as invalid pensioner since 1792).
The third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
by order of the Secretary
A. Dickins

Treasury Department,
Third Auditor's Office
4th August 1828
(paragraph crossed out)
the Revolutionary records in this office furnish no evidence of Lieutenant William Warren's services.
Peter hHgner, Aud.
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I Daniel Goulding of Worcester in the county of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts On oath do testify and say that I have been acquainted with William Warren formerly of Watertown in the County of Middlesex now resident in Worcester aforesaid for more than fifty years, that I was well acquainted with said Warren during the whole of the revolutionary war, particularly so in the years 1777, 1778, 1779 and 1780 at which period the said William Warren was a Lieutenant in the Continental Army in the Massachusetts Line.
Daniel Goulding

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
at Worcester in the County of Worcester on the twenty fourth day of December A. D. 1828.
Sworn to before Nath. Paine,
 Justice of the Peace
(seal)
Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Worcester Ss
I Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Judicial Courts holden within and for the County of Worcester do certify that the Hon. Nathaniel Paine is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Worcester duly qualified to act in said Office and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts as such Justice of the Peace, and that his signature to the above certificate is in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the County seal the twenty fourth day of December AD 1828.
Abijah Bigelow Clk.
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464
Revolutionary Claims

Under the act, entitled " an act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" approved 15th May, 1828

Treaasury Department
3d Sept. 1828

The annexed paper, relating to the claim of William Warren, under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether a commission, and, if so, what commission, was received at the War Department, from the claimant, on an application state to have been heretofore made by him for a pension or what other evidence has been exhibited to the Department of his have been an officer in the Continental line and of the time of his service.
Richard Rush

The Hon. the Secretary of War

Letter from the War Department 6 September 1828
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J Davis for
Waner
Red. 5 Feb  1829
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Revolutionary Claims
Hon. Mr. Rush
Secy. of the Treasury
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Penna Avenue Feby. 4, 1829

Sir
I sometime since addressed to the Department a note covering a document relative to the application of a Mr. Waner of Worcester in the State of Mass. for a pension as an Officer in the war of the Revolution. He wishes to be transfered from the roll under the law of 18 to the roll under that of 28. I (illegible) to be informed whether the evidence was sufficient & if it was not, to be informed of the objections. I have also twice addressed the Department as to a similar claim of Asa Hamilton who as a private seeks a pension under the late law. I also addressed enquiring with a view to ascertain whether Samuel Goddard a Sargeant in the Corps of Artificers who has the requisite credentials could be placed on the roll. To these enquiries I have received no answer & have not to beg the favor of one as the several applicants are anxious to know their fate.
I have the honor to be your obt. servt.
John Davis

Hon. R. Rush
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33870
Revy. 
INVALID

File No. 33,870
William Warren
Lieut. Rev. War

Act 18th March 18
Index: Vol. 2, Page 439

[Arrangement of 1870]

1910 Feby 11 Hist. to Charles Tucket V. L. W.
1910 Dec. 3 Hist. to Miss E. F. Elliot V. L. W.
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North Windham, Conn. 1-29-1910

Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C. 

Dear Sir: Will you please send me the millitary and pension record of Lieutenant William Warren?  Mass.
To designate the Warren in question, would say that he was wounded at Bunker Hill June 17,1775 and died July 29 1831. 
This is all the record that I have of the above Warren.
Any information regarding the above Wm. Warren would be thankfully received by yours truly,
Charles Tucker
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Stamped-Record Division Feb 1 1910
Stamped-U. S. Pension Office A. Jan 31 1910
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59 Oxford Street
Somerville, Mass.
Nov. 26, 1910

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Dear sirs:
Will you kindly send me a copy of the record of Lt. William Warren, who name is found in the 1820 list of Revolutionary Pensioners, on page 213.
Thanking you for your courtesy in the matter. Very truly 
Miss e. F. Elliot

Stamp enclosed.
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O W Inv
#33870
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Mass.
Inv. File No 33870
Evidence insufficient
Act 1828
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 National Archives
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
Division of Veterans' Administration

Bounty Land Warrant Record Card*

Name: Warren, William
Grade: Private
Line: New York
Warrant Number: 7949
Acreage: 100
Issued: September 1392
to: not shown

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 3 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.