Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 2146-200, George A Washington, Continental Va.Res. Of Heire In 1836
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Service  Continental
Washington, George A.
Number B.L.Wt. 2.146-200
Va. res.of heirs in 1836
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George A. Washington
No. 2146
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N.o May 20,1836 [by hand]
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Regulations for the heirs of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army, who were slain by the enemy, or who have died since the war, and have not received land from the United States.
By an act of Congress of the 16th September, 1776, it is provided that the Officers and Soldiers who engaged for, and continued to serve during the war, or until discharged by Congress, and the heirs of such Officers and Soldiers as shall be slain by the enemy, shall receive land in proportion to their rank. 
N. B. Those who engaged for three years, or for any other period than during the war, or who died of sickness, fatigue, or casualty, are not entitled to land from the United States.
The following declaration (and enclosed blank form of heirship) must be filled up and signed by the proper authorities.
State of Virginia  County of  Frederick
I, George F. Washington one of the heirs at law of George A. Washington do, upon oath, testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that the said George A. Washington did enter the service in 17       , for the term of         and served as a Lieutenant in the Regiment No. [blank] under the command of Colonel            , of the [2 illegible words] line; and he continued in the service until the close of the close of the War - 
I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promise to the [illegible] Lieutenant George A. Washington 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, George F. Washington aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Thomas Hord of Virginia 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, a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed,
Attest, Geo. F. Washington  [signature by hand] 

Personally appeared the abovenamed George F. Washington subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and made oath to the same, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be his free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
Attest, 
Wm Stephenson [signature by hand] Justce of the Peace

In testimony that the above written William Stephenson, was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c., in the State of Virginia at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have here-unto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Winchester this seventh day of April 1836.
T.A.Tidball  Clerk of Frederick County Court [signature and title by hand]
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State of Virginia
At a Court held for Frederick County, the 2nd day, of May 1836.
Satisfactory evidence was adduced in Court to prove that George F. Washington was a son and one of the heirs at time of Leiutenant George A. Washington  dec [illegible] of the Virginia Continental line in the War of the Revolution, And that Churchill Thornton and Charles A. Thornton are Grandsons of the said Leut George A. Washington; and that the said George F. Washington, Churchill Thornton and Charles A. Thornton are the sole and only heirs attain in [illegible] to the said Leut George A. Washington late a [illegible] truant in the            Regiment.

I Thomas Allen Tidball, Clerk of the said County Court, do certify that the above evidence is taken
from the ca cards of my office.

In Testimony whereof I have here-unto affixed y Official seal, and subscribed my name this 4 day 
of May 1836 and in the 60 Year of the Commonwealth

T. A. Tidball
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[stamped in upper left]
WARRENTON
             8
          JUN

William Gordon Esq.
Bounty Land Office
Washington City -
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Jan 5. Co.  50th [superscript] June 3rd [superscript] 36

I have to acknowledge the receipt of land Warrant no. 2146 for 200 acr military land bounty for the services of Lt. George W Washington of the Virginia Continental Line 

Respectfully [illegible]
Th. Hord atts:
for the [illegible] at [illegible]
of Lt. Geo. A. Washington