Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File [BLANK], John Horsford, Conn. Residence
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([illegible number]-1776)
SERVICE
[stamped star]
NUMBER
Horsford, John
Dis.
Conn residence
No papers
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CONTENTS
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[the following is in the upper right corner of the page]
May 9, 1906
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Horsford, John
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of Connecticut, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary if War on April 25, 1794, and printed in American State Papers, class g, pages 89 & 165

Rank: Private
Captain Buel's company militia.
Disability: Wounded in the fourth finger of the left hand, by a shot which broke the bone, by which his had was for a long time totally useless, and continues now quite lame. 
When and where disabled: August, 1776, Harlem Heights.
Residence: Litchfield
To what pension entitled: One eighth.
Remarks: There are no militia rolls in this office.
Evidence transmitted by the District Court complete, except the time of leaving the service.
On page 165 it is stated that the evidence had been completed

Allowed
See 1835 list
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Old Invalid book
shows John Horsford
pen. on Conn. Agency
at 62 ½ cents per mo-
____________________________
Letter dated Aug. 24, 1812
to Jonathan Bull Esq.
Hartford, Conn
shows that the soldier's
pension ceased on
March 4, 1812, the
semi-annual allowance $3.75
being withheld Sept. 5,
1812 on account of his
death.
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PENSION
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   NOV
U. 12 S.
   1917
 OFFICE.
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NATIONAL WAR WORK COUNCIL
Rev[illegible]
ARMY AND NAVY
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS
"WITH THE COLORS"
Nov. 9 1917
Lawrence, Kansas.
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir-
Kindly give me such
information as you can,
concerning the enlistment and
services of John Hosford whose
name appears in the list of
Revolutionary pensioners,
published by the government
in 1813.
Very truly yours
Vanetta Hosford Warren.
Mrs. M. H. Warren
1911 R.I. St.
Lawrence, Kansas.
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Page 7 of file, John Horsford, 
Litchfield, Connecticut.  

Letter from Veterans Dept. Rev. War Section.
November 14, 1917.
Mrs. M. H. Warren
1911 Rhode Island Street
Lawrence, Kansas.

Madam:
In response to your letter dated the ninth instant, you are advised that the Revolutionary War records show that John Horsford of Litchfield, (Connecticut), served as a Private in Captain Buel’s Company of Militia, and was wounded at Harlem Heights in August, 1776, by a shot which broke the fourth finger of his left hand, for which he was allowed a pension of 62.5 cents per month from September 4, 1794.

The dates and places of his birth, enlistment, discharge and death, are not given, but the record shows that his pension was paid March 4, 11812, and that he died before the next payment in September 1812.

There is no family data whatever as there are no papers on file in this Bureau, the same having been destroyed in the burning of the War Office.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12 - 5 - 41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
Horsford, Joseph
GRADE Private
LINE New York
WARRANT
NUMBER
7214
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED May 21, 1791
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 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.