Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 46388, for William Lamar, Maryland
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Service MD                                              
Lamar, William                                     
Number S46388

B.L. Wt. 1293_300_Capt.
Issued Feb. 11, 1800
No Papers
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Owe $46.35
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, Greeting

I CERTIFY That,      {Unreadable}

In testimony whereof, I, Henty Clay
Secretary of State of the United States, haver hereunto subscribed my name, and caused the Seal of the Department of State to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this {Unreadable} day of {Unreadable}  AD 1828 
and of the Independence of the United States of America the, {Unreadable}

HClay
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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS

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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, William Lamar of Cumberland, in the county of Allegheny, in the state of Maryland do hereby declare that I was an Officer in the Continental
Line of the Army of the Revolution, and served as such to the end of the War at which period I was a Captain in the Seventh regiment of the Maryland line.

And I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates,  (commonly called commutation certificates) for a sum equal to the amount of five years' full pay; which sum
was offered by 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.

Wm Lamar

Witness my hand, this 6th day of August the year On thousand Eight hundred twenty eight

Before me, R. S. Briscoe a Justice of the Peace in the County of Washington in the District of Columbia, personally appeared, this day, Mountjoy Bayley and James G.
Riggs, of said County, who did severally make oath that William Lamar 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 sixth day of August 1828

R. S. Briscoe
J. Peace
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No. 320
46388

Name: WIlliam Lamar
Rank:   Capt.
Reg't 7th MD Line
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$480.00 per annum

Allowed Act 1828
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No. of orig Pay 320

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
August 6, 1828

William Lamar, of Cumberland, in the County of Allegheny, in the State of Maryland 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 he was an officer on the Continental line, 
and served as such to the end of the war,

at which period he was a Captain in the Seventh regiment of the Maryland line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve
of 22 March, 1783;  and, further, thatr he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.

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 AUDITORS OFFICE
6 August 1828

It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to William Lamar, Captain in the
Maryland line, amounting to twenty four hundred dollars. 

It further appears that William Lamar is now on the pension list of any agency, and has been since the 3d March 1826.
Peter Hagner
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Fred S. Purnell                                                                                              Member of 
9th Dist. Indiana                                                                                 Committee on Agriculture

House of Representatives U.S.
Washington D.C.

Mar. 19th 1920                                                                                    Deputy Commissioner Mar 20, 1920

Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

I am very anxious to get a detailed record of the military service of one Colonel William Bishop Lamar of the Revolutionary War. I have already taken this matter up with
the Adjutant General and enclose, herewith, a copy of the letter which I have received from him. With the return of same, I shall more than appreciated any information
you may be able to give me.

Very Sincerely Yours,

Fred S. Purnell

U.S. Pension Office
Mar 20 1920
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Rev. War Section

March 22, 1920

Hon. Fred. S. Purnell,
House of Representatives

Dear Mr. Purnell:

In reply to your letter of the nineteenth instant and enclosed copy of a report from the Adjutant General U.S.A., I have the honor to advise you that the Revolutionary
War record of this Bureau fail to afford information in regard to William Bishop Lamar, or Bishop Lamar, or to any William Lamar, other than the following Revolutionary
War Pensioner, Survivor File No. 46,388.

From the papers in his claim, it appears that William Lamar was allowed pension on his application executed August 6, 1828, while residing at Cumberland, Allegheny
County, Maryland, on account of having served as a officer of the Continental Line to the end of the War at which time he was Captain of the Seventh Maryland
Regiment.

There is no data on file as to his family, and no further data on file as to his military services.

Very Truly yours,

Commissioner