Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 254-400, John Belfield, Va.

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SERVICE                       [stamped star]                          NUMBER
Va.                                 Belfield, John                            B. L. Wt. 254-400 Major
                                                                                        Issued Dec. 11, 1797
                                                                                        No papers

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Va.                                               Belfield John                         B.L. Wt. 254-400- Major
                                                                                                  Issued Dec. 11, 1797
                                                                                                  No papers

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[Upper left ] Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
[Upper right initials] W.C.S. [& beneath it] O[??]

February 6, 1930

Mr. J. A. Stewart
4780 Ashbottom Road
Louisville, Ky.

Dear Sir:

      I advise you from the records of this bureau it appears that Warrant 254 for four hundred acres of bounty land was issued December 11, 1797, on account of the service of John Belfield, a major in the Virginia Line during the War of the Revolution.

      There are no further data on file pertaining to the soldier and none pertaining to his family, due to the destruction of papers in bounty land claims when the War Office was burned in November, 1800.

Very truly yours,

EARL D. CHURCH
Commisioner

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[To the left of the letterhead]
J. A. STEWARD, PRESIDENT
J. C. STEWARD, VICE PRES.
J D. AUGUSTUS, SECY-TREAS

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December 20, 1929

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

      Kindly advise me, if you have any papers giving an account of Major JOhn Belfield of Virginia, who served in the Revolutionary War.

      He was an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati.

      Thanking you for a prompt reply. I am

Yours very truly,
J. A. Stewart
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