Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,249, Mary Ellsworth, Continental (Conn.)

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Continental (Conn.)  Ellsworth, Mary    W. 16,249
                                  Gillespie, William
                                                    (Former Widow)

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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAN-51
12-5-41

Division of Veterans Administrative Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD

NAME (Ellsworth, Moses) GRADE (Private) LINE (Connecticut)

WARRANT NUMBER (5745) ACREAGE (100)  ISSUED (Jan. 28, 1792)

to Moses Sill

"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 application 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.