Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 46363, for Charles Morehead, [Blank]

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SERVICE              |                                          |
    
Continental         |    Morehead, Charles        |  S46363

CONTENTS

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(3-230.)  Cert. No. 898
[Sideways on document] Reissues. { Revy. 46363
Name: Charles Morehead.
Rank: Sergt.  Comp`y: Rudolph
Reg`t:  Lees Legion
} Agency.
RATE PER MONTH, AND DATE OF COMMENCEMENT.
1st Issue. {     Comm`g
2nd Issue. {    Comm`g
3rd Issue. {   Comm`g
DATE OF CERTIFICATE. AND TO WHOM SENT.
1st Issue. {  Sent to
2nd Issue. {  Sent to
3rd Issue. {  Sent to
[following word and date marked out] Act 14th July, 1882.
Bk. G., Vol,   Page
Registering Clerk:
Disability. {
[written sideways on document] Allowed.   Act 1828

1927 - Mch. 7 - Hist to Mrs. R. B. Roach Aug.
1931 - Dec. 1 - Hist. to Mrs. W. B. Ardery - MLB.
1933, Jan. 19 - Hist to N. M. Clapham - MMHF-MLB.

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521    628.
[undecipherable 3 words] - 898
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS
Allowed Act 1826
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
August 1, 1828
Charles Morehead, of ___ in the County of Logan ___ in the State of Kentucky ____ 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 Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Sergeant in captain Rudolph __'s company, in Lee's Legion and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has receive as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary
A. Dickins.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Third Auditor's Office.
7th August 1828
The name of Charles Morehead cannot be found among those of Lees Legion to whom certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars were spent -
Peter Hagner Aud.

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General Land Office
18 Febry. 1829
It appears from the list of Warrants given by the Register of the Land Office at Richmond, Va. that Charles Morehead is stated to have been a Sergeant for the War & as such a Warrant for 400 acres of land was given in his name.
Geo Graham
Camnipan