Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 224, Ambrose Gaines, Va.

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VA		Gaines, Amborse		W.224
			Mary

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	7133
Jonesboro Tennessee
     Ambrose Gaines
of Sullivan Co in the State of Tennessee
who as a private in the company commanded
by Captain Lewis of the Regt commanded 
by Col Campbell in the Virginia (illegible)
for 8 mos from ’80                                       
Inscribed on the Roll of Tennessee
at the rate of 21 dollars 66 cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of march
1833 and sent to 
Hon (illegible) Blair  H of Reps                                       
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833  $53.32
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept 1833.  13.33
					       $66.65
				{Revolutionary Claim,}
				          Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by W.L.Williams  Clerk,
Book C. Vol. 6  Page 125.

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     4885 or 4889
Tennessee Jones County
     Mary Gaines
widow of Ambrose Gaines
   ^ Capt  Lewis           VA^
who served in the Revolutionsary
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
	26 Dollars  66
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1848
Certificate of Pension issued the
	15 day of June 1849
and sent to Morley Embree
		Jonesboro
			Tenn
Recorded on the Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2,  1848, Page 290 Vol. 3
(vertically up right side of page):
Date of death not on (illegible)

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State of Tennessee}
Sullivan County} 	September (illegible) 1832
	On this 26th day of September 1832 person…
appeared in open court being the circuit court
of Sullivan County holden by the Honorable
Howard Scott on of the Judges of the state of 
Tennessee for said county Ambrose Gains 
a resident citizen of said county aged sixty
nine years who being first duly sworn
according to law doth on his oath make 
the following declaration in order to
obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress
passed 7th June 1832    That he entered the 
service of the United States under the
following named officers and served
as herein after stated to wit
     He entered the service of the United
States as a substitute for his father Robert 
Gains who was drafted in Augusta county
Virginia and Capt Lewis as he now
believes commanded the company in
in which he served.    Robert gains the father
of this applicant was drafted for three
months and this applicant substituted for
him and served his tour and was discharged
by written discharge
     This applicant states that he was marched
from Augusta County Virginia to
the lower parts of Virginia against 
the British stationed for some time be
tween Richmond and Norfolk where
he lay a month or more of the time
as he believes    He cannot now remember
the name of the officer who commanded
station at which the troops lay but

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he well remembers the troops were encam
ped on James River between Richmond and
Norfolk….The campaign was as he believes
in the fall of 1780    On this campaign he was
(illegible) at Staunton and put under
strange officers who he never before knew
nor has he since known then which he
believes is the reason he cannot now
name them.  He was not in any battle on that campaign
		He states that the next cam
paign he went was as well as he recollects 
in the winter of ^1780^ or 1781 when he volunteered
under a Captain John Oliver to go to North
Carolina where he joined Gen’l Greenes
Army and was attached to Col. William
Campbells Regiment and was in the 
Rifle Company at the battle of Gilford and 
has the gratification to share in the plaudits of
the commanding officer Genl Greene for
having acted well in his part in the battle
and was discharged after the Battle by
Col. Campbell himself.    He believes he enter
ed the service on that campain for three
months and cannot now say how long he
served but believes it was either three months
or near that time and that ^of^ belief he is more
confident from two circumstances to wit
He was afterwards accounted to him as a
tour of duty and because Gilford Courthouse
was he believes more than two hundred
miles from where he started
     The third tour of duty he performed he was
drafted to serve three months against ld
Cornwallaces Army in Virginia and was
ordered by Col. Matthews the commandant
of Augusta County Virginia to the sene
of action  he was permitted to ride to Cul
pepper county and then marched on 
foot to the army and was in Gen’l Mu

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linburghs Brigade and joined the army
at Cabin Point above ole James Town
his Major William Lang but the other officer
he cannot now remember     he marched and 
was stationed for some time at Burrels
Mills which mills as well as he can now
remember are the half way place be
tween Williamsburgh and York and
during the seige of Ld Cornwallace he
was at the at the place and in the seige until
a few days before the surrender of Corn
Wallace when this applicant was sent to the
Hospital on account of being sick with 
the ague and fever and not many days 
after he left the seige Cornwallace surrendered
whilst he lay sick at the hospital he was
attended to by Dr. Ramsay
		He received a discharge handed by 
Dr. Ramsay signed by his Colonel
whilst in the Hospital but the same and his
other discharges are lost long since
after he was drated to serve against Cornwol
lace and had mardh and joined the Army his 
father Robt Gains was also drafted for the same
service and came on to the army and wa
at the seige and surrender of cornwallace
and his Colonel was Samuel Vance
He served three tours of duty and I believes
he served nine months or near that time
and at ll events can state that in all
he must have served more (illegible)
months
	He has no documentary evid
ance to prove his service and he has
not any witnesses to prove his service
except the affadavits of 
and                              hereunto annexed and he
hereby relinquises every claim to (illegible)
(illegible) whatever except the present and
declares that is not on the (illegible)
roll of any state or its agency

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At the seige of York he was on picked gard as
then saw Gen’l Washington for the first time
and never saw him after the seige.
	Sworn to and subscribed in open court
	the date above
(illegible)			Ambrose Gains
We Thameas Trawer and Nathan Richardson
resident citizens of said county do hereby
certify that we are well acquainted with
Ambrose Gains who has sworn to (illegible)
the foregoing declaration that we believe
him to be sixty nine years of age and it
is reputed and believed in the neighbor
hood where he resides that he was a sol-
dier of the revolution and we concur
in that opinion and we would ^refer^ on his stated
to any extent
		Sworn to and subscribed in open
		court his 25th day of Septr 1832
(illegible)		Th L Trwoer
			Nathan Richardson
And the court do hereby declare them
opinion after the investigation of the matters
and (illegible) the interrogatories prescribed by
the department of War that the above named
applicant was a revolutionary soldier and 
served as stated and the court further certi
fies that it appears to them that Thomeas
Trwaer____and Nathan Richardson who have
signed the foregoing affidavit are credable
persons and their statement is entitled
to full credit and it further more appears 
that Thomes Trawer      one of said persons
is a regular clergy man
			(illegible) Scott of the
		judge of the circuit courts of same
		and (illegible) for the state of Tennessee
		aforesaid
			I William Anderson clerk
of the circuit court of said county do certify that
the forgoing contains the original proceedings of
the court in the case of the application of (illegible) 
set my hand and seal of office thie 27th day of September 1832(?)
			(illegible) signature

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(back of a written page, ink bled-through)
(vertically along right side):  Mrs Gains Declaration

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		Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act congress of the 7th
July 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pension to 
certain widows
State of Tennessee}  on this 10th day of Aprile 1844 personally
Sulivan County}  appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the 
peace mrs Mary Gains a resident of the county and state afforsaid
aged seventy three years the 26 Cecember next who being first duly sworn
according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of provision (illegible) by the act of con
gress (illegible) July 7th 1838 granting half pay and pension to certain 
widows that she is the widow of Ambrose Gains who was a soldier
in the Regular service in the Virginia line in the war of the Revo
lution and that the affore said Ambrose Gains serve under the 
following named officers Capt John Olivers company of riflemen
& Col Campbells Regiment and that her husband the afforsaid
Ambrose Gains drew a pension of 26:66 per anum under 
the act of June (inkblot) 1832 for the proof of which the claimant
refers the (large inkblot) the pension rolls and the testimony 
here in (large inkblot) (illegible) that she was married to the

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said Ambrose Gains on the 9th June 1792 and that hur
husband the affore said ambrose Gains died on the 12 day
of January 1840 and she further declairs that she was not married
to him from to his having been in the service but the
marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen
hundred and ninety four (illegible) at the time above stated and
she further declairs that she still remains a widow and 
that the family (illegible) her to (illegible) is a true (illegible) of her
marriage
					Mary Gains
sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written
before me a Justice of the peace for the county aforesaid and I
further certify that the said Mary Gains is (illegible) bodily in
firmity unable to attend court    I further certify that full (illegible)
and credit is due mrs Mary Gains    In (illegible) whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal this the 10th day of Aprill
Eighteen hundred and forty four     		Rice Duncan (init)
State of Tennessee}				Justice of the Peace
Sulivan County}     May term 1844     County Court the dec
laration of Mrs Gains certified on the 10 day of Aprill by

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Rice Duncan a Justice of the peace for said county being
submited to the court the said Court doth approve his
providings and acts in said case and here by direct the 
clerk to endorse the approval on the papers
State of Tennessee}
Sulivan County}  Jacob T Messick Clerk of the County
court of Sulivan County do hereby certify that he forego
ing proceedings are the original proceedings had and approved 
of by the county Court of said county at its may term  
1844    Relative to the declaration of mrs Mary Gains
to obtain the benefit of the acts of congress relative Revolutionary
pensioners and I further certify that the affore said
Rice Duncan is and was a justice of the peace for said
county duly commissioned and qualified according to 
law and that the signature purporting to be his is 
genuine
	In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and addixed my seal of office at office
in Blountsville(?) this 9th day of May 1844
		Jacob T Messick  Clerk

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(top half of page bled-through from back of sheet,
but vertically along right side):  Mrs Gaines
			Declaration
(bottom half of page):
I Benjamin L yoakley Chairman of the county court of Sulivan
County do hereby certify that Jacob T Messick whos name affixed
to the foregoing certificate is clerk of the county court of Sulivan
County duly commissioned and qualified according to law and
that the signature purporting to be his is genuine the the
6th day of May 1844    Benjamin L Yoakley
			Chairman of the County Court
          			   of Sulivan (inkblot)

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	MARRIAGES
Ambrose Gaines and 
Mary his wife was
married June 9th 1792
Letitia Childres was 
married Septem 14th 1812
Judit McHenry was
married November 17th
Mildret Vincent was 
married Feby 13th 1818
Maria Wordly was 
married Septem 9th 1824
Louisa Brown was
married (illegible) 1829
Matt M Gaines
was married 11th Novr 1830
(2 illegible lines)

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I Rice Duncan Justice of the peace for sulivan
county do certify the I have this record taken
(illegible) (illegible) Mary Gains and Ambrose
Gains to be true record (inkblot)
in witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal this the (illegible day of 
Aprill 1844        Rice Duncan
		Justice of the peace
(vertically up right side of page):
Births
Samuel D Gaines born October (illegible) 1811
Sarah E Gaines born Dec 12th(?) 1813_
Frances Henry Gaines 
was born (illegible)

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	14001
Amborse Gaines
	     Tennessee
from 1789 private
8 months
	$26.66
Jonesborough agency
Hon Jn Blair
    H or R

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      BRIEF in the case of Ambrose Gaines
County of Sullivan in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1.	Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Court
2.	If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3.	How old is he?  69
4.	State his service, as directed in the form Annexed.
Sub in 1780_	3 months	Private		Gen Green, Muhlenberg
     drafted  believes 3 months       “		Capt Oliver Col Wm Campbell
          “		         3 months       “		Col Matthews, Maj Song
5.	In what battles was he engaged?  Guilford, Seige of Yorktown
6.	Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Augusta Co Va
7.	Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  traditionary
8.	Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  and if so, in what respect?
no clergyman
*Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.			(illegible) Forrest
					     Examining Clerk.

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(illegible inits)						March, 1937
							Ambrose Gaines
The Quartermaster General				W. 224
Memorial Branch					BA-J/AWF
War Department
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
	The data which follow were obtained from papers
on file in pension claim, W. 224, based upon the ser-
vice of Ambrose Gaines in the Revolutionary War.
	The date and place of birth of Ambrose Gaines
were not given; he was the son of Robert Gaines, who
was of Augusta County, Virginia, during the Revolu-
tion, name of his mother not shown.
	Ambrose Gaines entered the service in Augusta
County, Virginia, in the fall of 1780- and served
three months as private in Captain Lewis’ Virginia 
company, which service was rendered as substitute for
his father.  He volunteered in 1780 and served three
months in Captain John Oliver’s company, Colonel 
William Campbell’s regiment, during which he was in
the battle of Guilford Court House.  He was ordered
out by colonel Mathews and was in the Siege of York-
town, served about three months.  His father was at 
the Siege of Yorktown and the surrender of Cornwallis
under Colonel Samuel Vance.
	Ambrose Gaines was allowed pension on his appli-
cation executed September 26, 1832, then a resident of 
Sullivan County, Tennessee, aged about sixty-nines years.
He died January 11, 1839 or January 12, 1840.
	Ambrose Gaines married June 9, 1792 in Stokes 
County, North Carolina, Mary; she was born December 26,

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1771, her maiden name was not given.  A few days after
their marriage, they moved to Sullivan County, Ten-
nessee.
	The widow, Mary Gaines, was allowed pension on 
her application executed April 10, 1844, then a resi-
dent of Sullivan County, Tennessee, where she continued
to live in 1849.
	The following family data are of record:
Samuel D. Gaines	born  October 19, 1811, married Sept.1,-
Sarah E. Gaines	   “       December 2, 1813,
Frances Henry Gaines     “       November 24, 1832
Letitia Childres		married   September 14,1812
Judith McHenry	       “	    November 17, _____
Mildret Vincent	  	       “	    February 13, 1818
Maria Worldly		       “	    September 9, 1824
Louisa Brown		       “	    October 10, 1829
Nat M. Gaines		       “	    November 11, 1830
	The application for headstone for Ambrose Gaines
is returned, attached to this correspondence,
	Very truly yours
	A.D. Hiller
	Executive Assistant	
	to the Administrator

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					July 29, 1935.
Mrs. Mary Benson			BA-J/ILL
1883 Nixon Road			Andrew Gaines
Chattanooga, Tennessee.		W.294
Dear Madam:
	Reference is made to your letter in which you request
the Revolutionary War record of Ambrose Gaines
	Ambrose Gaines was the son of Robert Gaines who was of Augusta
County, Virginia, during the period of the Revolutionary War; the 
date of birth of Ambrose is not shown, nor is the name of his
mother given.  Robert Gaines, his father, was called out in Colonel
Samuel Vance’s regiment and was at the Siege of Yorktown and the 
surrender of Cornwallis
	Ambrose Gaines entered the service in Augusta County,
Virginia, in the fall of 1780 and served three months as private
in Captain Lewis’ Virginia company, which service was rendered as
substitute for his father.  He volunteered in 1780, and served 
three months under Captai John Oliver and Colonel William Campbell,
during which he was in the battle of Guilford; he was ordered out
by Colonel Mathews and as in the Siege of Yorktown.  (written :  “3 mos”)
	Ambrose Gaines was allowed pension on his application 
executed September 26, 1832, at which time he resided in Sullivan
County, Tennessee.  He was then aged sixty-nine years.
	There is no claim for pension on file based upon service
in the Revolutionary War of Robert Gaines, the father of said Ambrose.
	Ambrose Gaines died January 11, 1839 or January 12, 1840.

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					July 29, 1935.
Mrs. Mary Benson			BA-J/ILL
1883 Nixon Road			Andrew Gaines
Chattanooga, Tennessee.		W.294
Dear Madam:
	Reference is made to your letter in which you request
the Revolutionary War record of Ambrose Gaines
	The data given herein regarding Ambrose Gaines are found
in the papers on file in pension claim, W.224, based upon his 
service in that war.
	Ambrose Gaines was the son of Robert Gaines who was of Augusta
County, Virginia, during the period of the Revolutionary War; the 
date of birth of Ambrose is not shown, nor is the name of his
mother given.  Robert Gaines, his father, was called out in Colonel
Samuel Vance’s regiment and was at the Siege of Yorktown and the 
surrender of Cornwallis
	Ambrose Gaines entered the service in Augusta County,
Virginia, in the fall of 1780 and served three months as private
in Captain Lewis’ Virginia company, which service was rendered as
substitute for his father.  He volunteered in 1780, and served 
three months under Captai John Oliver and Colonel William Campbell,
during which he was in the battle of Guilford; he was ordered out
by Colonel Mathews and as in the Siege of Yorktown.  (written :  “3 mos”)
	Ambrose Gaines was allowed pension on his application 
executed September 26, 1832, at which time he resided in Sullivan
County, Tennessee.  He was then aged sixty-nine years.
	There is no claim for pension on file based upon service
in the Revolutionary War of Robert Gaines, the father of said Ambrose.
	Ambrose Gaines died January 11, 1839 or January 12, 1840.

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	Ambrose Gaines married June 9, 1792 in Stokes 
County, North Carolina, Mary; she was born December 26,
1771, her maiden was not given.  A few days after
their marriage, they moved to Sullivan County, Ten-
nessee.
	The widow, Mary Gaines, was allowed pension on 
her application executed April 10, 1844, then a resi-
dent of Sullivan County, Tennessee, where she resided in 1849.
	The following family data are of record:
Letitia Childres		married   September 14,1812
Judith McHenry	       “	    November 17, _____
Mildret Vincent	  	       “	    February 13, 1818
Maria Worldly		       “	    September 9, 1824
Louisa Brown		       “	    October 10, 1829
Nat M. Gaines		       “	    November 11, 1830
Samuel D. Gaines	born  October 19, 1811, married Sept.1,-
Sarah E. Gaines	   “       December 2, 1813,
Frances Henry Gaines     “       November 24, 1832
	The application for headstone for Ambrose Gaines
is returned, attached to this correspondence,
	Very truly yours
	A.D. Hiller
	Executive Assistant	
	to the Administrator
				2.

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					August 21, 1930
Mrs. Gordon Leland Cox
Elkhorn, West Virginia.
Dear Madam:
	You are advised that it appears from the papers in the 
Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 224, that Ambrose Gaines
entered the service as a substitute for his father, Robert Gaines,
who was drafted in Augusta County, Virginia, in the fall of 1780
and served three months as a private in the Virginia troops under 
Captain Lewis;  (crossed out words)  He volunteered again in 1780,
served three months under Captain John Oliver and Colonel William
Campbell and was in the battle of Guilford; he was also ordered
out by Colonel Mathews and was in the Siege of Yorktown.  His father
was also called for this last named service, was in Colonel 
Samual Vance’s Regiment and was at the Siege of Yorktown and sur-
render of Cornwallis.
	Ambrose Gaines- was allowed pension on his application executed
September 26, 1832, while a resident of Sullivan County, Tennessee,
aged sixty-nine years.
	There is no claim for pension on file on account of the 
services of the soldier’s father, Robert Gaines.
	Soldier died January 11, 1839 or January 12, 1840.
	He married June 9, 1792, in Stokes county, North Caro-
lina, Mary, maiden name no stated, who was born December 26, 1771;
they moved in a few days to Sullivan County, Tennessee.
	His widow was allowed pension on her application
executed April 10, 1844, while a resident of Sullivan County, Tenne
ssee, where she resided (illegible) 1849.

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	The following family (illegible)
Letitia Childres		married   September 14,1812
Judith McHenry	       “	    November 17, _____
Mildret Vincent	  	       “	    February 13, 1818
Maria Worldly		       “	    September 9, 1824
Louisa Brown		       “	    October 10, 1829
Nat M. Gaines		       “	    November 11, 1830
Samuel D. Gaines	born  October 19, 1811, married Sept.1,-
Sarah E. Gaines	   “       December 2, 1813,
Frances Henry Gaines     “       November 24, 1832
		Very truly yours,
			E.W. MORGAN
			Acting Commissioner,

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					January 10, 1914.
Mrs. Kate W. Kimbrough,
c/o Miss S. P. Grogan
#503, The Sherman,
Washington, D. C. 
Madam:-
	In addition to the military history of Amborse Gaines,
W. File No. 224 Rev.War, you are furnish the following family data
on file in the claim.
Letitia Childres		married   September 14,1812
Judith McHenry	 married  November 17, _____
Mildret Vincent	  	  married  February 13, 1818
Maria Worldly		   married  September 9, 1824
Louisa Brown		    married  October 10, 1829
Nat M. Gaines		     married  November 11, 1830
Samuel D. Gaines	born          October 19, 1811, married Sept.1,-
Sarah E. Gaines	 born          December 2, 1813,
Frances Henry Gaines    born         November 24, 1832
			Very respectfully,
			GM Seltzgaber
			Commissioner.

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					August 18, 1913.
Hon. Francis Burton Harrison,
	House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Harrison:
	In response to your letter dated the
fifteenth and received the sixteenth instant, requesting in-
formation for the Hon. John W. Gaines of Nashville, Tennessee,
I have the honor to advise you that a careful search of the 
Revolutionary War files of this Bureau fails to show any pa-
pers on file relative to David, John or Rowland Gaines (Gains).
	From the papers in the claim, W. 224, that Ambrose Gaines
entered the service as a substitute for his father, Robert Gaines,
who was drafted in Augusta County, Virginia, in the fall of 1780
and served three months as a private in the Virginia troops under 
Captain Lewis;  (crossed out words)  He volunteered again in 1780,
served three months under Captain John Oliver and Colonel William
Campbell and was in the battle of Guilford; he was also ordered
out by Colonel Mathews and was in the Siege of Yorktown.  
	5 He married in Stokes County, North Carolina, June 9, 1792,
Mary ----who was born December 25, 1771.
	2 He was allowed pension on an application executed Septem-
ber 26, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Sullivan Coun-
ty, Tennessee, and aged sixty-nine years.

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W. File No. 224, - 2
4 He died January 11, 1839, or January 12, 1840.  6 His widow was
also allowed pension on an application executed April (illegible) 1844
while a resident of sullivan County, Tennessee.
	family data on file:
Lititia Childres		married   September 14,1812
Judith McHenry	       “	    November 17, _____
Mildret Vincent	  	       “	    February 13, 1818
Maria Worldly		       “	    September 9, 1824
Louisa Brown		       “	    October 10, 1829
Nat M. Gaines		       “	    November 11, 1830
Samuel D. Gaines	born  October 19, 1811, married Sept.1,-
Sarah E. Gaines	   “       December 2, 1813,
Frances Henry Gaines     “       November 24, 1832
		Very truly yours,
		     GM Seltzgaber
1 enclosure,		Commissioner.

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					March 26, 1909
Hon. W. P. Brownlow,
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Brownlow:
	In reply to your letter dated the 24th and received
the 25th instant, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers
in the claim Wid. File No. 224, it appears that Ambrose Gaines a resi-
dent of Sullivan County, Tennessee, substituted for his father Robert
Gaines in the Fall of 1780 and served three months as a Private in the
Virginia troops under Captain Lewis; in the Winter of 1780 and 1781,
three months under Captain John Oliver and Colonel William Campbell,
and was in the battle of Guilford; he was also ordered out by colonel Matthews
and was in the Siege of Yorktown.
	He married in Stokes County, North Carolina, June 9, 1792 Mary _____
who was born December 26, 1771.
	He was allowed pension on an application executed September 26, 1832
at which time he was a resident of Sullivan County, Tennessee and aged
sixty nine years.  He died January 11, 1839 or January 12, 1840.
	His widow was also allowed pension on an application executed April
10, 1844 while a resident of Sullivan County, Tennessee.

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(illegible)	3 mos		Pvt	Lewis				VA
(illegible)	3 mos			John Oliver	William Campbell
								Matthews
•	Substitute for his father Robert Gaines
Battles engaged in, Guilford,  Seige of Yorktown
Residence of soldier at enlistment, volunteered in Culpeper Co VA
Date of Application for pension, Sept 26 (illegible)
Residence at date of application, Sullivan Co Tenn
Age at date of application, 69  “He died Jan 11, 1839 or Jan 12, 1840
Remarks:  (whole paragraph is illegible) 
	Very Respectfully,

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Addressograph from lists
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Proof list				Pay rolls
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-	    reference through or initialing of chiefs of branches or chief (illegible)
bureaus.
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as follows:
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SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE
(illegible)						July 22, 1929.
	Commissioner of Pensions			Cash – 75 cents
	Washington,					Finance Division (stamp)
	D. C.						JUL 22 1929
							BUREAU OF PENSIONS	
Dear Sir:
	Please furnish me photostatic copies of five pages
from Revolutionary War pension claim of Ambrose Gaines,
W. 224, Virginia Troops, uncertified.
				Very truly yours,
(business card)	H. C. ROBERSON
				1218 EAST CAPITOL STREET
Research:
Historical
Genealogical		WASHINGTON, D. C. 
Received payment,
75 cents
July 22, 1929.
Margaret M H Finch
Rev. &1812 Wars Section

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				Chattanooga  July 23, 1935
Bureau of Pensions
Washington  D.C.
Gentlemen:
Will you be kind enough to copy for me the pension statement
of Ambrose Gaines who served in the Revolution in Virginia.
His widow applied for a pension and received it and I should
like to have her statement also.
	Yours very truly,
	(Mrs.) Mary Benson
	   1333 Hixon Road
	       Chattanooga Tennessee
[ date stamp:  “Received July 25
		VETS. ADM.”)

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(Left side of page)
8492
Jonesboro
     Tennessee
Mary Gaines
widow of Ambrose Gaines
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 12 Jany 1840
of Sullivan in the State of Tenn
who was a Pri in the Compy
commanded by Captain Lewis of the
reg commanded by Col Cambell in
the VA line for 8 mos
Inscribed on the Roll of Tennessee
at the rate of 26(?) dollars 66
cents per annum, to commence on the 
12 Jany 1840
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of 
June 1844 and sent to Hon
Andrew Johnson Greenville 
Total Amount,
	[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by F. L. Swarm Clerk,
Book C Vol. 1 Page 347
(Right side of page)
M! 199
April 30th 1845
(1st line illegible)
(illegible) of July 23 ‘45
at ($illegible) ann
(illegible) 4th March 1836
(illegible) on the 12 Jany
1840 (illegible)
	Rice Duncan
	       Blountsville
		Tennessee
(illegible)

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		July 31_1930
		Mrs. Gordon Leland Cox		1 Robert Gaines
		Elkhorn				b 1765
		West Virginia				m file
Dpt of the Interior
     Bureau of Pension
          Washington D.C.
Gentlemen –
     Will you please send me a copy of 
the pension record of “Ambrose Gaines
Revolutionary soldiers” _  He was granted
a pension in 1832_ while a resident
of Sullivan Co. Tenn.  I’ve been told record
is on “File no 224_Rev. War”_ His father
Robert Gaines, also gave service
does he have a pension record?
Where can I find information if
Ambrose Gaines served in War of 1812?  Thanking you\,
		I am very truly yours
			Mrs Gordon L Cox
				(above address

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The Commissioner of Pensions
     Washington – DC –
Sir:
     Will you please send 
me the War record my
ancestor Ambrose Gaines
private in the Virginia troops
Revolutionary War in Capt
Lewis (illegible) Col Campbell
Regiment _ who fought in
the Battle of King’s Mountain
at the age of 17 –
     It is said he made
application for pension

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Sept 26, 1832 from
sullivan Co Tenn. where
he was then (illegible)
aged 69 years and that 
no pension was granted
He was born July 6, 1763 died in Sullivan Co
Tenn Jan 11, 1840-
I want (illegible) (illegible)
of Mrs. (illegible) (illegible)
records of an officer in
order to (illegible) a member
of (illegible) D.A.R_ and will 
appreciate this information
	(illegible)
   Mrs. Kati Worley Kimbrough
   c/o Mrs. S. P. Grogan
        503 (illegible)
         Washington D.C
Jany 7 – 1914

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SIXTY-SECOND CONGRESS
(List of Congressional members)		COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
						    HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
							Washington, D. C. 
						     August 15, 1913
The Honorable
	Commissioner of Pensions,
		Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
		Enclosed I hand you a letter
from my friend, Hon. John W. Gaines a former
member of Congress, who is seeking certain infor-
mation about some of his relatives who were
Revolutionary soldiers.  I would thank you to
investigate the records in your office and furnish
me with any data you can.
			Yours very truly,
			     Francis Burton Harrison

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W. A. DICKSON					E. J. PARSONS,
SEVENTH DISTRICT MISSISSIPPI			-     SECRETARY.
COMMITTES		House of Reprensetatives
Levees and Improvements of the	Washington, D.C.
Mississippi River.
     Pensions
To the Hon. Comm’r of Penstion,
			City
My dear sir:-
	I beg to enclose you communication from the Hon. Adj.
General and from R. R. Bearden, a constituent of Martin, Miss.
The information that is sought by Mr. Beardon is set forth in
the two accompanying documents.  If possible for your bureau to
afford me the same, I will be much obliged and remain
			Yours very truly,
				W. A. Dickson
Enclosure :

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SIXTIETH CONGRESS
(List of Congressional members)		COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.
						    HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
							Washington, D. C.      ,190
						     March 24, 1909
Hon. J. L. Davenport,				Attention and reply through desk.
	Bureau of Pension.				(signature illegible)
My dear Davenport	:				(illegible)
	A soldier and Officer by the name of Ambrose
Gaines served in the revolutionary War and was first
a private in Capt. Lewis’ Company, and Col. Campbell’s
Regiment of Virginia troops.  He took a part in the 
battle of Kings Mountain. He was a pensioner of the
Revolutionary War class and died in 1840, and his
wife Mary Moore Gaines drew a pension as his widow
until her death in 1863.  She lived then in Sulli-
van County, Tenn.
	Are these Revolutionary War pensioners records
in your office in such a way that you can find and
give me the full military service of this man?  My
recollection of the information I have is that he 
became an officer while in the service.
				Yours Truly,
				W A Brounlow(?)

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(Left page of small booklet)
March 7, 1896
Soldier pensions
Hon. Foster V Brown
H. of Representatives
1909 Mch 26 Hist to
Hon. W.P.Brownlow.   L.M.
1910  Mch 17  Hist to R.R.
Beardon (illegible) Hon W. A. Dickson
1913  Aug. 18.  Hon. Francis Burton
Harrison
1914 Jany 9 Hist. to  Mrs. Kate
W. Kimbrough  V.L.U.
1929 July 27, Photos to HC
Roberson & (illegible)
1930 – Aug. 21 – Hist. to Mrs.
Y.L Cox – JFF
19(illegible) July 29 – Hist to Mrs. Mary Benson-
1937 (illegible) Memorial (illegible)
(Right side of booklet)
	224
WIDOW, &etc.
File No. 224
Mary Gaines
	Widow
Ambrose Gaines
Priv. Rev. War
Act Feb 27, 1848
Index: - Vol. A, Page 262
	[Arrangement of 1870.]

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of 
Ambrose Gaines which require
further proof or explanation,
I.	 Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  yes
II.	Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?  yes
III.	If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV.	Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?  yes
V.	*Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension he is entitled?  no
VI.	Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  yes
VII.	Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  yes
VIII.	Has the Court given their opinion?  yes
IX.	Has the Clerk given his certificate?  yes
X.	Is the clerk’s seal affixed?  And if so, has it a device of inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  yes

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			2
XI.	Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general believe in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  no
XII.	If the clergyman’s affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  No
XIII.	If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has no obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  yes
XIV.	*If the applicant’s name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV.	Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant’s service?
XVI.	*Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  yes
XVII.	Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily?  And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  1.2.7.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
**QUERE V.  In as case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
     “Personally appeard before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, etc. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades;  For____ year_____months, and _____days, I served as a _____ For_____ months and _____days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.

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					3
     It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, etc. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison and for the time during which the service was performed , he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
*QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
     In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
**QUERE XVI  Mode of authenticating papers.
     In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which much pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
	 In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

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			Declaration
     In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress
of the 29th July 1848,
State of Tennessee}
Sulivan County}		On this 14th day of February 1849
				personally appeared before (illegible) William
Holly an acting Justice of the Peace in & for the county & state
aforesaid Mary Gaines a resident of said county & state
aged 77 years, who being duly sworn according to law
doth on her oath make the following declaration in 
order to obtain the benefit of the provisions mad by 
the act of Congress passed approved July (illegible)
that she is the widow of Ambrose Gaines who was
a private volenteer souldier in the war of the Rev-
olution, in Captain John Olivers company of riflemen
of Col Campbell’s regiment, he volunteered in Culpeper
Co Va in the State of Virginia about the year 1780 or
1781, but of the time of his leaving the service he does
not recollect – he was in no general engagement but
several skermishes   she was married to her husband on
the 9th day of June 1792 in Stokes County North Carolina
& removed to this county in a few days thereafter where
we have lived together untill 11th day of January 1839 
when he died, & where she has lived a widow since
that time untill the present.  The above faces she 
has gathered from frequent conversations with her husband & from
a certificate from the War department signed by (illegible)
(illegible) countersigned by J. L. Edwards, (illegible)
(illegible) given under the act of Congress of the 7th
(illegible) 1833 she further states that she was a pen
tioner under the provisions made by the former law papers
for the benefits of the widows of dec’d souldiers & that
her husband drew a pention before his death, & that she 
is the identical widow Mary Gains whose declaration

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was filed under the former provisions of the law to
which as well as the declaration of her husband pre-
viously filed she refers for farther perticulars, as
on account of her advanced age & infermity of body
& memory some things may have been fortotten,
to the best of her knowledge & belief,    Mary Gaines
     Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before
					Wm Hawley (illegible)
I do hereby certify that owing to bodily infermity the
above named Mary Gaines is not able to appear in
open court				Wm Hawley
					J Peace
State of Tennessee}   I Thomas P Ford Clerk of the Coun
Sulivan County}  ty Court of said county do hereby
certify that William Holly whose name appears to the 
above affidavit ^an acting Justice of the Peace in (illegible) county & his signature
(illegible) been proper hand & that
full faith and credit may be given to all his official
acts     In testamony where of I hereunto subscribe
my name & (illegible) my seal of office this
day of 		1849
State of Tennessee}  I Thomas P Ford Clerk of the county
Sullivan County}  Court of said county do hereby
certify that William Hawly whose name appears
to the above affidavet is an acting Justice of the in
and for said county and his signature (illegible)
(illegible) hand writing and that full faith
and (credit) should be given to all his offecal
acts  In testimony wherof I illegible)
set my hand ad affix the seal of my
office at office in (illegible)20th
day of Feb 1849    Tho P Ford Clerk 
		of the County Court

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Mary Gaines
under joint resolution of (illegible)
Jany; 1845 last of 
July 7.1838___
(illegible) of 26.66 per ann:
from 4 March, 183(illegible), to
12th January, 1840---
     Rice Duncan Esq
(illegible)  Blountville,
     Tennessee.___

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			Declaration
     In order to obtain the benefits of the (illegible) of Congress
of the 23th of Jannary 1845
State of Tennessee}
Sulivan County}
		(illegible) the acts of the 30th of April 1844
prohibited me from drawing a pension for the same period dur
-ing which my husband was a pensioner I now make the following stat-
ment under oath to obtain the benefit of the (illegible) 
(illegible) I am the widow of Ambrose Gaines who was a private
in the war of the Revolution  I have drawn a pension at the
rate of Twenty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum from 
the 12th day of Jannary 1840 to the 4th of March 1841
and from the 4th day of March 1843 to the 4th day of March
1844 and now ask for the amount due me from the 4th day
of March 1836 to the 12th day of Jannary 1840 when my
former pension (illegible)          Mary Gaines
Sworn to and subscribed before me on this 17th day of
March in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty nine
						Rice Duncan
					       Justice of the peace
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me and
that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the forgoing affidavit
				Rice Duncan
State of Tennessee}		Justice of the peace
Sulivan County}
				Clerk of the County
Court of Sulivan County do hereby certify that Rice
Duncan who has signed the foregoing is a Justice of the

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Peace for the County of Sulivan in the state of Tennessee
and that the above is his signature
	In witness whereof I (illegible) subscribed
	my name and affixed my seal of office
	(illegible) office in Blountville this
			Jacob T McPeek  Clerk
State of Tennessee}
Sulivan County}	I Robert P Rhea Chairman of the County
Court of Sulivan County County do hereby certify that Jacob T McPeek
is Clerk of the County Court of Sulivan County duly 
(illegible) and qualified according to law and that his
signature is genuine     this 18th day of March 1849
			R P Rhea
		Chairman of the County Court of Sulivan Cty

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(left side of booklet) :
5742
Jonesboro
Tennessee
Mary Gaines
widow of Ambrose Gaines
who was a Pri
in the Va Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
26 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 
20 day of June 1844
and sent to 
Hon.A. Johnson
Greenville 
Tenn
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1  Page 218
(right side of booklet)   :
2 (illegible)
1838}
1843}     rep 20 (illegible)
		no.199
(illegible)  of Jany 23
1843
     Paid at the treasury
under the Act 6. April
1808 from 4 Sep 1839 to 12
January 1840, agt notified
3d May 1840

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FREE
J L Edwards Esq
Pension Commission
Washington City
D.C.
(vertically on left side) :
(illegible)
Mary Gaines
27 July 48
5742  Ten

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Jonesborough Ten, Feby 22nd 1849
J L Edwards Esq,
	Sir  enclosed you will receive the
declaration of Mrs Mary Gains, (the widow of Ambrose
Gains) in order to obtain the benefits of the law of
congress for the relief of the widows of officers & soulder
of the Revolutionary War.) which you will examine &
if found correct you will please issue a certificate for
her benefit & enclose it to me, at Jonesborough Tenn
				Your obt servt
				Morley Embree

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10.797.
	(illegible) 1843_ 6076
Mary Gaines
	Ten.
Act July 7th 38
(illegible)
8 m.
     priv
$26.66 per an
(illegible)  Jany 12th
1840
Also issue (illegible)
under act mar 3d 1843
Hon A Johnson
Greenville
Ten

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			Jonesborough May 8th 1849
	Dear Sir,
		Permit me to call your attention to the
pension claims of Mrs Gaines & Birdwell whose declaration
I forwarded to your office by mail some two months
or more ago.  I have heard nothing from them since 
whether they received or were lost by mail or if re-
ceived whether they were valid or not   please give
them the attention due & answer me how they
are disposed of  & much oblige        your (illegible)
				Morley Embre

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			TREASURY DEPARTMENT
			  SECOND COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE,
				march 28th, 1845
Sir:
	Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled “An Act
directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners,
and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United
States,”  and the third section of the Act of august 23, 1842, extending
the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pen=
sion agents, the widow of Ambrose Gaines, decd
a Pensioner on the roll of the Jonesborough, Ten,
Agency, at the rate of Twenty Six Dollars
and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June
1832, has been paid at this Department, from the
4th of Sept. 1839, to the 12th of January 1840,
		Respectfully, yours,
		Albion K Parris
			Comptroller
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, 
			Present.

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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES		Division of Veterans’ Administration Archives
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD
NAME  Gaines, Hugh	GRADE  Private		LINE  Maryland
Warrant Number  11274	Acreage  100	Issued  February 7, 1790
						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.
•