Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 247-200, John Bush, S.C.

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S C                       Bush, John               B.L. Wt.  247-200  Lt.
Issued July 3, 1797 to the heirs.

Also recorded under B.L. Wt.  2687- issued same date to Isabella Lacombe in behalf
of herself and as assignee of her sister Martha Nelson.. The oly surviving children and heirs.
No papers.

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S.C. Bush John         B.L. Wt. 247-200- Lieut

Issued July 3, 1797 to
The heirs
Also recorded under
B.L.Wt 2687 - issued same date 
to Isabel Lacombe in behalf of
herself and as  assignee of her
sister Martha Nelson the only
surviving children and heirs
no papers.

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Kenyon Stevenson
Lancaster, PA. 

Armstrong Corlt Ceo.,

103 South President Ave., 
April 27, 1929.

Pension Department, 
Washington, D. C. 

Gentlemen:      Do the pension records for the Revolutionary War contain any information concerning Lieutenant John Bush, of the Second South Carolina Regiment, who was killed in the assault on Savannah on October 9, 1779? There is mention of this officer by name in Lessing’s “Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution,” as well as in other early and detailed narratives of the Southern Campaigns. 

This John Bush was a brother to my great-great-grandmother, Jane Bush Shelburne, and as I am writing a history of this particular line, I should like to get his complete record. Was bounty land granted to his heirs, or was pension paid to a widow? If you have a record on him I should appreciate highly, your sending me all the biographical data it shows. 

Very truly yours, 
Kenyon Stevenson

Stamp: REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS SECTION 
APR 29 1929
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

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Rev. &1812 Wars Section.
MMHF

                               May 16, 1929.

Kenyon Stevenson,
103 South President Avenue,
Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Sir:
        I advise you that from the records of this bureau it appears that Warrant No. 247 for 200 acres of bounty land was issued July 3, 1797 to the heirs, on account of the service of John Bush, Lieutenant in the South Carolina Line, War of the Revolution.   It also appears that Warrant No. 2687 was issued the same date to Isabella Lacombe in behalf of herself and as assignee of her sister, Martha Nelson, the only surviving children and heirs.
     There are no further data relative to his services and family, due to the destruction of papers in such claims when the War Office was burned in November 1800.
                          Respectfully,



                                           E.W. MORGAN,
                                           Acting Commissioner.