Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 770, Henry C Van Nortwick, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Van Nortwick, Henry C.
S. 770
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New Jersey 9911-
Henry C Van Nortwick of New Brunswick in the State of N J who was a P. of. In the Co. comman by Captain _____ of the Reg comman by Col. Smith in the N Jersey line for Militia. 22 mi & Coraly-
Inscribed on the Roll of N J at the rate of 81 Dollars 63 Cents per annu. to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Dec 1833 and sent to H. C. V. Randolph, Present.
Arrears to the 14th of March 33 p 16. . . Semi-ant. allowance ending Sep. 1. 33. 110 8
$ 204 01
2 n 9-
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk
Book 6 Vol. 3 Page 13 R

Henry C. Van Kortwyk
I hereby consent that the service of the time of the within affli- cant be computed at twenty two months.
June 25 '33. J. H. Knapp

State of New Jersey Middlesex county ss.
On this fifteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the inferior court of common Pleas in & for the county of Middlesex in the State of New Jersey being a court of record and now sitting Henry C. Van Kort- with a resident in the city of New Brunswick county of Middlesex & State of New Jersey who being first duly sworn according to law & being examined & interrogated according to the instructions from the war department doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7. 1832
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That he was born on the 15 th day of November in the year 1757 & will be seventy five years of age in November next - was born in the Township of Franklin county of Somerset & State aforesaid & resided there at the commencement of the revolutionary war & when he was called into service & continued to reside there till about 30 years since when he removed to the adjacent county of Middlesex where he has lived ever since - He has a record of his age now in his own possession & taken or copied by himself from his father's bible -
He entered the service of the United States as a volunteer in the militia of New Jersey in the year 1776 in the month of March in the company commanded by Captain Henry Probasco who was succeeded in command by Captain

boundless lotte under whom he marched to Staten Island where he remained a short time but cannot tell how long. After the British fleet came to Long Island he then served by the month as a volunteer soldier in the militia, that is to say he served his regular monthly tours, as a private under Captain Abraham Van Nest till the battle of Monmouth in June 1778. During this time he served at Hackensack, Springfield, Eliz- abethtown, Bergen, Paulus Hook, & Woodbridge, but how many months in the whole or how many months in each place he is totally un- able from frailty of memory at his advan- ced age to say. He is certain however that he never missed a regular tour & always turned out when called. The militia in New Jersey were generally divided into claps & each clap the served a month in its turn. He recollects the names of no other officers under whom he served previous to the battle of Monmouth than Captain Provance & Van Nest. Was at the battle of Monmouth, after which he joined a com- pany of Light horse commanded by Capt. John Stryker & Lieutenant Ryerson right in which he served taking his regular tours till the battle of Springfield in 1780 & as he thinks in the month of June. He was engaged in the battle of Springfield under the officers last named & Colonel Smith. While he was attached to Capt. Stryker's company, he was select- ed by Col. Field of Frelinghuysen to carry dis- patches from him to General Washington then at West-point. Other officers with whom he served during the revolution & to whom he was well known known were Col. Wm. Baird

Henry Van Dyke & Abraham Quick. It has become impossible for him at this advanced age & so many years after the events to give a more detailed statement of his services than he has above & he can only add that his service as a soldier during the war at different periods exceeded two years in the whole & that he never at any time served as a substitute and always as a volunteer. To the best of his recollection he never received a written discharge from the service or if he did the same is lost, nor has he any documentary evidence of his service but can refer to Capt. S. M. ...  Peter Montfort  above mentioned who are still living & can bear testimony to the facts above mentioned relative to his service - He is also well known to the Rev J. S. Cannon and to Isaac Van Buren Esq. who reside in his neighbourhood & can testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution. And he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State -
I swear to & subscribe in open court the above year aforesaid
his Henry Van Dyke mark
State of New Jersey
Microfilm copy p. 3 I Peter Montfort of the county of Somerset do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named applicant knew him during the

revolutionary war & knew that he served as a soldier during that war & have no doubt but that he served as he states Sworn & subscribed in open court the day of aforesaid N. Boorman
J. M. [?]
We J. S. Cannon a duggeman residing in the city of New Brunswick and State of New Jersey - also resident in said city here by certify that we are well acquainted with Henry C. Van Nortwick who has sub- scribed and sworn to the above declara- tion, that we believe him to be of the age of seventy five years or thereabouts - That he is reputed and believed in the neigh- borhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion -
Sworn & subscribed in open court the day of aforesaid N. Boorman
Jas. S. Cannon State Farm District
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that after the investigation of the matter and after putting the inter- rogatories prescribed by the war depart- ment that the above named appli- cant was a soldier of the revolution & served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that James H. Cannon who has signed the proceedings

certificate is a legitimate resident in the city of New Brunswick & that Isaac Van Dusen - who has also signed the same is also a resident in said city and is an credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit - Dated Sept m 11. 1832 - Robert McElroy N. Voorhies B. Ford
I Francis J. Van Arsdale clerk of the Inferior court of common Pleas in & for the county of Middlesex do hereby certify that the above forgoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Henry C. Van Nortwick for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this nineteenth day of Septem- ber in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two - F. J. Van Arsdale clerk

Henry C. Van Kortlandt Application for pension
8718 —
Certificate to be sent to James D. Morris W. Brown R. Sney

State of New Jersey Middlesex county to Personallly appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the county of Middlesex Henry C. Van Antwerp who being duly sworn deponeth that by reason of old age & consequent loss of memory he cannot speak positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods below in the following grades. He was enrolled & mustered & ordered out in March 1776 & was marched to Staten Island & returned soon again. In May of the same year he was ordered out & served two months under Captain Henry Overkerke & was stationed at Woodbridge & marched to Paulus Hook & New York - The enemy then lay in York Bay. In July left & Nov r 1776 he was ordered out & served 3 months under Captain Lott & Overkerke & was on the Woodbridge station guarding the line engaged in scouting parties and watching the enemy then lying on Staten Island. During the winter of 1776 - 1777 he was compelled to be away from home & shift the best way he could the enemy then being in New Brunswick. In May 1777 he was again ordered out & served 6 months under Captain Overkerke Lott & Van Ruyven & John Baird & Major Bill Baird & Colonel Litch & Van Dyke - During which he was at Woodbridge watching - Star - Amboy & all along the lines - the enemy lying on the Island & frequently coming on the Island & at one time capturing two Tories who were with the enemy on the Island - In June 1778 he was again ordered out & served a month under Capt. Van Ruyven & Major Mersereau & was marched to Maiden Head & back again then immediately
2 mo
3 mo
6 mo
1 mo

Marched again to Maiden Head then to Mount Dolly & the Black Horse & engaged in cutting down bridges among the red coats. Escorted by them just before the enemy came up on the opposite shore & then to Monmouth & came in contact with a part of the army under Lee & although not in the battle was engaged in that portion of the state. In the summer of 1778 & after that long march he enlisted in a company of horse & was ordered out about 10 months during the years '78 & '79 under Captain Stephen Lint By the 1st Penna. Key Stone Bats. I think I was stationed in the middle of New Jersey at the Woodbridge Station principally in the County of Somerset engaged in scouting parties & watching the moves of the enemy. I rode hundreds of miles every day for part of by Col. Klinghoffer & defeated with others at Washington I came there for 3 days and delivered them to Washington himself engaged as he found him at breakfast. In the summer of 1780 he was again ordered out served 6 months being out at least every other month under Captain Stephen & Colonel Peter Schuyler & stationed at Woodbridge Clinton town & guarding all along the shore watching the enemy & their plundering parties. — the enemy were on the Island part of the time but the Hessians were within half a mile of their guard at Wheat Sheaf I was once shot at by the Hessians on guard & heard the bullets whistle by his head. During all the time he served as a private & from Jan 1778 he served as a private in the body of horse furnishing his own horse & was out at times on various services but cannot now particularly designate & for
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Her Services claimed & decision thereon. In the matter of the 19 th to Henry P. his son Anthony day of June A.D. 1832 Upon the Petition of P. Pennycuick } Justice of the Peace }
has really appeared before me the evidence of the goodness of a man in the courts of Middlesex Harry Luydun who being duly sworn on his bible said that he recollects seeing Mary E. Van Antwerp there in the first term in the summer of 1877 frequently & the month under Captain Luydun presided & frequently saw him in the horse service in 1878 & the month under Capt. Wythe who was not a great deal & believes the last Van Antwerp served Mary Luydun she was
This affidavit was subscribed before me the 19 th Jan A.D. 1833 As to the said H. Hendrick Snyder that the said H. Snyder is a credible person & his statement is entitled to credit.
Peter T. Runyon Justice of the Peace
The 12 judges of the Assize Court of Common Pleas in for the said county of Middlesex do further certify that Peter Norbert & Henry Luyden who have signed the jurors out of court are credible persons & their state- ments entitled to credit.
Peter L. Henson
Dear Friend

I Nicholas Booram Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the county of Middlesex State of New York do hereby certify that Peter P. Burrough within mentioned is a justice of the Peace duly commissioned & that his signature is in his own proper hand writing & That the foregoing contains the original Supplemental declaration of proceedings in the matter of Henry C. Van Rensselaer an applicant for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this twentieth day of June A.D. 1833 N Booram Clerk

Treasury Department,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
May 24, 1854
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 Pension Agents,
the Adm'r, of Henry C. Van Northwick, dec.
a Pensioner on the Roll of the New Jersey Agency, at the rate of Eighty one Dollars and 63 Cents per annum under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1835, to the 6 th July 1835.
Respectfully, yours,
9911
J. M. Brooke Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

80671.8
Henry L. Van Kortrick N.J.
4.16 \frac{2}{3}
Return e i f
Admitted
Compt. of Dragoons 10 mo do Infantry - 12 do
$ 81.63 -
Hon J. F. Randolph Pudup Jul 1. 1862 from Brunswick New Jersey

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
3 d June — 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Henry Van Nortwick of Middlesex Co. N.J.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Vol. 1776 After the Battle of Morristown 1780 alleges that from loss of memory he cannot specify the length of various terms of service - but that he served regularly his monthly term besides being often called out on occasion of alarm - so that his whole service during the war exceeded 5000 Years Private Light Infantry Capt Henry Prolaceo Capt Corneliu Sdotte Capt Abraham Van Nest Capt John Stryker - 2 d Lieut Reynier Bright Colo Smith Minturn Springfield To Hackensack Springfield Elizabeth Bergen Raritan Woodbridge Township of Cranborne County of Somerset State of New Jersey Aged 74 Testimony of Living Witness  
x whole service
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
x selected from the ranks

 REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. 
The following regulations have been adopted:
 This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. 
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared ( a ) before A. B. a resident ( b ) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged ( c ) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year ( d ) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ ( e ) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
 If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
 (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in their office.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (1) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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 amount of pension he is entitled. In a 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 appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. 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."
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 that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

New War
INVALID.
File No.
770 Henry G. Van Nortwick, Pro. N. J. Line.
Act:
June 7, 1882.
Index:—Vol.
2 , Page 386
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Vanoss, Cornelius GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7907 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED October 27, 1791 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.