Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1978-100, John Waterfield, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Waterfield, John
B.L. Mt. 1978-100
CONTENTS

John Waterfield
Claim for U.S. Bounty -
Recd Nov r 2, 1833
John Waterfield N o 1978.

The deposition of Elizabeth Hickman who being duly sworn says that she was well acquainted with John Waterfield of this county & that he was a soldier in the Virginia line in the Revolutionary War and served as she always understood to the end of the War, and that it was the same John Waterfield who was the uncle of Nancy Brickhouse wife of Thomas, and of Peggy White wife of George D White - and that said John Waterfield left no issue - as he was never married.
Elizabeth Hickman her X Mark
State of Virginia Northampton County October 14: 1833
This day Elizabeth Hickman made oath before me to the truth of the above deposition & I certify that she is entitled to full confidence as a witness.
Wm. W. West J.P.

STATE OF Virginia COUNTY OF Northampton
I George D White heir at law of John Waterfield do upon my oath declare and testify, that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the said John Waterfield did enlist in your unknown for the term of during the War
and served in the Regiment, No. unknown
under the command of Colonel (unknown) as a soldier of cavalry
of the Continental line, and that he continued in the service until the War ended .
I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to said John
Waterfield on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or
transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever: Therefore Know all Men by these Presents, That
I George D White aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint Vespasian Ellis
of Accomack , Virginia, to be my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to demand and
receive from the Secretary of War of the United States; a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid;
and my said attorney is hereby fully authorised and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes
or attorneys under him for the special purposes above expressed. Witness my hand and seal this 18th
day of October 1833
ATTEST
W. G. Pitts
George D White 
PERSONALLY APPEARED THE ABOVE NAMED George D White subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the Power of Attorney thereto subscribed to be his act and deed. Witness my hand and seal this 18th day of Oct 1833
W. G. Pitts 
IN TESTIMONY that the above written William W West and William G Pitts Esquires were
Magistrate & authorised to administer Oaths and take acknowledgments, &c. in the State of Virginia at the above date & and that their name & subscribed to the foregoing
certificate & &c. appear to be their usual signature & I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office, and sub-
scribed my name and quality as Clerk of Northampton Court at Northampton Co this 18th day of October 1833
Louis R. Rogers D.C. for N. J. Hinds C.N.C.

At a Monthly Court held in & for Northampton County at the Court-house thereof, of Monday the 11th day of Oc- tober 1833
It is ordered to be certified to the Secretary of War that John Waterfield a Revolutionary Soldier died without issue & unmarried leaving two brothers William & Richard his only heirs at law — that William died leaving two children his only heirs viz: Nancy & John — that Nancy is now the wife of Thomas S. Brickhouse & that John Wa- terfield is dead leaving Ann Waterfield his daughter & only heir: That Richard Waterfield died leaving two chil- dren & heirs viz: Thomas & Peggy — That the said Thomas died leaving Margaret & Thomas his children & only heirs at law & that the said Peggy is now the wife of George D. White. And that it appears to the court that the said Nancy Brickhouse, Ann Waterfield, Margaret Waterfield Thomas Waterfield & Peggy White are at present the only heirs at law of the said John Waterfield a Revolutionary soldier as aforesaid.
State of Virginia — Northampton County, Set:
I, Nathaniel J. Skinner, Clerk of the Court of the County a- foresaid in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the fore- going is a true transcript from the records of the said Court.
In testimony whereof, I hereto set my hand as Clerk aforesaid & annex the seal of the said Court this eighteenth day of October Anno Domini Eighteen hundred & thirty three & in the 58th year of our Lord.
Louis R. Rogers D.C. for N. J. Skinner C.N.C.

Accomack Co Va Nov 15 1833 Recd of the Hon Secy of War by mine a Warrant for two acres of land issued to the heirs of John W Attefield of the Virginia Line for his services as a soldier for the War which warrant is dated Nov 7th 1833 & Numbered 1978.
Wm Ellis Atty