Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File [BLANK], John Turner, Continental (Penn.)

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Continental (Penn.)
Turner, John
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Turner, John
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of Pennsylvania, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on December 31, 1794, and printed in the American State Papers class 9, page 145
Rank: Private
Regt: Col. Noylan's dragoons, 4th. regiment.
Disability: Wounded in his arm and leg.
When and where disabled: June, 1777, near Brunewick.
Residence: Philadelphia
To what pension entitled: One-third.
Remarks: Not found on the rolls.
Evidence imperfect, viz: no evidence of the existence of his disability for the first two years, immediately after leaving the service, and to the present time, and of his mode of life, &c; no evidence why application was not made prior to December 11, 1788.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Turner, John GRADE Private LINE Delaware
WARRANT NUMBER 10894 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED March 6, 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.