Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 2361-500, Frederick Weissenfels, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Weissenfels, Frederick
B.L.H. 2361-500 a.
Lt. Col. Commandant Issued Jan. 29, 1790
CONTENTS
No papers

SAXON B. GAVITT
LYONS, N. Y.
June 13, 1938
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
I am anxious to find the burial place of my Great-Great-Great Grandfather, Col. Frederick H. Baron De Weissenfels who served with some distinction in the Revolutionary War. If I am not addressing this letter correctly, will you please turn it over to the proper bureau for reply?
Col. Weissenfels was a resident of New York and I am told died on May 14, 1806 at New Orleans. A newspaper notice which I own speaks of his having died at New Orleans where "a military escort under the command of Lieutenant Taylor conducted his remains to the grave". I do not know whether the clipping was taken from a New York or New Orleans paper. If you could give me any information as to where this man is buried, I should appreciate it.
Yours truly

August 17, 1938
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Mr. Saxon B. Gavitt Lyons New York
FREDERICK WEISSENVELS B.L. Wt. 2361-500 BA-J/MSP:MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to the burial place of your ancestor, Colonel Frederick H. Baron De Weissenfels, who served with distinction in the Revolutionary War.
It is regretted that this office is unable to furnish the information you seek.
The Revolutionary War records of this office show in regard to this officer, only that Bounty Land Warrant No. 2361, for five hundred acres of bounty land, was issued January 29, 1790, on account of his service as Lieutenant Colonel Commandant in the New York line in the Revolutionary War.
There are no statements on file which were made by the applicant for this bounty land warrant because of the destruction of papers in such early applications, when the War Office was burned in 1800, hence, no information in regard to his family, details of his service, birth or death, residences, etc.
For further information in regard to this officer, it is suggested that you apply to The Director of the New York State Library, Albany, New York, and to The Adjutant General, War Department, this city.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

New York
Weissenfels, Frederick,
B.L. # 2361-500. St. Col. bond Issued Jan. 29, 1790. no papers.