Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 912-300, for Thomas Hunt, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Hunt, Thomas
B.L.H. 912-300-Capt Issued Oct. 26, 1789
No papers
CONTENTS

Oct 23-1937
Veterans Administration Washington D.C.
Dear Sir - The Department of the Interior sent me the following data and suggested that you might be able to give me something more of Thomas Hunt - I should like any family data which you maybe able to give me for either of the following Thomas Hunts - Should like also to know where they lived during the Rev. Please answer - my last few letters of inquiry have not been answered - and though the Veterans Administration is the only possible place where this data can be secured -
" Military bounty land warrant no 912 for 300 acres issued October 26, 1789, to a Thomas Hunt. This warrant was located by Jesse and Abijah Hunt and others to whom it was

evidently assigned, together with other warrants aggregating 4,000 acres on lot 2 T. 6 N., R. 4 W., Coshocton County, within the U.S. Military District, Ohio.
Military bounty land warrant no 987 for 200 acres issued July 18, 1791, to a Thomas Hunt. This warrant was located by Mathias Heman to whom it was assigned, together with other warrants on lot 3, T. 24, R. 11 W., in Licking County, within the U.S. Military District, Ohio.
Where did these Thomas Hunt's serve from, what state? And do you have record of any other Thomas Hunt's service. The Thomas Hunt whose record I am trying to establish might have served as a Chaplain for he was pastor at The Two Ridge and Yellow Creek Pres. Ch. - 1816-36 - And help will be so gratefully received
Very Truly
Mrs G.W. Weede

October 29, 1937
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Mrs. Garfield W. Weede 12 Quincy Court Pittsburg, Kansas
Thomas Hunt B.L. Wt. 912-300 *****
Thomas Hunt W. 18083 *****
Dear Madam:
BA-J/MLB
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Thomas Hunt to whom Bounty Land Warrant No. 912 was issued October 26, 1789, for three hundred acres of land, located by Jesse and Abijah Hunt and others, also, the record of Thomas Hunt, on account of whose service in the Revolution, Warrant No. 987 was issued July 18, 1791, for two hundred acres of bounty land.
The records of both Thomas Hunts described by you have been found and are furnished herein as shown in the papers on file in the claim for bounty land of the one, and in the claims for pension and bounty land of the other, based upon their service in the Revolutionary War.
THOMAS HUNT B.L. Wt. 912-300
The Revolutionary War records of this office show that Warrant No. 912, for three hundred acres of bounty land, was issued October 26, 1789, on account of the services of Thomas Hunt as Captain in the Massachusetts Line, War of the Revolution.
This office has no record of the statements made in the application for bounty land, because of the destruction of papers in such early applications when the War Office was burned in 1800, therefore, no further data relative to Thomas Hunt.
If you desire information in regard to location of the land granted in this case, you should write to The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish that official the number of the warrant, the acreage and date of issuance.
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THOMAS HUNT
W. 18083
You are furnished herein the record of Thomas Hunt as shown in the papers on file in claim for pension, W. 18083, and in the claim for bounty land, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Thomas Hunt was born July 27, 1746. The place of his birth and names of parents are not shown.
While residing in Stillwater, New York, he entered the service in the early part of the Revolutionary War, served as sergeant, then as ensign, no details given. November 21, 1776, he was made 2 nd Lieutenant; November 9, 1777, was commissioned Lieutenant in the 4 th New York Regiment and served until January 1, 1781; November 2, 1781, he was commissioned Captain in Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Wiessenfels' New York Regiment, and served to the end of the war. He was in the battle of Fort Stanwix and others, names not stated.
On account of the above-noted service, Thomas Hunt was allowed two hundred acres of bounty land on Warrant No. 987, issued July 18, 1791. If you desire information in regard to location of that land, you should apply to the same official as instructed in the other case, and furnish the number of the warrant, the acreage and date of issuance.
Thomas Hunt died December 25, 1818, in Stillwater, New York.
He married February 9 or 19, 1773, in Stillwater, New York, Jerusha, daughter of Ephraim Woodworth, a captain in the Revolutionary War. Jerusha Woodworth was born April 16, 1757; the name of her mother is not stated.
Jerusha Hunt was allowed pension on account of the services of her husband, Captain Thomas Hunt, in the Revolutionary War, on her application executed June 23, 1848, while a resident of Stillwater, New York. She died April 7, 1849.
The names of the following children of Thomas Hunt and his wife, Jerusha, are shown:
Mary Hunt, born March 22, 1774, died March 28, 1797 Susannah " " April 1, 1776, " June 25, 1795 Jeams " " February 29, 1778 Elizabeth " " March 17, 1780 Edward " " April 22, 1782 Pamela " " October 23, 1784 Annah " " December 3, 1786 Thomas " " April 4, 1789

Children of Thomas and Jerusha Hunt continued -
John Hunt, born June 27, 1791, died July 8, 1811 Selph(?) " August 23, 1793 Moses " " November 30, 1795, died October 2, 1796 Moses " " June 15, 1797 Haley(?) " May 20, 1803
The following data appear, also:
Moses Hunt Yong, born October 5, 1799, died October 8, 1801 Zilva Wing (questionable-not clearly written) died January 25, 1840.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Mass
Hunt Thomas
B.L.Wt. 912-300 - baph Issued Oct. 26, 1789. No papers.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Hunt, Thomas GRADE Private LINE New Hampshire
WARRANT NUMBER 3191 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Aug. 11, 1790 to Robt. Dunlap
*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.