Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 913-100, for William Hunt, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn
Hunt William
B.L.W. 913-100
CONTENTS

Ulanant ipae
No 913 -

913 S
William Hunt, private Pennsylvania line
Warrant ipd th April 27 1820
How James Parker —

Madison (Mr) March 30. 1820
Dear Sir I wish you to make out and transmit by the Hon James Parker, Member of Congress my Warrant for bounty land to which I became entitled in consequence of my enlisting and serving the U.S. during the war of the Revolution
I am sir your Obedient Humble Servt
William Hunt mark
Hon. Secretary of War—

Wm Hunt Madison ex Somers - Power of attorney
Oct 12 1819
No corroborative evidence or author receipts for the Wm
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KNOW all Men by these Presents, That I W m Hunt of Madison in the County of Somerset & commonwealth of Massachusetts late a Soldier in the Capt. Pratt's company 6 th Regiment Pennsylvania line enlisted in 1779 for 9 months after wards for & during the war and did actually serve to the close of the war of the Revolution discharged from Capt. Pratt's company 1 st Reg t Colonel Butler in 1783. Lost my discharge & yrs since
have made, constituted and appointed, and by these presents do make, constitute and ap- point Silas Bates of the town of Halfwell in the County of Kennebec and State of Massachusetts my legal representative and lawful attorney, for me and in my name and behalf, to demand and receive of and from the proper officer of the United States, or such other person as may be duly authorised my Bounty Land to which I am entitled by virtue of the several Acts of Congress in consequence of services per- formed by me during the war of the Revolution also to receive from the State of Pennsylvania my Bounty Land to which I am entitled by virtue of several acts of the Legislature of said State
And the said Silas Bates is hereby authorised and di- rected to execute in my name and behalf the proper receipt and legitimate acquittance for the same, and all other writings, necessary in my name, to make, do, seal and execute in as ample and complete a manner to all intents and purposes as I might or could do were I per- sonally present at the doing thereof.—And one or more attorneys or substitutes under him to duly make and appoint, and at pleasure revoke their powers; and whatsoever my said attorney or his substitutes may lawfully do in the
contained I hereby irrevocably ratify and confirm. premises by virtue of the power herein my hand and affixed my seal, this twelfth In witness whereof I have hereunto set In presence of twelfth day of October A. D. 1819 Dan Steward Jr  William Hunt mark
STATE OF Massachusetts } PERSONALLY APPEARED William Hunt COUNTY OF Somerset ss. } to me well known, and made oath in due form of law, that he is the same person described in and who executed the above power of attorney, and the same is his free, voluntary act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
Sworn and subscribed before me, this twelfth day of October A. D. 1819 William W Fuller } Justice of the Peace for the county of Somerset aforesaid
STATE OF Massachusetts } PERSONALLY APPEARED Daniel Steward Jr Somerset COUNTY, ss. } Esaias and Amos Jones and being duly sworn according to law, do depose and say, that they and each of them are personally acquainted with the person who has executed the above power of attorney, and well know him to be the person described therein. & that he is now known by the name of William Mansfield having changed his name as he says from Mumford to Hunt in the year 1776 on account of his desertion from the British troops then at Quebec & by which Mansfield he enlisted & served in the United States as above stated
Sworn and subscribed before me, this twelfth day of October A. D. 1819 and I hereby certify that the above deponents are in my opinion credible witnesses. } William W Fuller Justice of the Peace Dan Steward Jr Amos Jones
Witnesses John Ford of the County of Somerset  Capt. Pratt  Leicester Capt. Mansfield  Leicester  General Williams  Philadelphia Adrian Hovey " " " " " "

STATE OF
COUNTY, ss. }
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this
day of me
one thousand eight hundred and
before
for said County, personally appeared
one of the Justices of the Peace in and
and
and made solemn oath in due form of law that
Wm Hunt Harrison Esq. Somerset - Penn of attorney
Oct 12 1819
the coroner's inquest evidence or affidavit transcribed for the test
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Sworn and subscribed before me, this day of And I hereby certify the above deponent opinion credible witness
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in my
STATE OF Massachusetts
Sussex
COUNTY, ss. }
I
John Davis Clerk of the Superior Court Widow for & within said County of Somerset and a Justice of the Peace John Davis in & for said County
do hereby certify that William D. Fille before whom and at the time when the within acknowledgements and affidavits were made, was a Justice of the Peace duly qualified for that purpose, acting under the authority of this State, and that his name thereunto subscribed, is his own proper signature. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal
this twentieth day of January
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
Twenty
John Davis