Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1118-100, Francis Wright, Conn

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn
★ Wright, Francis
B.L.Wt. 1118 - 100
CONTENTS

✦ 1080
The being at law of Francis Wright of the Connecticut line
also allowed under ✦ W. 1118 in lieu of W. 1080 which he lost. Warrant issued
Feby 17 th 1824

Revolutionary claim Francis Wright— Warrant ysd N o 1080
February 16 th 1824

6a pr. Francis Wright
War Department
W City

I, Francis Wright, a citizen of the United States and son and heir at Law of Francis Wright deceased do upon oath testify and declare that in the year 1777 my said father entered the service of the United States in the War of the Revolution against the common enemy of his Country for (as I believe) for the term of during the War, and served in the Regiment N o — under command of Colonel Meigs of the Connecticut line; and that he continued in the service aforesaid to the best of my knowledge & belief until the close of the War, in 1783, when he was regularly discharged from the same Regiment & line — His discharge is now lost or mislaid, so that I cannot produce it to corroborate the above statement. I further declare to my best knowledge & belief that he never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to him on the part of the United States; nor did he ever assign or transfer his claim to any person in any manner whatever to the knowledge of the deponent. And I further declare that neither myself nor any other of his heirs have ever received that gratuity.
Washington February 12. 1824
F Wright

District of Columbia County of Washington ss
On this 16 th day of February 1824, personally appears before the subscribers, one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said County, Francis Wright, and makes oath in due form of law, that the within statement subscribed by him, and every matter and thing therein contained is to the best of his knowledge and belief true. Witness my hand
J. N. Mauldin Justice of the Peace

County of Washington Dist. of Col. 12 Feby 1824 } 55
Personally appeared this day before me the Sub-Scrivener an Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid; Joseph H Pierce and made oath in due form of law, that he is and has been for many years well acquainted with Francis Wright now a Clerk in the War Department; that he is the son of Francis Wright of Boston deceased that he the deponent was for many years a near neighbor to the said and was intimate in his family, and that he knows the said Francis Wright of the War Department to be the eldest son of the said deceased.
Joseph H Pierce
Tho: Cartwright } J Peace }
Then appeared also Geo Sullivan and also made oath in due form of law, that he knew Francis Wright of Boston deceased and that Francis Wright of the War Department was always taken and reported to be the son of the said deceased.
Geo Sullivan
Tho: Cartwright } J Peace }
111 4/10

Memorandum. The two Deponents within mentioned, Messrs Joseph H. Pierce & George Sullivan, are actually Commissioners on the part of the State of Massachusetts for Adjusting the Accts of that State with the Govt. of the United States.
J. H. Pierce.
Section of Bounty Lands - War Dept. Feb. 10 th 1821.