Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 9442, for Comfort Shaw, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Shaw Comfort Mary
R 9442
CONTENTS

Mary Shaw's Declaration & oath of two witnesses.

Declaration
State of Pennsylvania } County of Luzerne } ss.
On this 10th day of January 1852. personally came before me the undersigned one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the County & State aforesaid, Mary Shaw, aged Eighty five years; who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath aforesaid make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838. entitled 'an act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows' & the first Resolution of Congress approved July 7. 1838.
That she resides in Exeter Township, in the County & State aforesaid. That she is the widow of Comfort Shaw deceased, who was a private in the war of the Revolution, but she is not able to state what Company he was in nor by whom commanded, nor the Number of the Regiment, nor the name of the Col o nor whether he was enlisted - or drafted or volunteered nor how long he continued in the Service.
She further states that she was married to the said Comfort Shaw sometime during the Summer of the year 1783. by one Col o William Pierce a Justice of the peace in & for the County of Dutchess, State of New York; that she does not know that there is any record public or private, of her said Marriage; that her name before her marriage with said Comfort Shaw was Mary Billings; that her husband, Comfort Shaw died at Exeter, in the County & State aforesaid on the 7 th day of October 1833. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service, but the Marriage took place previous to the first day of January 1794, viz: at the time above stated, & that she has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband & Comfort Shaw, as will appear by the proof hereto annexed.
Sworn to & subscribed before me on the day & year above written
Mary J. Shaw mark
+
My comp present Benez. Jenkins Henry Overstreet
William Hancock (Judge Adm.) a Judge of Luzerne Common Pleas

Affidavit of two Witnesses
State of Pennsylvania } County of Luzerne } ss:
On this Nineteenth day of January 1852 personally came before me the undersigned, Benjamin Jenkins and William Love both to me personally known of lawful age, & respectable & credible witnesses, who being duly sworn according to law, say, that Comfort Shaw, the husband of Mary Shaw, died at Exeter Township in the County of Luzerne & State of Pennsylvania on the 7 th day of October 1833. as stated in Mary Shaw's declaration & that they have known the said Mary Shaw ever since his death, & that they are personally knowing to the said Mary Shaw remaining a widow ever since his decease & that she is then & has been totally blind for about 14 years.
Benj. Jenkins William Love
I Certify that I am acquainted with Benjamin Jenkins and William Love & that they are persons of truth & veracity & respectable in their neighborhood
William Hancock Associate Judge of Luzerne Common Pleas.
I William Hancock a Judge of Luzerne Common Pleas above & within named, before whom the declaration of Mary Shaw, the applicant for a pension within named, before whom the proceedings were held, do hereby certify & declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter, that her said husband Comfort Shaw was a Revolutionary Soldier. & I further certify that in my opinion her declaration is true, according to her best recollection & that she is totally unable from bodily infirmity & old age to attend court for the purpose of making her declaration.
William Hancock Associate Judge, of Luzerne Common Pleas, State of Pennsylvania

State of Pennsylvania } County of Luzerne } ss.
I Samuel Hodgdon, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that William Hancock, before whom the foregoing affidavits were made, was at the time of making the same one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Luzerne, and that full faith and credit are due to all his acts as such, and that his signature appended to said Affidavits are genuine,
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court of Common Pleas this Twentieth day of January A D 1852,
Samuel Hodgdon. Clerk.

State of Pennsylvania, County of Luzerne } 35
On the 13 th day of December A D 1851 before the subscribed a Justice of the Peace duly qualified and authorized to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared
Thirza Cary of Pittston — Township in the County and State aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law declares that she was seventy eight years of age on the eleventh day of February 1851 and that she has been acquainted with Mrs Mary Shaw widow of Comfort Shaw deceased that she was also well acquainted with her father and mother and that she has always understood by unquestionable information that Comfort Shaw, Senior was a Captain in the War of the Revolution and also that Comfort Shaw, junior the husband of said Mary Shaw was a private soldier in said war, and that the said Comfort Shaw junior and Mary Shaw lived together as husband and wife from the time she was first acquainted with them until his death, that is for upwards of fifty seven years and that they raised a family of eleven children whose names and ages are as follows, to wit: Elizabeth born in 1784 Comfort now living aged 65 years John deceased if living would now be 63 years of age, Increase deceased would now be 61 years of age, Catherine living fifty eight years of age James living 58 years of age, Cyrus living about 53 years of age, Mary living 51 years of age, Henry living 49 years of age Samuel deceased would now be about 42 years of age, Nancy deceased would now be about 46 years of age and that the foregoing statements are

to the best of her recollection just and true and that she the said Thirza A. - Gary is entirely disinterested therein.
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year above written
Thirza Gary
Henry Woodhouse J.P.
Signed and delivered in the presence of us Henry Woodhouse Henry Courtright
And I certify that Thirza Gary Above named is a credible and responsible Witness Henry Woodhouse J.P.
State of Pennsylvania Suzanne County, St.
I, Samuel Hodgdon, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Henry Wood- house and was at the time of his certificate is an acting Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned and qualified, and that all his acts as such, are entitled to full faith and credit; and further, that I am acquainted with his handwriting, and that his signature as appear above, is true and genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this eighteenth day of December, A. D. 1857.
S. Hodgdon Pro. 1 By C. T. Barum, Deputy.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section AWF/ILL
September 26, 1930.
Mrs. Grace Conn Cooper 1130 Oxley Street South Pasadena, California.
Dear Madam:
You are advised that in the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 9442, it is alleged that Comfort Shaw, Jr. was a private in the New York line during the Revolutionary War, and that Comfort Shaw, Sr. was a captain, but there are no particulars given of the service of either.
Comfort Shaw, Jr. married Mary Billings in Dutchess County, New York, in the summer of 1783. He died October 7, 1833, in Exeter Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
The widow, Mary, applied for pension January 19, 1833, at which time she was residing in Exeter Township, Pennsylvania, and was aged eighty-five years.
Her claim was not allowed as she failed to state her husband's service or to furnish any proof thereof.
In 1831 it was stated that Comfort and Mary Shaw had eleven children: vis. Keniah born in 1784; Comfort aged sixty-five years; John deceased, who would have been sixty-three years; Increase deceased, who would have been sixty-one years; Catharine, fifty-eight years; James, fifty-five years; Cyrus about fifty-three years; Mary, fifty-one years; Henry, forty-nine years; Nancy, deceased, who would have been forty-six years; and Samuel, deceased, who would have been forty-two years.
There are no further family data given.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.

1911 Mar. 27. History to William H. Shaw. letter in S.F. 40398 Schabod Shaw. & 1911 Apr. 3, Mrs. M. A. Wilcox letter in S.F. 39767 Artemadore Ingersoll. & 1930-Sept. 26. H. H. to Mrs. Grace Conn Cooper a/c. See letter in John Horton W. 19806 a/c. P. O.
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1863.
REJECTED
9442
Mary Shaw
Service: widow of Comfort Shaw Jr.
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

X 14.848
Mary Shaw.
wid of Comfort Penn
Set aside by leg.
For H. M. Fidelity Mth 22/85
Greenhouse June 29. 1885
Ad 7 July 1885.

State of Pennsylvania, County of Luzerne } 58
On the 13 th day of December A.D. 1831 before the subscribe a Justice of the Peace duly authorized to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Mrs. Elizabeth Stark of Wilkes-Barre Township County and State aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law saith that she is aged 79 years that she has been intimately acquainted with Mary Shaw widow of Comfort Shaw deceased for upwards of 65 years and for the greater part of that time lived a near neighbor to her. I was also well acquainted with her husband Comfort Shaw junior and know that they lived together as husband and wife and know that they were during the time I knew them always respected and believed to be husband and wife and never heard their marriage doubted or called in question during his life time or since and know that they raised a large family of children which were always considered legitimate that she was living with him the said Comfort Shaw as his wife and had one or two children when I first became acquainted with her which was when they came into this place. I always understood they were married in Dutchess County State of New York by Col. William Pierce a Justice of the Peace in that place to my knowledge and said Pierce was my uncle. It was always reported and believed by the old comrades of said Comfort Shaw junior that he served as a private in the war of the Revolution and

was in the York State line of Soldiers; and that the the said Elizabeth Stark is in no wise interested in the foregoing
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid
Henry Woodhouse A.P.
And I certify that Elizabeth Stark above named is an credible responsible witness
Henry Woodhouse A.P.
Sworn and subscribed in the presence of us who saw her make her mark.
Elisabeth her X Stark mark
George G Stark Catharine B Stark
State of Pennsylvania
Luzerne County, ss.
I, Samuel Hodgdon, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County, and state aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Henry Woodhouse, and was at the time of his certificate is an acting Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned
and qualified, and that all his acts as such, are entitled to full faith and credit; and further, that I am acquainted with his handwriting, and that his signature, as appears above, is true and genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court this eighteenth day of December, A.D. 1857.
S. Hodgdon, Pro. By, C. T. Bowman Deputy

Mary Shaw Power of atty.
A. L. Gage atty.

This may certify that we the undersigned citizens of the Township of Elyta County of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania are and have been well acquainted with Mary Shaw of said Elyta Township for more than thirty years past that she is the widow of Comfort Shaw deceased that they lived together as husband and wife until the time of his death and that during the whole time of our acquaintance with them during the space of twenty years and upwards they lived together as husband and wife — } Sworn and subscribed before me } the 7 th day of April A.D. 1851 } Henry Woodhouse J.P. }
William Ely William Love
Luzerne County
I Samuel McCharragher clerk of the Court of Luzerne County do certify that Henry Woodhouse whose name is subscribed to the above & within affidavit & certificate is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County Regularly commissioned by the Governor of the Common- wealth of Pennsylvania. Witness My Hand & the Seal of the Court of Quarter Sessions of said County, at Wilkes Barre this ninth day of April A.D. 1851
S McCharragher Clerk

State of Pennsylvania, County of Luzerne } ss.
On this 7 th day of April A.D. One thousand eight hundred and fifty one personally appeared before me Henry Woodhouse a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Mary Shaw aged eighty four years, a resident of Exeter township County and State aforesaid who being sworn according to law declare that she is the widow of Comfort Shaw deceased who was a private in the War of the Revolution but is not able to say what Company he was in nor by whom commanded nor what regiment nor whether he was drafted whether he was a volunteer or whether he enlisted nor how long he continued in the service. —
She further states that she was married to the said Comfort Shaw some time during the Summer of the year A.D. 1783 by one Col. Wm. Pierce a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Dutchess State of New York that her husband died at said Exeter township on the 7 th day of October A.D. 1833 that her name before her said marriage was Mary Billings that she is still the widow of said Comfort Shaw that she has never been married since his death. — that she is totally blind and has been for 13 th years.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining a pension to which she may be entitled and also for the purpose of obtaining bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act granting bounty land to certain officers & soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States.
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year above written. And I do hereby certify that I believe the said Mary Shaw to be the identical person married as aforesaid to the said Comfort Shaw and that she is of the age above stated.
Henry Woodhouse J. Peace
Witnesses at signing.
W. H. C. Bolen Henry Woodhouse
Mary her X Shaw mark

Know all men by these presents That I Mary Shaw of Etna Township County of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania have constituted and appointed and by these presents do constitute and appoint A. K. Gage of Washington City D.C. my true and lawful At- torney irrevocably for me and in my name to receive from the United States the bounty land Certificate or Warrant or Pension certificate and all such sum or sums of money due me on account of arrear of pay, three months extra pay, forage, Milage, for horses and other property lost or destroyed in the military service of the United States or any money or moneys which may be due me by the United States on any account whatsoever, and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises and an attorney or attorneys under him for the purpose aforesaid, to make and at his leisure to revoke hereby con- firming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name legally do or cause to be done in and about the premises In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and seal this 7 th day of April A.D. 1857
Witness
In presence of us William Bolen Henry Woodhouse
Mary Shaw mark
Acknowledge and subscribed before me for a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania this 7 th day of April A.D. 1857
Henry Woodhouse J.P.

State of Pennsylvania } County of Luzerne } ss:
I, Samuel Hodgdon, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in the said County State do hereby certify, that Henry Woodhouse, whose name is signed to two certain affidavits in behalf of Mary Shaw widow of Comfort Shaw, one of which is made by Elizabeth Stark & the other by Thirza Barry, & both dated 13 th day of December 1857. was, on the 1 st and 13 th day of December 1857. a Justice of the peace duly Commissioned & qualified: And I do further certify, that the words — "and was at the time of his Certificate" — interlined in both of said certificates attached to said affidavits, which certificates are dated the 18 th day of December A. D. 1857. were interlined by me in my own proper hand writing, the words interlined having been left out by mistake.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court this Sixteenth — day of April — A. D. 1857
Samuel Hodgdon Prothonotary

70. Wyoming Luzerne Co Mar 29, 1853,
Henry Woodhouse Relation to the Applica- tion of Mary Shaw
✓ Mayo Resp't 2 d to the Com ee of Pensions & quite so informed. Apr. 2. 1853. G. C. Whiting Ch. Clerk
Recd Apr. 2. 1853.

Dear Sir
Mary Shaw widow of Comfort Shaw deceased made application to your Department for a pension more than one year ago through her Attorney A. S. Gage of Washington D.C. since which time nothing has been heard from it.
Mrs Shaw is now I think upwards of 80 years of age and totally blind and dependent upon others for support and if the Department have thought proper to award her anything it is but justice that she should receive it. She requests me to write to you in reference to it. Mr. Gage pays no kind of attention to communication on the subject. I am afraid there is gross fraud at the bottom.
Will you please write me immediately how the matter stands as the old lady is very anxious to know.
Yours Respectfully
Henry Woodhouse J.P.
Resigning
Eugene Lee.
Pa
March 29 1853

Henry Woodhouse
June 29/53

Pension Office
June 29. 1853
Sir
In answer to your letter of 29 th March last, I have to inform you that A. S. Gage, Esq., filed the claim of Mary Shaw of Pa., but the claim was not admitted, as there was no satisfactory proof of marriage or service
RF For a letter of this date to Hon J. L. McLanahan see No 438 - To Hon A. H. Watkins, No 439 - To Hon E. W. Farley, No 440 - To Danl. Terney 441 - To Hon J. G. Harris 462
Henry Woodhouse Esq Wyoming Luzerne Co. Pa.

Hon H. M. Fuller Mch 22/33

Pension Office March 22, 1833.
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 12 th inst. I have to inform you that the claim of Mary Shaw, widow of Comfort Shaw, for a pension, was presented some time since but was not allowed.
The enclosed copy of a letter from this office of the 21 st July 1832, to A. L. Gaye, Esq. will shew the objections to the admission of the claim.
No additional evidence, relating to the claim, has been filed since the date of the above letter.
Hon. H. M. Fuller. M. C. Wilkesbarre, Pa.
Rev

McKees Port Penn s 12 March 1853
Dr. Sir
Will you be kind enough to inform me at your earliest convenience if a Pension has been allowed to Mary Shaw Widow of Comfort Shaw a Soldier of the Revolution
Yours Respectfully Henry H. Fuller

A. S. Gage
July 26 th 1852

Pension Office,
July 26. 1852.
Sir:
It is utterly useless to file a claim for pension in this Office without some evidence to sustain it. Many Shaw of Penn a who claim under Act of 7 July 1838, don't pretend to know when, where, or how long her husband served under what capt or col or in what Co or Regt. No witness is introduced who knows or pretends to know any thing of his service or whether he ever performed any. There is however, in the Certificate of the Comptroller of N.Y. evidence that a Comfort Shaw performed a little service in Col. Willetts and Col. Van Rensselaer's Regt. but there is nothing to identify the claimants husband with that soldier.
The marriage is not established in accordance with the rules of this Dept. Before we can consider parole evidence at all, we must have evidence that none of a higher grade is in existence.
A. L. Vage, Esq r present,

Washington April 24. 1852
Hon: J. E. Heath
Comt. of Pensions
Sir:
I have the Honor herewith to enclose the papers in the application of Mary Shaw, widow of Comfort Shaw dec d . for a Pension. I hope the Dept t will act in her case at the earliest possible moment as she is old - poor & entirely blind.
I am Respectfully W. T. Lock A. L. Gage

[Persons making application at the Comptroller's or Secretary of State's Office, for searches, or certificates of service of any person, in the army of the U.S. during the revolutionary war, should give the name and ranks held by such person; the nature of the service; whether in the Infantry, Cavalry, or Artillery, &c.; in the regular army or militia; the names of the officers commanding the regiments and companies at the time of enlistment, service and discharge, as near as can be given. The names should be given with care, and in a legible hand.]
In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1781, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their service in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz:
   1781. Novem 30 Comfort Shaw Corpl. No. of Cert'e issued, 4073 £ 11 14 8   1780. June 2 do Fifer do do do 27165 £ 1 3 9   1779. Novem 27 do " do do do 27218 £ - 13 3   1780 March 29 do " do do do 27256 £ - 7 4   1779 Oct 9 do " do do do 27362 £ 1 10 10   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do  
State of New-York,
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, March 23 rd 1852
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Books No. 1 & 6 now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz:
   1st under Capt. Garet Putnam in Lt. Col. Marinus Willett's Regiment.   2d " " Matthew D. Garino " Lt. " John Van Renselaer's "   3d " " do " " do "   4th " " do " " do "   5th " " do " " do "   6th " " " " "   7th " " " " "   8th " " " " "   9th " " " " "   10th " " " " "   11th " " " " "   12th " " " " "   13th " " " " "   14th " " " " "   15th " " " " "   16th " " " " "  
I have examined the records for the service of _____ and find _____ entries, as above, amount- ing to £
A.W. Lee Examining Clerk.
J.C. Wright Comptroller.

Rev. War section.
January 22, 1914.
Mr. William H. Shaw, 1124½ West Locust Street, Scranton, Pa.
Sir:
In response to your letter dated the seventeenth instant, you are advised that a careful search of the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fails to show a claim on file for Comfort Shaw Senior , and that the only information concerning him, is the reference to "Comfort Shaw Senior, Captain of the New York line." in the claim of Mary Shaw, widow of Comfort Shaw Junior . R. File No. 9,442, Revolutionary War, an abstract of which was furnished you under date of March 27, 1911.
Very respectfully,
G. M. Saltzgaber
Commissioner.

Record Division.
File No. 9,448.
March 27, 1911.
Mr. William H. Shaw, Hoscow, Lackawanna County, Pa.
Sir:
In response to your letter dated the 20 th and received the 23 rd instant, you are furnished the following data which is the only information relative to the two Comfort Shaw, found on the Revolutionary War pension records.
In the papers in claim R. File No. 9,448, it is alleged that Comfort Shaw, Junior, was a private in the New York Line during the Revolutionary War, and that Comfort Shaw Senior was a Captain, but there are no particulars given of the service of either.
Comfort Shaw, Junior, married in Dutchess County, New York, in the Summer of 1783, Mary Billings, he died October 7, 1833, in Exeter Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, where she resided and was eighty-five years of age when she applied for pension January 19, 1852, but her claim was never allowed for the reason that she failed to state her husband's service, or furnish any proof thereof.
In 1851 it was alleged that Comfort and Mary Shaw had eleven children; vis. Kesiah born in 1784; Comfort aged sixty-five years; John deceased, who would have been sixty-three years; Increase deceased, who

would have been sixty-one years; Catharine fifty-eight years; James fifty-five years; Cyrus about fifty-three years; Mary fifty-one years; Henry forty-nine years; Nancy deceased, who would have been forty-six years; and Samuel deceased, who would have been forty-two years.
There is no further family data given.
You are herewith furnished the history of Ichabod Shaw, Sur. File No. 440,393, and advised that the Revolutionary War pension records fail to afford any information in regard to John Janes or Jones and Palmer Shaw described by you.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Record Division.
File No. 9,442--2
April 3, 1911.
Mrs. William A. Wilcox, 1112 Linden Street, Scranton, Pa.
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 29" and received the 30" ultimo, you are herewith furnished the history of Attemadores Ingersoll, Sur. File No. 39,767, and the following data which is the only information relative to the two Comfort Shaws, found on the Revolutionary War pension records.
In the papers in claim, R. File No. 9,442, it is alleged that Comfort Shaw, Junior, was a Private in the New York Line during the Revolutionary War, and that Comfort Shaw, Senior was a Captain, but there are no particulars given of the service of either.
Comfort Shaw, Junior married in Dutchess County, New York, in the Summer of 1783, Mary Billings, Pen she died October 7, 1833, in Exeter Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Pen where she resided and was eighty-five years of age when she applied for pension January 19, 1852; Pen but her claim was not allowed for the reason that she failed to state her husband's service, or furnish any proof thereof.
In 1851 it was alleged that Comfort and Mary Shaw had eleven children; vis. Kesiah born in 1784; Comfort aged sixty-five years; John deceased, who would have been sixty-three years; Increase deceased, who

would have been sixty-one years; Catharine fifty-eight years; James fifth-five years; Cyrus about fifty-three years; Mary fifty-one years; Henry forty-nine years; Nancy deceased, who would have been forty-six years; and Samuel deceased, who would have been forty-two years.
There is  are no further family data given.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Scranton Pa Jan 17-14
Pension Dept. Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please send me any record that you may have as to the service of Comfort Shaw Sr. As stated
He was a soldier of the Revol. War of 1775-1783.
He was a member of the Land Grant Militia of Dutchess Co. N.Y. Colonel Milet. Commanding.
I would like to receive a copy of his family's names, if he gave any when applying for a pension, if he ever made application for one. Sincerely, Resp't Yours
William H Shaw 1124 1/2 W. Locust St Scranton Pa

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Shaw, Cornelius GRADE Private LINE New Jersey
WARRANT NUMBER 870 3 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED June 24, 1797 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.