Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 1790-300, for Moses Roberts, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Roberts, Moses
BLH 1790-300-Capt.
No papers
CONTENTS

the whole thing should be kept in the file in Robert's May 25/38 A-35052 April 18, 1938
John Dawson S. 8296 BA-J/AWF
Mrs. Robert E. Lee Willmore Hotel Long Beach, California
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letters in which you request the Revolutionary War records of John and Nicholas Dawson of Maryland; Moses Roberts, killed February 3, 1780, of Massachusetts; Jacob Weldy, of Pennsylvania and Ohio; George Weldy of Ohio; and John Jacob Weldy of Maryland; and the War of 1812 record of Jacob Weldy of Ohio, whose widow, Mary, received a pension.
The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claims for pension found based upon the service of Jacob Weldy and Nicholas Dawson, or of a George Weldy of Ohio. The surnames were searched under similar spellings.
You were furnished, October 1, 1938, the War of 1812 record of Jacob Weldy, under pension number W. C. 11069, widow, Mary. The papers on file in this claim contain no further data in regard to the soldier or to his widow, Mary, than was furnished on that date.
The Revolutionary War records of John Dawson, Moses Roberts, and John Welty are furnished herewith.
See her letter in John Dawson S. 8296 Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

April 18, 1938
Mrs. Robert E. Lee Willmore Hotel Long Beach, California
John Dawson S. 8296 Moses Roberts Wt. 1790-300 John Welty S. 39882 BA-J/AWF
Dear Madam:
The data which follow relative to John Dawson were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 8296, based on his military service in the War of the Revolution.
John Dawson was born in the year 1747 in Frederick County, Maryland, names of his parents not given. He moved with his "father's family" from Frederick County, to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
While residing in said Westmoreland County, John Dawson enlisted sometime in April, 1778, served as a private in Captain John Minter's company, Colonel Crawford's Pennsylvania regiment, marched to Fort Pitt, and down the Ohio River to the mouth of the Big Beaver, where he assisted in building Fort McIntosh from there went in pursuit of Indians to the Tuscarawas River, returned to Fort McIntosh, where he was discharged in December or January, 1779.
John Dawson moved from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in 1785 to Kentucky, lived seven years and moved to Champaign County, Ohio.
He was allowed pension on his application

executed April 15, 1834, at which time he was living in Urbana Township, Champaign County, Ohio.
The papers on file in this claim contain no reference to wife or children of the soldier, John Dawson.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data:
John Dawson Certificate # 26301 Issued May 3, 1834 Rate $20.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Ohio Agency.
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Moses Roberts-Wt. 1790-300
The records of this office show that Warrant No. 1790, for three hundred acres of bounty land, was issued April 13, 1792, on account of the service of Moses Roberts, Captain of the Massachusetts Line, War of the Revolution.
There are no further data on file in regard to his service, and no information relative to his family, due to the destruction of papers in such claims, when the War Office was burned.
This is the record of the only Moses Roberts found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
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next page give date in regard to location of land Mrs. Smith placed land office in regard to these 2 warrant numbers - & where records were located

John Welty- S. 39822
The data pertaining to John Welty were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 39822, based upon his military service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of John Welty were not given, nor were the names of his parents stated.
John Welty enlisted in the State of Maryland, sometime in November, 1778, served as private in Captain Meyers' company in the German Regiment, and was discharged at Yorktown, Virginia, November 2, 1781, from the 3rd Maryland Regiment, by Lieutenant-Colonel P. Adams.
John Welty was allowed pension on his application executed January 26, 1831, then aged eighty-seven years, and living in Greene County, Tennessee.
In 1831 his family residing with him consisted of his wife, Mary, aged eighty-one years, his daughter, Rahamy, aged twenty-two years, and her infant child, aged six or seven months, name of infant not given.
Barbra Hauff in 1856 residing in Greene County, Tennessee, referred to the soldier, John Welty, as deceased, and stated that she was one of his surviving children. She did not give the date of his death and did not mention names of other children.
One Peter Hauff was of Greene County, Tennessee in 1856; it was not stated that he was related to the above named Barbra Hauff.
The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible data in regard to family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you

should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following:
John Welty Certificate # 20340 Issued June 27, 1831 Rate $8.00 per month Commenced June 25, 1831 Acts of March 18, 1818 and May 1, 1830 East Tennessee Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Mass.
Roberts Moses,
B.L.Wt. 1790 - 300. Bapr.
Issued Apr. 13, 1792
Also recorded as above under
B.L.Wt. 255-5
General Land Office (Mrs. Hathaway) reported by telephone that neither of these warrants were ever located.
MV 4/18/38