Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 1131-200, for Samuel Jefferds

Brant's Regt. Artillery
Jeffers, Samuel,
B.L.W. 1131-200-Lieut. Issued June 26, 1789 No papers.

Rev. War Section.
June 3, 1916.
Mrs. Agnes B. Roe, 836 Third Street, Portsmouth, Ohio.
Madam:-
In response to your letter dated the thirty-first ultimo, you are advised that the records of this Bureau show that a Warrant numbered 1,131, for two hundred acres of bounty land, issued June 26, 1789 to Samuel Jefferds on account of services as a Lieutenant in Cranes' regiment of Artillery.
There is no further information concerning him, as there are no papers on file, the same having been destroyed in the burning of the War Office.
For the location of said land , apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Washington, D. C. , giving him all of the above data.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
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August 7, 1925
Mrs. C. V. Ottinger 203 Van Duzer St Tompkinsville, Staten Island, N. Y.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the records of this Bureau, it appears that Warrant No. 1131 for 300 acres of bounty land was issued June 26, 1789 to Samuel Jefferds on account of his services as a Lieutenant in Crane's Regiment of Artillery, War of the Revolution.
There is no further information on file as to his services, nor any data on file as to his family, owing to the destruction of papers in such claims, when the War Office was burned.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.