Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 202-100, for Charles Kissinger, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn
Kissinger Charles or Kissenger
B.L. No. 202-100
CONTENTS

No 53. No 202
Charles Kissingers - Claim to Bounty lands - Pennsylvania line -
Charles Kissingers claim for Bounty land - Enclosing his dis- charge -
Witness my hand & signature, 23 Nov. 1805. Kissingers
His discharge upon which his claim was established was del d to him with his warrant for land.

Charles Kissinger must forward to the War Office, with his discharge, the certificate of some respectable person, stating him to be the same person mentioned in said discharge — It will not be necessary for Kissinger to attend at the War Office in person, as the certificate & discharge may be transmitted to the Secretary of War by mail or (Kissinger) by any gentleman of his acquaint- ance visiting the Dept of Government.

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Bedford County p
Personally appears before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said County. John Scott, Esq. who being duly sworn on the Holy evangelist of say that Charles Kipfinger produced to him a Discharge signed by Captain of the 9th August 1783.
Almighty God doth upon and him a Discharge signed Enlisted the 25th November 1776. in or about two years, during which time he always knew him by the name of Charles Kipfinger. Sworn & Subscribed the Seventh day of June A.D. 1804
with whom he has been acquainted in or about two years, during which time he always knew him by the name of Charles Kipfinger. Sworn & Subscribed the Seventh
John Scott
Coram Jacob Bonnell

Mch. 10, 1919.
CHARLES KISSINGER enlisted November 25, 1776 in the Pennsylvania troops and was discharged August 9, 1783, and a Warrant numbered 202 for one hundred acres of bounty land, for the above services as a Private, was delivered to him March 28, 1905. There are no further particulars given.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. Ella G. Edmonds, 5639 Rippy St., Pittsburgh, Penn.
Letter unsated received Mch. 3, 1919. } Returned.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Fistwhite, Henry GRADE Private LINE Hazen's Regiment
WARRANT NUMBER 13290 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED August 20, 1789 to J. — 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 1 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.