Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 866-100, for William Lord, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Lord William
B.L.W. 866-100.
CONTENTS
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Lords Deed to Rollins -
day of February 1819. Daniel

TO ALL MEN by these presents that I William Lord now Resident of the town of Lebanon in the County of York and Common Wealth of Massachusetts Bay husbandman in Consideration of forty two Shillings L. money to me in hand Paid and truly Paid me before the Delivery hereof by Daniel Rollins of Somersworth in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire - Gentleman I do hereby sell and convey and Confirm for ever Quit Claim unto the said Daniel Rollins his heirs and assigns forever all the right title Claim property or Demand I have of and unto one hundred Acres of Land Where ever it may be assigned and located me as A Soldier in the Continental Army During the Late War in the South Massachusetts Regiment having faithfully served the united States five years and six months and being reg- ularly Discharged therefrom by his Excellency General - Washington Com d Gen l of said army -
To have and to hold the said hundred acres of Land to him the said Daniel Rollins his heirs and assigns for ever in as full With all the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging in as full and ample a manner as the same was granted to me in consequence of my enlist- ments and serving in said army During the Late War as Will more fully appear by the Resolves of the Hon ble Continental Congress for Raising and Establishing an arm- ey the Consideration of the above obligation is such that if it should hereafter appear that the said William Lord has Disposed of or conveyed the above said Land in any manner or form whatsoever to any person or persons he the said - William Lord is to Return Double the sum above With - Interest from this Date
For Witness Whereof I do hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty second Day of April 1780 Domini 1780
signed Seal and Delivered
in presence of us -
John Rollins
Benja Linsley
William Lord
Mark

Yorke Feb 7 th 1788 The within named William Lord Acknowledged the within instrument to be his act & Deed
Before me Benj d Chadbourne Justice of Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
York ss. I Daniel Sewall, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the county of York, hereby certify, that Benjamin Chadbourne, now deceased before whom the above acknowledgment was taken, was at the time when the same was taken, a justice of the peace within for said county, & duly qualified to act as such, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and that the above appears to be his sig- nature - In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and the seal of the said Court, the tenth day of February 1819.
Daniel Sewall.
Lord's Deed to William

William Lord, B. L. No. 866.
Jacket is with Claim of Irneworthy Dudley, B. L. Mr. 863-100.

By His Excellency GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq; General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof William Lord Soldier in the Seventh Massachus ts Regiment, having faithfull- ly served the United States Five years & six Months and being enlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the 8 th June 1783
G. Washington
By His Excellency's Command,
J. Shumbull Supt
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
Jon t Harkiss Adjutant.