Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22885, for William Ludington, Connecticut

SERVICE
Coon
Ludington, William
NUMBER
S-22885
CONTENTS

N o  185 18515. Pennsylvania
William Ludington of Tioga Co. in the State of Penn a who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Herman of the Reg t commanded by Col. Weisenfels in the Con te Troops here for 15 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 50 Dollars Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of Sept. 1833 and sent to John Gray Covington Pa.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833 125.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending March 1834 25.00 $150.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D. Brown
Clerk
Book E. Vol. 5 Page 35
Letter to Pen ag t H O B Ballard, Oct 17. 1835.

23517
William Ledington Tioga county Pennsylvania
Omit - 1 year 3 mos
John Gray Covington Pennsylvania

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of William Luddington, Tioga co. Pennsylvania.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Vol. no time private Capt. Herrman Danbury New York 68 Litchfield Conn.   do 1777 no time Same Colonel (Wounded) (Killed) tradition   substitute for H. Luddington 1780 9 Lieut. Colonel Stewart Colonel Mysonfeldt Delaware (applicant) (Wounded) Pine Bush Esopus Marble-town. 1 witness proves the 9 months tour of service of the applicant.  
Declares for 1 year & 3 months , for which he claims a pension. I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons --one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
as his name cannot be found on the rolls of Weinfield's regiment, he must prove the testimony of another living witness.
J. G. Medford

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the seventh of June A D 1832
State of Pennsylvania Tioga County ss
On this twenty sixth day of February In the Year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty three, Personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable Edward Herrick Esquire President and his Associates Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County Of Tioga now sitting, William Ludington a resident of the Township of Sullivan in the County of Tioga and State of Pennsylvania aforesaid, aged sixty eight years and upwards who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress Passed the seventh of June A D 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated. I volunteered and entered the Army of the United States in Captain Ephraim Henman; Company I think in the fall of the Year, I cannot say what Year or Month the Lieutenant's name was Henman, we were kept at Norwalk principally scouting up and down the River as far as Gros Cobb, and many other places to catch the Cow Boys and keep them down. I recollect we took from Noah Judson of Woodbury in Connecticut one hundred and fifty head of cattle which he was with others driving to the British, we could not take the Men, they were in the woods near Gros Cobb - the same morning we killed two Cow Boys, Thomas Stodard, and Thomas Judson a nephew of Noah Judson of whom we took the cattle, my recollection is not clear, as to the time I served, but believe it was three months, I do not recollect anything more of the officers, or duty positively - I lived in Woodbury, Litchfield County In the State of Connecticut, I volunteered in 1777, under the same officers, I cannot say what time, I recollect it was on the Sabbath, we Marched to Danbury, we overtook the British near Danbury and harassed them untill they came to Ridgefield, where they made a stand, when we had a warm contest, Colonel Worcester and many others were killed - the British succeeded in getting on board their shipping, how long I was in the service this Year I cannot say. I entered the Army as a substitute for Henry Ludington I believe in the Year 1780, but I am not positive, I served in what was then called Colonel Ludington's Draft, Colonel Wysonphelps, or Wysonfeldt, Commanded the Regiment

I recollect a Man of the name of Welch was our adjutant we were separated from the Regiment, and stationed on the Delaware at a place called Pinpark, at the mouth of Pinpark River. In a skirmish with the Indians at the forks of the Delaware, I was wounded by a musket ball which passed through my right thigh and broke it, which has caused my right leg to become between one & two inches shorter than the other, Lieutenant Charles Stewart commanded at that Post, I served my time fully out which was nine Months - I think I entered the Army In March, and was discharged in December or January following - I received a written discharge from Lieutenant Stewart which with my Certificate I gave to my Father, who gave them to my Uncle Henry Ludington, who received the balance due and a Bounty of sixty Acres of Land I do not know what became of these papers, I never saw them since - I recollect we were called New York Levies, I remember we passed Muster at Fishkill, we went In a Ten Gun Brig to Sopus, then by land to Marble Town where we made a stand for one week, from there to our station as aforesaid at the mouth of Pinpark River
Question, by the Court
Where and in what year were you Born
Answer, I was Born about the first of October A D 1764. if my memory serves me right. I was fifteen Years of Age or thereabout at the time of the Battle at Danbury - I was Born in the Town of Woodbury, Litchfield County In the State of Connecticut
Question 2 nd have you any record of your Age, if so where is it
Answer, I have none
Question 3 d Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live
Answer
I lived in the Town of Woodbury in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut when I entered the service I moved to Fairhaven in the State of Vermont, when about twenty two years of age, I resided there several years, I then moved to

Moved to Ticonderoga in the State of New York I lived there several years - I then moved into the State of Pennsylvania I settled in the Township of Sullivan in the County of Tioga where I now reside, and have lived more than twenty years
Question 4th how were you called into the service were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom
Answer I volunteered the first and second years, the last nine months I served as a substitute for Henry Ludington as herein before more fully declared
Question 5th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the Troops where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service
Answer, I was acquainted with Col. Wysonfeldt, or Wysonphelps, with Adjutant Welch, and Lieutenant Stewart, I was acquainted with Captain Henman & Lieutenant Henman, and at that time with many others, I was then young and perhaps not as observing of the passing events of the day as many were; - I am now Old and Much worn by hard, and Incessant labour - & have not a clear recollection, through loss of memory
Question 6th did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it -
Answer, I received but one and that of Lieutenant Charles Stewart, which was put into the hands of my Uncle Henry Ludington by my Father, as before declared since which, I do not know what has become of it
Question 7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your Character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution
Answer John Main Esquire and George Diven
I further declare that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory I cannot swear positively as to the precise length of this service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades, for one year and three months I served as a Private, and for such service I claim a Pension - he hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a Pension or an annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of any agency in any state
William Ludington

We John Main and George Dineen residing in the Township of Sullivan County aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Ludington, who has subscribed and sworn to the within Declaration, that we believe him to be sixty eight years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
John Main George Dineen A. Ames
And the Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states, there being no resident Clergyman residing in the Township of Sullivan, the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John Main George Dineen and Alvin Ames who have signed the above certificate are residents in the Township of Sullivan and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
Tioga County ss. I Jonah Brewster Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing containing the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Ludington for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Wellsborough this twenty sixth day of February A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
Jonah Brewster P. Natch

State of Pennsylvania Tioga County
Personally appeared me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Ruth Miner resident of Sullivan Township in said County and to me Personally known being duly sworn deposeth and saith that she was acquainted with William Ludington who is now applying for a Pension at the time he resided in Woodbury Connecticut, being raised on an adjoining Farm, and during the Revolutionary War, I recollect that William Ludington was absent from home and said to be in the Army two or three Years - the first of three Months - I think again three months - I used to hear him relate on his return when he had been - I saw Captain Hensman at one time at the house of said William's Father - he said William had been with him three Months and was faithfull - I saw him with others on their way to Danbury & Ridgefield I heard him speak of General Wooster, or Colonel Wooster being killed in said engagement - he was absent near, or quite a year at one time, as a substitute for Henry Ludington, perhaps it was nine Months, it was said on his return that he had been wounded by a Musket Ball - he complained sometime after his return - I was then young and do not recollect many circumstances attending his service, my father resided within half a mile of his Father's house at the time - soon after the War said W m Ludington went to Vermont and was not known by me for many years - I have been acquainted with him the last Ten years and know him to be the same Man - My age is sixty six years and upwards and further saith not
Ruth Her  Miner Mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me this Eighteenth day of June A D 1833, I certify that I have been acquainted with this Deponent for several years last past and believe her to be a Credable Person
John Gray Justice of the Peace

State of Pennsylvania Tioga County 38
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County William Ledington who being duly sworn deponeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollec- tion he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades - for three Months in 1777, and one other tour of three Months I think, I cannot positively name the quarters - as a private - I served nine Months as a Private in 1780, Making in all one Year and three Months, and for such service I claim a Pension
William Ledington
Sworn to and subscribed before me This 18th day of June AD 1833
I certify that I have been acquainted with Mr Ledington twenty years & more and that his character is good for truth and veracity
John Gray Justice of the Peace
I Jonah Brewster Esq. Prothonotary of Tioga County do certify that John Gray before whom the above is within depositions were taken, is, and was at that time an acting Justice of the Peace - that the sig- nature is his proper hand writing in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County
Jonah Brewster Esq. Pr A. S. Brewster
Mr. Ledington Heald Albrecht, James Gray & John Main Esq. two of the deponents are personally known to me. I have no hesitation in saying they are gentlemen of good & true in doing and entitled to free credit for truth & veracity James Hume Letts H. C.

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Tioga County ss
Personally appeared before John Gray One of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County this fifth day of March A.D. 1833, James Gray of the Township of Sullivan in said County, to me personally known and under solemn oath doth depose and say — That at the time he, this Deponent Enlisted for nine Months in what was called the York Levies, he became Acquainted with William Ludington at the Barracks at Fishkill, where we all Mustered, said Ludington then belonged to, and was drafted into (or enlisted) Colonel Wypen- -pheldt or Wypenfelts, Regiment, In the same Regiment with deponent, That he has since been Acquainted with said Ludington during the last twenty three Years and knows him to be the same person who served as Aforesaid — and the same William Ludington whose Declaration & application for a Pension is hereunto attached, and his Credibility for truth and veracity is good, and further saith not James Gray
I Certify that James Gray is a Credable person, whose Character for truth and veracity is not doubted where he is known but is entitled to full Credit — and that he has sworn and subscribed the above, before me this 5th March, 1833
John Gray Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Tioga County ss
I Jonah Bonewster Prather, notary of the court of common pleas in and for said county do certify, that John Gray is an acting Justice of the peace, & that full faith & credit is due to his official acts as such, and that I am well acquainted with, and do verily believe the signature of John Gray is in the proper hand writing of the said magistrate. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court at Wellsborough the eighth day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred & thirty three —
Jonah Bonewster Prather
W. Ludington
23517

Rejection
22885 INVALID.
File No. 22,885
William Ludington
Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 249
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Sudlam, Daniel GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7391 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED April 28, 1791 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.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Ludlam, John GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7390 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED April 14, 1792 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.